Annals of Annapolis: Comprising Sundry Notices of that Old City from the Period of the First Settlements in Its Vicinity in the Year 1649, Until the War of 1812 : Together with Various Incidents in the History of Maryland, Derived from Early Records, Public Documents, and Other Sources ; with an Appendix, Containing a Number of Letters from General Washington, and Other Distinguished Persons, which Letters Have Never Been Published BeforeDavid Ridgely Cushing, 1841 - 283 страници |
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... determined to seek for a settlement further down . He , therefore , returned down the Poto- mac , taking captain Fleet with him . They proceeded to a small river on the north side of the Potomac , within four or five leagues of its ...
... determined to seek for a settlement further down . He , therefore , returned down the Poto- mac , taking captain Fleet with him . They proceeded to a small river on the north side of the Potomac , within four or five leagues of its ...
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... determined to seize the first vessel that should arrive , but being dis- covered , the ringleaders were executed ; and , says the narrator , ' our vessel being the first that touched the shore , was the destined prize , and the very day ...
... determined to seize the first vessel that should arrive , but being dis- covered , the ringleaders were executed ; and , says the narrator , ' our vessel being the first that touched the shore , was the destined prize , and the very day ...
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... determined to visit him , to explain the objects of our coming ; that having conciliated his good will , our settlement might be more favourably regarded by the rest . Having , therefore , joined to our pinnace another , which he had ...
... determined to visit him , to explain the objects of our coming ; that having conciliated his good will , our settlement might be more favourably regarded by the rest . Having , therefore , joined to our pinnace another , which he had ...
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... determination , they express it briefly , and adhere to it most obstinately . If they were once imbued with the principles of Christianity ( for which indeed nothing seems to be wanting but a knowledge of their language ) they would ...
... determination , they express it briefly , and adhere to it most obstinately . If they were once imbued with the principles of Christianity ( for which indeed nothing seems to be wanting but a knowledge of their language ) they would ...
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... determined to resist the authority set up by the commissioners ; and to make one more struggle for that power and authority which he had held from , and exercised under the Lord Proprietary's commission . In virtue of his official ...
... determined to resist the authority set up by the commissioners ; and to make one more struggle for that power and authority which he had held from , and exercised under the Lord Proprietary's commission . In virtue of his official ...
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Страница 213 - Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of action ; and, bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life.
Страница 214 - I consider it an indispensable duty to close this last act of my official life by commending the interests of our dearest country to the protection of Almighty God, and those who have the superintendence of them to his holy keeping.
Страница 214 - Having defended the standard of liberty in this new world, having taught a lesson useful to those who inflict and to those who feel oppression, you retire from the great theatre of action with the blessings of your fellow-citizens.
Страница 201 - You would have thought the very windows spake, So many greedy looks of young and old Through casements darted their desiring eyes Upon his visage ; and that all the walls With painted imagery had said at once " Jesu preserve thee ! welcome, Bolingbroke ! " Whilst he, from one side to the other turning, Bareheaded, lower than his proud steed's neck, Bespake them thus, — " I thank you, countrymen : " And thus still doing, thus he pass'd along.
Страница 175 - That no man shall be taken or imprisoned, or disseized of his freehold, liberties, or privileges, or outlawed, or exiled, or in any manner destroyed, or deprived of his life, liberty, or property, but by the judgment of his peers or the law of the land.
Страница 213 - You have conducted the great military contest with wisdom and fortitude, invariably regarding the rights of the civil power through all disasters and changes.
Страница 214 - ... of Almighty God, beseeching him to dispose the hearts and minds of its citizens, to improve the opportunity afforded them of becoming a happy and respectable nation. And for you, we address to him our earnest prayers, that a life so beloved, may be fostered with all his care; that your days may be happy as they have been illustrious; and that he will finally give you that reward which this world cannot give.
Страница 212 - MR. PRESIDENT : The great events on which my resignation depended having at length taken place, I have now the honor of offering my sincere congratulations to Congress, and of presenting myself before them, to surrender into their hands the trust committed to me, and to claim the indulgence of retiring from the service of my country.
Страница 91 - ... the first day of May, which shall be in the year of our Lord God one thousand...
Страница 212 - While I repeat my obligations to the army in general, I should do injustice to my own feelings not to acknowledge in this place the peculiar services and distinguished merits of the gentlemen who have been attached to my person during the war. It was impossible the choice of confidential officers to compose my family should have been more fortunate. Permit me, sir, to recommend in particular those who have continued in the service to the present moment, as worthy of the favorable notice and patronage...