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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... hand a sword , and holding forth in the other the arms of the see . I Among the knights who held estates in the palatinate on these warlike conditions , was William de Hertburn , the progenitor of the Washingtons . His Norman name of ...
... hand a sword , and holding forth in the other the arms of the see . I Among the knights who held estates in the palatinate on these warlike conditions , was William de Hertburn , the progenitor of the Washingtons . His Norman name of ...
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... hands and free disposition , and have the abbot's seat on the left side of the choir - thus taking rank of every one but the bishop . † In the course of three centuries and upward , which had since elapsed , these honors and privileges ...
... hands and free disposition , and have the abbot's seat on the left side of the choir - thus taking rank of every one but the bishop . † In the course of three centuries and upward , which had since elapsed , these honors and privileges ...
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... hand , was ever preserved by him with filial care , and may still be seen in the archives of Mount Vernon . A precious document ! Let those who wish to know the moral foundation of his character consult its pages . Having no longer the ...
... hand , was ever preserved by him with filial care , and may still be seen in the archives of Mount Vernon . A precious document ! Let those who wish to know the moral foundation of his character consult its pages . Having no longer the ...
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... hand , deeds , bonds , and the like . This early self - tuition gave him through- out life a lawyer's skill in drafting documents , and a mer- chant's exactness in keeping accounts ; so that all the con- cerns of his various estates ...
... hand , deeds , bonds , and the like . This early self - tuition gave him through- out life a lawyer's skill in drafting documents , and a mer- chant's exactness in keeping accounts ; so that all the con- cerns of his various estates ...
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... hand- writing , entitled " rules for behavior in company and conver- sation . " It is extremely minute and ... hands of a youth . The whole code evinces that rigid propriety and self control to which he sub- jected himself , and by which ...
... hand- writing , entitled " rules for behavior in company and conver- sation . " It is extremely minute and ... hands of a youth . The whole code evinces that rigid propriety and self control to which he sub- jected himself , and by which ...
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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,