The Life of George Washington, Količina 1Cosimo, Inc., 1. avg. 2005 - 408 strani Author Washington Irving believed this, his monumental biography of America's first great military hero and president, to be his finest literary achievement. Indeed, it is a masterful work, a superlative life of George Washington, and stood as a definitive text long after its 1860 publication.Volume I opens with a genealogy of the Washington family, tracing its roots back to the time of the Norman Conquest, and explores the future general's education as a boy, his service in the French and Indian conflicts, and his participation in the early rumblings of revolution in the British colonies in America.WASHINGTON IRVING (1783-1859) was born in New York City to Scottish immigrant parents. Considered by some the "Father of American Literature," Irving is best known for his short stories, including "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle," but he also produced an extensive bibliography of essays, poems, travel books, and biographies. |
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... brought from France in Edward the Confessor's time , about fifty years before the Conquest ; but did not become universally settled until some hundred years after- wards . At first they did not descend hereditarily on the family ...
... brought from France in Edward the Confessor's time , about fifty years before the Conquest ; but did not become universally settled until some hundred years after- wards . At first they did not descend hereditarily on the family ...
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... brought to the test has acquitted itself with honor and loyalty . Hereditary rank may be an illusion ; but hereditary virtue gives a patent of innate noble- ness beyond all the blazonry of the Herald's College . CHAPTER II . The Home of ...
... brought to the test has acquitted itself with honor and loyalty . Hereditary rank may be an illusion ; but hereditary virtue gives a patent of innate noble- ness beyond all the blazonry of the Herald's College . CHAPTER II . The Home of ...
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... brought George into familiar intercourse with the family of his father - in - law , the Hon . William Fairfax , who ... brought all the impulses of a somewhat ardent temper under conscientious government . Other influences were brought ...
... brought George into familiar intercourse with the family of his father - in - law , the Hon . William Fairfax , who ... brought all the impulses of a somewhat ardent temper under conscientious government . Other influences were brought ...
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... brought , however , to acquiesce ; a mid- shipman's warrant was obtained , and it is even said that the luggage of the youth was actually on board of a man of war , anchored in the river just below Mount Vernon . At the eleventh hour ...
... brought , however , to acquiesce ; a mid- shipman's warrant was obtained , and it is even said that the luggage of the youth was actually on board of a man of war , anchored in the river just below Mount Vernon . At the eleventh hour ...
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... brought home his bride and her sister to his father's house . The merits of Washington were known and appreciated by the Fairfax family . Though not quite sixteen years of age , he no longer seemed a boy , nor was he treated as such ...
... brought home his bride and her sister to his father's house . The merits of Washington were known and appreciated by the Fairfax family . Though not quite sixteen years of age , he no longer seemed a boy , nor was he treated as such ...
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CHAPTER XXVIII | 223 |
CHAPTER XXIX | 229 |
Hood at BostonThe General Court Refuses to do Business under | 235 |
CHAPTER XXXII | 244 |
CHAPTER XXXIV | 253 |
CHAPTER XXXV | 259 |
CHAPTER XXXVI | 267 |
CHAPTER XXXVII | 278 |
CHAPTER XII | 91 |
CHAPTER XIII | 101 |
CHAPTER XIV | 107 |
CHAPTER XV | 117 |
CHAPTER XVI | 125 |
CHAPTER XVII | 140 |
CHAPTER XIX | 153 |
CHAPTER XXI | 166 |
Washington Vindicates his Conduct to Lord LoudounHis Recep | 171 |
CHAPTER XXIII | 177 |
CHAPTER XXIV | 185 |
CHAPTER XXV | 194 |
CHAPTER XXVI | 206 |
CHAPTER XXVII | 216 |
CHAPTER XXXVIII | 286 |
CHAPTER XL | 297 |
CHAPTER XLI | 305 |
CHAPTER XLII | 313 |
CHAPTER XLIII | 322 |
CHAPTER XLIV | 330 |
CHAPTER XLV | 337 |
CHAPTER XLVI | 343 |
CHAPTER XLVII | 355 |
CHAPTER XLVIII | 367 |
Measures of General Howe Desecration of Churches Three | 374 |
CHAPTER LI | 386 |
CHAPTER LIII | 396 |
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advance affairs Americans arms army Arnold arrived artillery attack Boston Braam Braddock British brother Bunker's Hill camp campaign Canada Captain Colonel colonies command commander-in-chief conduct Congress Connecticut council Creek Croghan Crown Point defence detachment Duquesne encamped enemy England English Ethan Allen expedition fire force Fort Cumberland Fort Duquesne French frontier Gage garrison George George Croghan Gist Governor Dinwiddie Green Mountain Boys half-king honor horses House of Burgesses hundred Indians ington John king Lake land Lawrence letter Logstown Lord Fairfax Lord Loudoun Massachusetts ment miles military militia Montreal Mount Vernon mountains night officers Ohio Parliament party patriot Pennsylvania Potomac prisoners province Putnam Quebec received redoubt regiment reply retreat returned river sachem savages Schuyler sent Seth Warner ships Sir William Johnson soldiers spirit thousand Ticonderoga tion town tribes troops Virginia warriors Wash Washington wilderness Winchester wounded writes York
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Stran 262 - Plead my cause, O Lord, with them that strive with me : Fight against them that fight against me.
Stran 208 - I am now, I believe, fixed in this seat, with an agreeable partner for life, and I hope to find more happiness in retirement than I ever experienced in the wide and bustling world.
Stran 147 - 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.
Stran 220 - Then and there was the first scene of the first act of opposition to the arbitrary claims of Great Britain. Then and there the child Independence was born.
Stran 119 - Niagara; and having taken that, to Frontenac, if the season will allow time; and I suppose it will, for Duquesne can hardly detain me above three or four days; and then I see nothing that can obstruct my march to Niagara.
Stran 77 - As to the summons you send me to retire, I do not think myself obliged to obey it. Whatever may be your instructions, I am here by virtue of the orders of my general; and I entreat you, sir, not to doubt one moment but that I am determined to conform myself to them with all the exactness and resolution which can be expected from the best officer." . . . "I made it my particular care,