The Life of George Washington: With Curious Anecdotes, Equally Honourable to Himself, and Exemplary to His Young Countrymen (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Life of George Washington: With Curious Anecdotes, Equally Honourable to Himself, and Exemplary to His Young Countrymen

Ared there wallis and sounds al f General Putnam's -killing whelps. Virtues that lay the llence - since it was to be Columbia's first care to present before the admiring eyes them his private character is hardly any thing. 5 For how have beeniin Washington to mancipation of his country; to have stemmed the long tide of adversity; to have baflled every ofl'ortof a wealthy and warlike nation; to, hav;erobtainéd for his countrymen the completest victory, and for himself the mostnnbonnded power andthen tdhanfi'et'urned that power, accompaniedimmer.

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