 | Benson John Lossing - 1860 - 804 pages
...position of neutrality which the United States had assumed. The president accordingly said : — " Born, sir, in a land of liberty ; having early learned...having, in a word, devoted the best years of my life to its permanent establishment in my own country, my anxious recollections, my sympathetic feelings, and... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1862 - 564 pages
...France to the United States. BORN, Sir, in a iand of liberty ; having early learned its value • naving engaged in a perilous conflict to defend it ; having, in a word •fovoted the best years of ray life to secure its permanent establishment ^n my own country, —... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1866 - 412 pages
...Washington, as President of the United States, answered officially, with these memorable words : " Born in a land of liberty, having early learned its value,...engaged in a perilous conflict to defend it, having devoted the best years of my life to secure its permanent establishment in my country, my anxious recollections,... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1867 - 544 pages
...be read in the middle pitch, with moderate force, medium time, and a pure quality of voice. 1. BORN in a land of liberty; having early learned its value, having engaged in the perilous conflict to defend it; having, in a word, devoted the best years of my life to secure... | |
 | William Cabell Rives - 1868 - 678 pages
...and his unbounded admiration of their wonderful achievements in the contest. " Born, sir," said he, " in a land of liberty ; having early learned its value...my life to secure its permanent establishment in my own country, my anxious recollections, my sympathetic feelings, and my best wishes are irresistibly... | |
 | Charles A. Wiley - 1869 - 456 pages
...CXX.— FRANCE AND THE UNITED STATES. GEOKOE WASHINGTON. 1. BORN, Sir, in a land of liberty, haying early learned its value, having engaged in a perilous...my life to secure its permanent establishment in my own country, — my anxious recollections, my sympathetic feelings, and my best wishes, are iresistibly... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1869 - 420 pages
...value, having engaged in a perilous conflict to defend it, having devoted the best years of my lite to secure its permanent establishment in my country,...sympathetic feelings, and my best wishes, are irresistibly attracted, whensoever in any country I see an oppressed nation unfurl the banner of freedom." 7. Thus... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1870 - 538 pages
...be read in the middle pitch, with moderate force, medium time, and a pure quality of voice. 1. BORN in a land of liberty ; having early learned its value, having engaged in the perilous conflict to defend it; having, in a word, devoted the best years of my life to secure... | |
 | Henry Stephens Randall - 1871 - 730 pages
...auspices of victory, over the ruins of tyrauny." The following was the President's glowing reply: " Born, sir, in a land of liberty; having early learned...to defend it; having, in a word, devoted the best yeurs of mv life to secure its permanent establishment in my own country; my anxious recollections,... | |
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Born, sir, in a land of liberty; having early learned its value; having engaged in a perilous conflict to defend it; having, in a word, devoted the best years of my life to secure its permanent establishment in my own country, my anxious recollections,... 
