The Life of George Washington: Commander-in-chief of the American Army Through the Revolutionary War, and the First President of the United StatesPorter & Coates, 1808 - 560 pages |
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Page 25
... hope of better regulations un- der Lord Loudoun , to whom I look for the future fate of Virginia . " To the Governor himself , in answer to a com- munication from him , which conveyed a censure , he wrote , " I must beg leave , before I ...
... hope of better regulations un- der Lord Loudoun , to whom I look for the future fate of Virginia . " To the Governor himself , in answer to a com- munication from him , which conveyed a censure , he wrote , " I must beg leave , before I ...
Page 33
... hope , that laudable ambition of serving our country and meriting its applause , are now no more ; all is dwindled into ease , sloth and fatal inactivity . In a word , all is lost , if the ways of men in power , like certain ways of ...
... hope , that laudable ambition of serving our country and meriting its applause , are now no more ; all is dwindled into ease , sloth and fatal inactivity . In a word , all is lost , if the ways of men in power , like certain ways of ...
Page 34
... hope not ; rather let a full representation of the matter go to his Majesty ; let him know how grossly his glory and interests , and the public money have been prostituted . " Colonel Grant , with a force of eight hundred men , having ...
... hope not ; rather let a full representation of the matter go to his Majesty ; let him know how grossly his glory and interests , and the public money have been prostituted . " Colonel Grant , with a force of eight hundred men , having ...
Page 60
... hope of success in some military operations dur- ing the winter , that would correspond with the high expectations of his country , and procure him honour in his exalted station of Commander in Chief of the American armies . In his ...
... hope of success in some military operations dur- ing the winter , that would correspond with the high expectations of his country , and procure him honour in his exalted station of Commander in Chief of the American armies . In his ...
Page 64
... hope of reward , and fear of punishment . The two first are common to the untutored and the disciplined soldier ; but the lat- ter most obviously distinguishes the one from the other . A coward , when taught to believe that if he break ...
... hope of reward , and fear of punishment . The two first are common to the untutored and the disciplined soldier ; but the lat- ter most obviously distinguishes the one from the other . A coward , when taught to believe that if he break ...
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