Chambers's Miscellany of Useful and Entertaining Tracts, Band 7,Ausgabe 60 -Band 9,Ausgabe 86William Chambers, Robert Chambers William and Robert Chambers, 1845 |
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... persons , who wished their sons to receive a liberal education , were under the necessity of sending them home to the ... person of this kind that George Washington acquired all the school education that he ever received ; and he appears ...
... persons , who wished their sons to receive a liberal education , were under the necessity of sending them home to the ... person of this kind that George Washington acquired all the school education that he ever received ; and he appears ...
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... person well qualified for this important mission , although yet only in his twenty - second year . Accompanied by seven others , two of whom were to act as his interpreters , one with the French , the other with the Indians , he ...
... person well qualified for this important mission , although yet only in his twenty - second year . Accompanied by seven others , two of whom were to act as his interpreters , one with the French , the other with the Indians , he ...
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... person engaged in the affair who derived honour from it . It was proved that he had given General Braddock advice which had been neglected ; in particular , that he had insisted on the necessity of sending out Indian scouts to precede ...
... person engaged in the affair who derived honour from it . It was proved that he had given General Braddock advice which had been neglected ; in particular , that he had insisted on the necessity of sending out Indian scouts to precede ...
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... persons , who wished their sons to receive a liberal education , were under the necessity of sending them home to the ... person of this kind that George Washington acquired all the school education that he ever received ; and he appears ...
... persons , who wished their sons to receive a liberal education , were under the necessity of sending them home to the ... person of this kind that George Washington acquired all the school education that he ever received ; and he appears ...
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... person of wealth and political station in the colony , and a distant relative of Lord Fairfax - a nobleman of literary tastes and somewhat eccentric habits , who had left England and come to reside in Virginia , where he was the ...
... person of wealth and political station in the colony , and a distant relative of Lord Fairfax - a nobleman of literary tastes and somewhat eccentric habits , who had left England and come to reside in Virginia , where he was the ...
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Seite 6 - I consider it an indispensable duty to close this last act of my official life by commending the interests of our dearest country to the protection of Almighty God, and those who have the superintendence of them to his holy keeping. Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of action, and bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life.
Seite 31 - Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent: Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect, in a hair as heart; As full, as perfect, in vile man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns: To him no high, no low, no great, no small; He fills, he bounds, connects, and equals all.
Seite 12 - For his was the singular destiny and merit, of leading the armies of his country successfully through an arduous war, for the establishment of its independence ; of conducting its councils through the birth of a government, new in its forms and principles, until it had settled down into a quiet and orderly train ; and of scrupulously obeying the laws through the whole of his career, civil and military, of which the history of the world furnishes no other example.
Seite 2 - Let me hope, sir, that if aught in my character impresses you with esteem towards me, if aught in my misfortunes marks me as the victim of policy and not of resentment, I shall experience the operation of these feelings in your breast, by being informed that I am not to die on a gibbet.
Seite 21 - O whare will I get a skeely skipper, To sail this new ship of mine?' O up and spake an eldern knight, Sat at the King's right knee, 'Sir Patrick Spens is the best sailor That ever sailed the sea.
Seite 4 - Let me conjure you, then, if you have any regard for your country, concern for yourself or posterity, or respect for me, to banish these thoughts from your mind and never communicate, as from yourself or any one else, a sentiment of the like nature.
Seite 7 - I heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound.
Seite 14 - And many monstrous forms in sleep we see, That neither were, nor are, nor e'er can be. Sometimes forgotten things, long cast behind, Rush forward in the brain, and come to mind. The nurse's legends are for truths received, And the man dreams but what the boy believed.
Seite 28 - Fair is the crystal hall for me With rubies and with emeralds set; And sweet the music of the sea Shall sing, when we for love are met. " How sweet to dance with gliding feet Along the level tide so green, Responsive to the cadence sweet That breathes along the moonlight scene...