The True George WashingtonLippincott, 1896 - 319 Seiten Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Ill EDUCATION The father of Washington received his education at Appleby School in England, and, true to his alma mater, he sent his two elder sons to the same school. His death when George was eleven prevented this son from having the same advantage, and such education as he had was obtained in Virginia. His old friend, and later enemy, Rev. Jonathan Boucher, said that George, like most people thereabouts at that time, had no education than reading, writing and accounts which he was taught by a convict servant whom his father bought for a schoolmaster; but Boucher managed to include so many inaccuracies in his account of Washington, that even if this statement were not certainly untruthful in several respects, it could be dismissed as valueless. Born at Wakefield, in Washington parish, Westmoreland, which had been the home of the Wash- ingtons from their earliest arrival in Virginia, George was too young while the family continued there to attend the school which had been founded in that parish by the gift of four hundred and forty acres from some early patron of knowledge. When the boy was about three years old, the family removed to Washington, as Mount Vernon was called before it was renamed, and dwelt there from 1735till 1739, when, owing to the burning of the homestead, another remove was made to an estate on the Rappahannock, nearly opposite Fredericksburg. Here it was that the earliest education of George was received, for in an old volume of the Bishop of Exeter's Sermons his name is written, and on a flyleaf a note in the handwriting of a relative who inherited the library states that this autograph of George Washington's name is believed to be the earliest specimen of his handwriting, when he was probably not more than eight or nine years old. During t... |
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... feel much hurt , at having our mother a pensioner , while we had the means of supporting her ; but in fact she has an ample income of her own . I lament accordingly that your letter , which con- veyed the first hint of this matter , did ...
... feel much hurt , at having our mother a pensioner , while we had the means of supporting her ; but in fact she has an ample income of her own . I lament accordingly that your letter , which con- veyed the first hint of this matter , did ...
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... feel the same inclinations towards each other now that they always have done , and which they will continue to do until there is a new order of things , and you , as others have done , may find , perhaps , that the f 1 ་ passions of ...
... feel the same inclinations towards each other now that they always have done , and which they will continue to do until there is a new order of things , and you , as others have done , may find , perhaps , that the f 1 ་ passions of ...
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... feel the remains of the violent affection of my lungs ; the cough , pain in my breast , and shortness in breathing not having entirely left me . " While at Mount Vernon in 1794 , Ian exertion to save myself and horse from falling among ...
... feel the remains of the violent affection of my lungs ; the cough , pain in my breast , and shortness in breathing not having entirely left me . " While at Mount Vernon in 1794 , Ian exertion to save myself and horse from falling among ...
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... feel myself going . I thank you for your attention , you had better not take any more trouble about me ; but let me go off quietly . " The last words he said were , " ' Tis well . ” " About ten minutes before he expired , his breathing ...
... feel myself going . I thank you for your attention , you had better not take any more trouble about me ; but let me go off quietly . " The last words he said were , " ' Tis well . ” " About ten minutes before he expired , his breathing ...
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... though severely Loves Pains I feel ; Xerxes that great , was't free from Cupids Dart , And all the greatest Heroes , felt the smart . " When visiting Barbadoes , in 1751 , Washington noted in 87 RELATIONS WITH THE FAIR SEX.
... though severely Loves Pains I feel ; Xerxes that great , was't free from Cupids Dart , And all the greatest Heroes , felt the smart . " When visiting Barbadoes , in 1751 , Washington noted in 87 RELATIONS WITH THE FAIR SEX.
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Seite 278 - Our situation is truly distressing. The check our detachment sustained on the 27th ultimo has dispirited too great a proportion of our troops and filled their minds with apprehension and despair. The militia, instead of calling forth their utmost efforts to a brave and manly opposition in order to repair our losses, are dismayed, intractable, and impatient to return. Great numbers of them have gone off — in some instances almost by whole regiments, by half ones, and by companies at a time.
Seite 95 - You may believe me, my dear Patsy, when I assure you, in the most solemn manner, that, so far from seeking this appointment, I have used every endeavor in my power to avoid it, not only from my unwillingness to part with you and the family, but from a consciousness of its being a trust too great for my capacity...
Seite 267 - I fortunately escaped without any wound; for the right wing, where I stood, was exposed to, and received, all the enemy's fire ; and it was the part where the man was killed and the rest wounded. I heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound" This rodomontade, as Horace Walpole terms it reached the ears of George II.
Seite 302 - Genet in 1793, when ten thousand people in the streets of Philadelphia, day after day, threatened to drag Washington out of his house, and effect a revolution in the government, or compel it to declare war in favor of the French Revolution, and against England.
Seite 297 - Virginia who was among us and very well known to all of us, a gentleman whose skill and experience as an officer, whose independent fortune, great talents, and excellent universal character, would command the approbation of all America, and unite the cordial exertions of all the Colonies better than any other person in the Union.
Seite 152 - I can only say, that there is not a man living, who wishes more sincerely than I do to see a plan adopted for the abolition of it ; but there is only one proper and effectual mode by which it can be accomplished, and that is by legislative authority ; and this, as far as my suffrage will go, shall never be wanting.
Seite 167 - ... apart. Of late he has had the surprising sagacity to discover that apples will make pies, and it is a question if, in the violence of his efforts, we do not get one of apples instead of having both of beefsteaks. If the ladies can put up with such entertainment, and will submit to partake of it on plates once tin but now iron (not become so by the labor of scouring), I shall be happy to see them.
Seite 267 - I had four bullets through my coat, and two horses shot under me, yet escaped unhurt, although death was levelling my companions on every side of me...
Seite 276 - I beg it may be remembered by every gentleman in the room that I this day declare, with the utmost sincerity, I do not think myself equal to the command I am honored with.
Seite 95 - I shall feel no pain from the toil or the danger of the campaign; my unhappiness will flow from the uneasiness I know you will feel from being left alone.