The National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans, Svazek 1James Herring, James Barton Longacre D. Rice & A.N. Hart, 1854 |
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Strana 2
... determined to require their withdrawal , and selected WASHINGTON for the performance of the hazardous enterprise of traversing the wilderness and making the demand . This journey was performed in the depth of winter . On his route he ...
... determined to require their withdrawal , and selected WASHINGTON for the performance of the hazardous enterprise of traversing the wilderness and making the demand . This journey was performed in the depth of winter . On his route he ...
Strana 3
... determined to hold the country west of the mountains , the legislature of Virginia began to take measures for the maintenance of the British claim . They accordingly raised a regi- ment , and appointed WASHINGTON lieutenant colonel ...
... determined to hold the country west of the mountains , the legislature of Virginia began to take measures for the maintenance of the British claim . They accordingly raised a regi- ment , and appointed WASHINGTON lieutenant colonel ...
Strana 5
... determined to appoint a commander - in - chief , he was unanimously chosen . He accepted the appointment with great diffidence , and declined all compensation beyond the payment of his expenses . He proceeded to Cambridge , near Boston ...
... determined to appoint a commander - in - chief , he was unanimously chosen . He accepted the appointment with great diffidence , and declined all compensation beyond the payment of his expenses . He proceeded to Cambridge , near Boston ...
Strana 6
... determined to expel the enemy from Boston as soon as a favorable opportunity should present , and his views being known to congress , that body author- ized him to make an attack " in any way he might think expedient , notwithstanding ...
... determined to expel the enemy from Boston as soon as a favorable opportunity should present , and his views being known to congress , that body author- ized him to make an attack " in any way he might think expedient , notwithstanding ...
Strana 7
... determined to fortify Dor- chester heights , which would compel the enemy to fight or abandon the town . He detached a sufficient force in the night of the 4th of March to take possession ; before morning the breastwork was formed and ...
... determined to fortify Dor- chester heights , which would compel the enemy to fight or abandon the town . He detached a sufficient force in the night of the 4th of March to take possession ; before morning the breastwork was formed and ...
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Strana 6 - Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none; the support of the State governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns and the surest bulwarks against anti-republican tendencies; the preservation of the general government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad...
Strana 1 - Hyperion's curls; the front of Jove himself; An eye like Mars, to threaten and command; A station like the herald Mercury New-lighted on a heaven-kissing hill; A combination and a form indeed, Where every god did seem to set his seal, To give the world assurance of a man: This was your husband.
Strana 6 - These principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation. The wisdom of our sages and blood of our heroes have been devoted to their attainment. They should be the creed of our political faith, the text of civic instruction, the touchstone by which to try the services of those we trust; and should we wander from them in moments of error or of alarm, let us hasten to retrace our steps and to regain the road which alone...
Strana 8 - I shall need too the favor of that Being in whose hands we are, who led our forefathers, as Israel of old, from their native land, and planted them in a country flowing with all the necessaries and comforts of life...
Strana 18 - I cannot help fearing the result of the measure in contemplation, under present circumstances, when I see such a number of men, goaded by a thousand stings of reflection on the past and of anticipation on the future, about to be turned into the world, soured by penury and what they call the ingratitude of the public, involved in debts without one farthing of money to carry them home, after having spent the flower of their days, and many of them their patrimonies, in establishing the...
Strana 7 - The wisdom of our sages and the blood of our heroes have been devoted to their attainment. They should be the creed of our political faith — the text of civil instruction — the touchstone by which to try the services of those we trust...
Strana 18 - I see such a number of men, goaded by a thousand stings of reflection on the past and of anticipation on the future, about to be turned into the world, soured by penury and what they call the ingratitude of the public, involved in debts without one farthing of money to carry them home, after having spent the flower of their days, and many of them their patrimonies, in establishing the freedom and independence of their country, and suffered every thing that human nature is capable of enduring on this...
Strana 6 - ... the diffusion of information, and arraignment of all abuses at the bar of the public reason: freedom of religion; freedom of the press; and freedom of person, under the protection of the habeas corpus: and trial by juries impartially selected.
Strana 6 - ... absolute acquiescence in the decisions of the majority, the vital principle of republics, from which is no appeal but to force...
Strana 6 - ... freedom of religion; freedom of the press, and freedom of person under the protection of the habeas corpus, and trial by juries impartially selected. These principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation.