 | Paul Allen - 1822 - 612 strani
...publick distress and danger. The General hopes and trusts that every officer and man will endeavour to live and act as becomes a Christian soldier, defending...the dearest rights and liberties of his country." The declaration had been proclaimed on the eighth at Philadelphia, amid the loudest acclamations, and... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1834 - 578 strani
...public distress and danger. The General hopes and trusts, that every officer and man will endeavour so to live and act as becomes a Christian soldier,...the dearest rights and liberties of his country." TO THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS. New York, 10 July, 1776. SIR, I am now to acknowledge the receipt of... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1834 - 580 strani
...public distress and danger. The General hopes and trusts, that every officer and man will endeavour so to live and act as becomes a Christian soldier,...the dearest rights and liberties of his country." TO THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS. New York, 10 July, 1776. SIR, I am now to acknowledge the receipt of... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1837 - 622 strani
...public distress and danger. The General hopes and trusts, that every officer and man will endeavour to live and act as becomes a Christian soldier, defending...the dearest rights and liberties of his country." — Orderly Book, July 9th, 1776. " That the troops may have an opportunity of attending public worship,... | |
 | Edward Charles M'Guire - 1836 - 428 strani
...public distress and danger. The General hopes and trusts, that every officer and man will endeavour so to live and act as becomes a Christian soldier,...the dearest rights and liberties of his country." To the President of Congress : — Trenton, 6th. Dec. 1776. " By a letter of the 14th ultimo from a... | |
 | George Washington - 1837 - 620 strani
...public distress and danger. The General hopes and trusts, that every officer and man will endeavour to live and act as becomes a Christian soldier, defending...the dearest rights and liberties of his country." — Orderly Book, July 9th, 1776. " That the troops may have an opportunity of attending public worship,... | |
 | Thaddeus Allen - 1847 - 574 strani
...so in times of public distress and danger. The General hopes and trusts that every officer and man will endeavor so to live and act as becomes a Christian...the dearest rights and liberties of his country.' ' The Continental Congress, impelled by the dictates of duty, policy, and necessity, have been pleased... | |
 | John Frost - 1847 - 602 strani
...public distress and danger. The general hopes and trusts, that every officer and man will endeavour so to live and act, as becomes a Christian soldier,...the dearest rights and liberties of his country." In an order issued on the 3d of August, he says he " is sorry to be informed that the foolish and wicked... | |
 | George Washington - 1847 - 588 strani
...public distress and danger. The General hopes and trusts, that every officer and man will endeavour so to live and act as becomes a Christian soldier,...the dearest rights and liberties of his country." TO THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS. New York, 10 July, 1776. SIR, I am now to acknowledge the receipt of... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1857 - 1384 strani
...vulgar passions and perturbations. "The general hopes and trusts," said he, "that every officer and man will endeavor so to live and act as becomes a Christian...the dearest rights and liberties of his country." * * Orderly book, July 9. Sparks, iii. 456. CHAPTEE XXVL ARRIVAL OF MORE SHIPS.— MOVEMENTS OF THE... | |
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The first general order issued by the Father of his Country, after the Declaration of Independence, indicates the spirit in which our institutions were founded and should ever be defended : "The General hopes and trusts that every officer and man will... 
