A Popular School History of the United States: In which are Inserted as Part of the Narrative Selections from the Writings of Eminent American Historians, and Other American Writers of Note : to which are Added the Declaration of Independence, and the Constitution of the United States, with Copious Notes : Fully Illustrated with Maps, Portraits, and ViewsClark & Maynard, 1879 - 353 pages |
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... Washington , " says Allibone , " has done more to make the name of America respected by scholars and honored by statesmen . ' His death occurred in 1848 . Landing of Columbus . From " The Life and Voyages of Columbus . " Irving .... " 6 ...
... Washington , " says Allibone , " has done more to make the name of America respected by scholars and honored by statesmen . ' His death occurred in 1848 . Landing of Columbus . From " The Life and Voyages of Columbus . " Irving .... " 6 ...
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... Washington Irving , was born in New York in 1809. Besides " The Conquest , " he has written " The Fountain of Waters , " and contributed numerous articles , mostly of a devotional character , to periodicals . His style is " terse and ...
... Washington Irving , was born in New York in 1809. Besides " The Conquest , " he has written " The Fountain of Waters , " and contributed numerous articles , mostly of a devotional character , to periodicals . His style is " terse and ...
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... Washington's Return from the French Forts . From " The Life of Washington . " Irving .. .104 Expulsion of the Acadians . From " True Stories . " Hawthorne ... 105 Capture of Quebec . From " The Life of Washington . " Lossing ... 108 ...
... Washington's Return from the French Forts . From " The Life of Washington . " Irving .. .104 Expulsion of the Acadians . From " True Stories . " Hawthorne ... 105 Capture of Quebec . From " The Life of Washington . " Lossing ... 108 ...
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... Washington chosen Commander - in - Chief . From " The Life of Wash- ington . " Sparks ..... .139 Jared Sparks , LL.D. , was born in Connecticut in 1789. His father was a farmer . He was apprenticed to a carpenter , but his love of books ...
... Washington chosen Commander - in - Chief . From " The Life of Wash- ington . " Sparks ..... .139 Jared Sparks , LL.D. , was born in Connecticut in 1789. His father was a farmer . He was apprenticed to a carpenter , but his love of books ...
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... Washington Greene , born in Rhode Island in 1811 , a grandson of General Nathaniel Greene of Revolutionary celebrity , is the author of a " Life of General Greene , " first published as a portion of " Sparks's American Biography ...
... Washington Greene , born in Rhode Island in 1811 , a grandson of General Nathaniel Greene of Revolutionary celebrity , is the author of a " Life of General Greene , " first published as a portion of " Sparks's American Biography ...
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Page 191 - Though in reviewing the incidents of my administration, I am unconscious of intentional error, I am nevertheless, too sensible of my defects not to think it probable that I may have committed many errors. Whatever they may be, I fervently beseech the Almighty to avert or mitigate the evils, to which they may tend. I shall also carry with me the hope that my country will never cease to view them with indulgence...
Page 138 - Three millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us.
Page 191 - I anticipate with pleasing expectation that retreat, in which I promise myself to realize, without alloy, the sweet enjoyment of partaking, in the midst of my fellow-citizens, the benign influence of good laws under a free government, the ever favorite object of my heart, and the happy reward, as I trust, of our mutual cares, labors, and dangers.
Page 177 - With a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you : I most devoutly wish that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy, as your former ones have been glorious and honorable.
Page 257 - If any one attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot.
Page 147 - Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart to this vote. It is true, indeed*, that in the beginning we aimed not at Independence. But there's a Divinity which shapes our ends.
Page 191 - RELYING on its kindness in this as in other things, and actuated by that fervent love towards it, which is so natural to a man who views in it the native soil of himself and his progenitors for several generations...
Page 276 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it...
Page 184 - He smote the rock of the national resources, and abundant streams of revenue gushed forth. He touched the dead corpse of the Public Credit, and it sprung upon its feet.
Page 13 - No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States; and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them shall, without the consent of Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign State.