The Life of George WashingtonAmerican Sunday school union, 1832 - 266 Seiten |
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... . WRITTEN FOR THE AMERICAN 8. S. UNION , AND REVISED BY THE COMMITTEE OF PUBLICATION . AMERICAN SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION . " PHILADELPHIA : NO . 146 CHESNUT STREET . E312 ADVERTISEMENT . The historical portion of this volume is.
... . WRITTEN FOR THE AMERICAN 8. S. UNION , AND REVISED BY THE COMMITTEE OF PUBLICATION . AMERICAN SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION . " PHILADELPHIA : NO . 146 CHESNUT STREET . E312 ADVERTISEMENT . The historical portion of this volume is.
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... Philadelphia , all the vessels in the harbour hoisted their colours half - mast high , as a sign of mourning , and the state - house bell was muffled , and continued to toll until evening . The same dissatisfaction was felt in all the ...
... Philadelphia , all the vessels in the harbour hoisted their colours half - mast high , as a sign of mourning , and the state - house bell was muffled , and continued to toll until evening . The same dissatisfaction was felt in all the ...
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... Philadelphia . Washington was one of the members , having been sent by the province of Virginia . He had , on all proper occasions , expressed the opinion that the En- glish parliament had no just right to tax the Americans ; and he had ...
... Philadelphia . Washington was one of the members , having been sent by the province of Virginia . He had , on all proper occasions , expressed the opinion that the En- glish parliament had no just right to tax the Americans ; and he had ...
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... Philadelphia , and the room in which they sat has ever since been called " Independence Hall . " After much serious deliberation , the thir- teen Colonies at length agreed , through their representatives , to the resolution , and it was ...
... Philadelphia , and the room in which they sat has ever since been called " Independence Hall . " After much serious deliberation , the thir- teen Colonies at length agreed , through their representatives , to the resolution , and it was ...
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... Philadelphia . The citizens determined to give all the aid in their power to Washington , and fifteen hundred of them marched immediately to join him . He had sent twelve hundred men back to Princeton , with the hope that by thus ap ...
... Philadelphia . The citizens determined to give all the aid in their power to Washington , and fifteen hundred of them marched immediately to join him . He had sent twelve hundred men back to Princeton , with the hope that by thus ap ...
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Seite 262 - For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies...
Seite 263 - He has constrained our fellow-citizens, taken captive on the high seas, to bear arms against their country, to become the executioners of their friends and brethren, or to fall themselves by their hands.
Seite 210 - I have lived, sir, a long time; and the longer I live the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, that God governs in the affairs of men.
Seite 201 - Happy in the confirmation of our independence and sovereignty, and pleased with the opportunity afforded the United States of becoming a respectable nation, I resign with satisfaction the appointment I accepted with diffidence ; a diffidence in my abilities to accomplish so arduous a task, which, however, was superseded by a confidence in the rectitude of our cause, the support of the supreme power of the Union and the patronage of Heaven.
Seite 218 - I have, in obedience to the public summons, repaired to the present station, it would be peculiarly improper to omit, in this first official act, my fervent supplications to that Almighty Being, who rules over the universe, who presides in the councils of nations, and whose providential aids can supply every human defect...
Seite 219 - Having thus imparted to you my sentiments as they have been awakened by the occasion which brings us together, I shall take my present leave, but not without resorting once more to the benign Parent of the human race, in humble supplication that, since he has been pleased to favor the American people with opportunities for deliberating in perfect tranquillity and dispositions for deciding with unparalleled unanimity on a form of government for the security of their union and the advancement of their...
Seite 199 - Filling a glass, he turned to them and said, "with a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you ; I most devoutly wish that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy, as your former ones have been glorious and honorable.
Seite 253 - That a committee, in conjunction with one from the Senate, be appointed to consider on the most suitable manner of paying honor to the memory of the man, first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his fellow-citizens.
Seite 265 - ... right do. And, for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.
Seite 210 - In this situation of this Assembly, groping as it were in the dark to find political truth, and scarcely able to distinguish it when presented to us, how has it happened, sir, that we have not hitherto once thought of humbly applying to the Father of Lights to illuminate our understandings...