The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Forces, During the War which Established the Independence of His Country, and First President of the United States, المجلد 2C. P. Wayne, 1805 |
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... present defensive system should be adhered to ; and he expressed his apprehensions , that without artillery and engineers , or assistance from Britain , or the neighbouring colonies , they would be unable to act offensively , and to ...
... present defensive system should be adhered to ; and he expressed his apprehensions , that without artillery and engineers , or assistance from Britain , or the neighbouring colonies , they would be unable to act offensively , and to ...
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... present situation of Virginia , and the active force she could employ , that so lately as in the year 1756 , the Blue Ridge had become her fron- tier ; and that she found immense difficulty in completing a single regiment to protect the ...
... present situation of Virginia , and the active force she could employ , that so lately as in the year 1756 , the Blue Ridge had become her fron- tier ; and that she found immense difficulty in completing a single regiment to protect the ...
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... the objections to a reliance on the militia , even if the present defensive system should be persevered in ; but he gave his unequivocal preference to more vigorous measures . " The certainty of ad- vantage GEORGE WASHINGTON . 37.
... the objections to a reliance on the militia , even if the present defensive system should be persevered in ; but he gave his unequivocal preference to more vigorous measures . " The certainty of ad- vantage GEORGE WASHINGTON . 37.
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... present , for re- ducing fort du Quesne . Several prisoners have made their escape from the Ohio this spring , and agree in their accounts that there are but three hundred men left in the garrison ; and I do not conceive that the French ...
... present , for re- ducing fort du Quesne . Several prisoners have made their escape from the Ohio this spring , and agree in their accounts that there are but three hundred men left in the garrison ; and I do not conceive that the French ...
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... present campaign , to unmask them- selves completely ; and such an addition to the strength of the enemy , might terminate in the de- struction of the colonies . The flattering accounts of the forage on the Raystown road , could not but ...
... present campaign , to unmask them- selves completely ; and such an addition to the strength of the enemy , might terminate in the de- struction of the colonies . The flattering accounts of the forage on the Raystown road , could not but ...
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الصفحة 370 - That it be recommended to the respective assemblies and conventions of the United Colonies, where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs has been hitherto established, to adopt such government as shall in the opinion of the representatives of the people, best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular, and America in general.
الصفحة 25 - The supplicating tears of the women and moving petitions of the men melt me into such deadly sorrow, that I solemnly declare, if I know my own mind, I could offer myself a willing sacrifice to the butchering enemy, provided that would contribute to the people's ease.
الصفحة 219 - I beg it may be remembered by every gentleman in the room that I this day declare, with the utmost sincerity, I do not think myself equal to the command I am honored with.
الصفحة 31 - Britain; and that the King's Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal and Commons of Great Britain in Parliament assembled, had, hath and of right ought to have, full power and authority to make laws and statutes of sufficient force and validity to bind the colonies and people of America, subjects of the Crown of Great Britain in all cases whatsoever.
الصفحة 376 - DO, in the name and by the authority of the good people of these colonies, solemnly publish and declare, that these united colonies, are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states ; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British crown, and that all political connexion between them and the state of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved...
الصفحة 46 - That the foundation of English Liberty, and of all free Government, is a right in the people to participate in their Legislative Council...
الصفحة 46 - British parliament, as are, bona fide, restrained to the regulation of our external commerce, for the purpose of securing the commercial advantages of the whole empire to the mother country, and the commercial benefits of its respective members ; excluding every idea of taxation, internal or external, for raising a revenue on the subjects in America, without their consent.
الصفحة 18 - The cold was so extremely severe, that Mr. Gist had all his fingers, and some of his toes frozen, and the water was shut up so hard, that we found no difficulty in getting off the island on the ice in the morning, and went to Mr. Frazier's.
الصفحة 47 - It is indispensably necessary to good government, and rendered essential by the English constitution, that the constituent branches of the legislature be independent of each other; that, therefore, the exercise of legislative power in several colonies, by a council appointed, during pleasure, by the crown, is unconstitutional, dangerous and destructive to the freedom of American legislation.