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But it had a more valuable effect , for it not only accustomed him to the life and
ways of the wilderness , but it gave him a practical knowledge of a country he
was afterwards to traverse as a military leader , and it exercised him in taking ...
But it had a more valuable effect , for it not only accustomed him to the life and
ways of the wilderness , but it gave him a practical knowledge of a country he
was afterwards to traverse as a military leader , and it exercised him in taking ...
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Relying on the military care with which their settlements had been chosen , their
friendly relations with the majority of the Indian tribes , and the want of union
among the British colonies , they sent officers into the disputed lands , ordering
the ...
Relying on the military care with which their settlements had been chosen , their
friendly relations with the majority of the Indian tribes , and the want of union
among the British colonies , they sent officers into the disputed lands , ordering
the ...
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He sought out military veterans to teach him fencing and drill and military tactics ,
and he borrowed and carefully read all available treatises on the subject . A
temporary check was given to his military career by a voyage to Barbadoes ,
made in ...
He sought out military veterans to teach him fencing and drill and military tactics ,
and he borrowed and carefully read all available treatises on the subject . A
temporary check was given to his military career by a voyage to Barbadoes ,
made in ...
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But Washington ' s military spirit rose after his first battle ; and the death of
Colonel Fry soon placed him in the chief command . The French had been
reinforced , and , though Washington ' s own troops had been increased , he
soon found it ...
But Washington ' s military spirit rose after his first battle ; and the death of
Colonel Fry soon placed him in the chief command . The French had been
reinforced , and , though Washington ' s own troops had been increased , he
soon found it ...
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The latter had uniformly been placed under the former , irrespective of length of
service or experience ; and Washington , justly conscious at least of his own
worth , resented the attempt to degrade his military rank . He resigned to obey the
call ...
The latter had uniformly been placed under the former , irrespective of length of
service or experience ; and Washington , justly conscious at least of his own
worth , resented the attempt to degrade his military rank . He resigned to obey the
call ...
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Seite 110 - I do not expect the Union to be dissolved, I do not expect the house to fall, but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction ; or its advocates will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new, North as well as South.
Seite 62 - His mind was great and powerful, without being of the very first order ; his penetration strong, though not so acute as that of a Newton, Bacon, or Locke ; and as far as he saw, no judgment was ever sounder. It was slow in operation, being little aided by invention or imagination, but sure in conclusion.
Seite 27 - As a remarkable instance of this, I may point out to the public that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal a manner for some important service to his country.
Seite 63 - Although in the circle of his friends, where he might be unreserved with safety, he took a free share in conversation; his colloquial talents were not above mediocrity, possessing neither copiousness of ideas, nor fluency of words.
Seite 63 - Perhaps the strongest feature in his character was prudence, never acting until every circumstance, every consideration, was maturely weighed; refraining if he saw a doubt, but, when once decided, going through with his purpose, whatever obstacles opposed. His integrity was most pure, his justice the most inflexible I have ever known, no motives of interest or consanguinity, of friendship or hatred, being able to bias his decision.
Seite 63 - His integrity was most pure, his justice the most inflexible I have ever known — no motives of interest or consanguinity, of friendship or hatred, being able to bias his decision. He was, indeed, in every sense of the word, a wise, a good, and a great man.
Seite 62 - Hence the common remark of his officers, of the advantage he derived from councils of war, where hearing all suggestions, he selected whatever was best ; and certainly no General ever planned his battles more judiciously.
Seite 19 - We took this fellow into custody, and kept him until about nine o'clock at night, then let him go, and walked all the remaining part of the night without making any stop, that we might get the start, so far as to be out of the reach of their pursuit the next day, since we were well assured they would follow our track as soon as it was light.
Seite 35 - They had not only a respect, but an affection for Great Britain ; for its laws, its customs and manners, and even a fondness for its fashions, that greatly increased the commerce. Natives of Britain were always treated with particular regard ; to be an Old-England man was, of itself, a character of some respect, and gave a kind of rank among us.
Seite 49 - The general is sorry to be informed, that the foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing, a vice heretofore little known in an American army, is growing into fashion. He hopes the officers will, by example as well as influence, endeavor to check it, and that both they and the men will reflect, that we can have little hope of the blessing of Heaven on our arms, if we insult it by our impiety and folly.
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| Titel | Kings without crowns; or Lives of American presidents, with a sketch of the American constitution.(Nimmo's libr. of biogr.). |
| Autor/in | Charles H. Evans |
| Verlag | Edinburgh, 1884 |
| Original von | Oxford University |
| Digitalisiert | 21. Mai 2007 |
| Länge | 224 Seiten |
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