The Writings of George Washington, Količina 8G.P. Putnam' Sons, 1890 |
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Pogosti izrazi in povedi
affairs allies appears appointed army arrival attempt attention beg leave British campaign Charles Town circumstances Colo Colonel command Commissary consequence considered Continental coöperation corps Count d'Estaing DEAR SIR detachment distress duty effect endeavor enemy enemy's esteem Excellency Excellency's exertions expect expedition favor forage force Fort Schuyler France frigates garrison give Governor HEAD QUARTERS HEAD-QUARTERS honor hope immediately inform Congress instance intelligence la Luzerne letter liberty Lord George Germaine Luzerne MAJOR-GENERAL Marquis MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE matter measures ment mentioned military militia MORRISTOWN necessary object obliged occasion officers operations opinion pleased present PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS prisoners probably proper propriety provision received regiments request requisitions respect Rhode Island sailed Schuyler sentiments Sir Henry Clinton situation South Carolina southward Staten Island succor supplies thing thousand tion Town troops Washington West Point wish York
Priljubljeni odlomki
Stran 17 - Since our arrival at this happy spot we have had a ham, sometimes a shoulder of bacon, to grace the head of the table ; a piece of roast beef adorns the foot ; and a dish of beans, or greens, almost imperceptible, decorates the centre.
Stran 324 - ... should not have been, the greatest part of the war, inferior to the enemy, indebted for our safety to their inactivity, enduring frequently the mortification of seeing inviting opportunities to ruin them pass unimproved for want of a force which the country was completely able to afford, and of seeing the country ravaged, our towns burnt, the inhabitants plundered, abused, murdered, with impunity from the same cause.
Stran 374 - In a word, the history of the war is a history of false hopes and temporary devices, instead of system and economy. It is in vain, however, to look back, nor is it our business to do so: Our case is not desperate, if virtue exists in the people, and there is wisdom among our rulers. But to suppose that this great Revolution can be accomplished by a temporary army, that this armyx will be subsisted by State supplies, and that taxation alone is adequate to our wants, is in my opinion absurd, and as...
Stran 323 - Had we formed a permanent army in the beginning, which, by the continuance of the same men in service, had been capable of discipline, we never should have had to retreat with a handful of men across the Delaware in 1776, trembling for the fate of America, which nothing but the infatuation of the enemy could have saved...
Stran 373 - Europe, humiliating to the naval pride and power of Great Britain), the superiority of France and Spain by sea in Europe, the Irish claims and English disturbances, formed in...
Stran 231 - I see one head gradually changing into thirteen; I see one army branching into thirteen, and, instead of looking up to Congress, as the supreme controlling power of the United States, considering themselves as dependent on their respective states.
Stran 389 - How far he meant to involve me in the catastrophe of this place, does not appear by any indubitable evidence ; and I am rather inclined to think he did not wish to hazard the more important object of his treachery, by attempting to combine two events, the lesser of which might have marr'd the greater.
Stran 125 - A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man, that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of his friends, and that the most liberal professions of good-will are very far from being the surest marks of it.
Stran 55 - American army ; or, whether, after our swords and spears have given place to the ploughshare and pruninghook, I see you as a private gentleman, a friend, and companion, I shall welcome you, with all the warmth of friendship, to Columbia's shores ; and, in the latter case, to my rural cottage, where homely fare and a cordial reception shall be substituted for delicacies and costly living.