Martha WashingtonC. Scribner's sons, 1897 - 306 páginas |
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... possessed of an uncertain temper ; or perhaps it would be more correct to say of a certain shrewish temper , which she seems to have inherited from no stranger , as her father , Daniel Parke , who rejoiced in the title of " Capt ...
... possessed of an uncertain temper ; or perhaps it would be more correct to say of a certain shrewish temper , which she seems to have inherited from no stranger , as her father , Daniel Parke , who rejoiced in the title of " Capt ...
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... possessed sufficient attractions of mind and person to recommend himself to the girl of sixteen whom he desired to make his wife . Handsome , well bred , and with family connec- tions equal to his own , Miss Dandridge seemed a most ...
... possessed sufficient attractions of mind and person to recommend himself to the girl of sixteen whom he desired to make his wife . Handsome , well bred , and with family connec- tions equal to his own , Miss Dandridge seemed a most ...
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... possessed were probably acquired by his close and familiar companionship with his half - brother , Lawrence Washington , of Mount Vernon , and through his intimate acquaintance with Lord Fairfax , who , having come from court circles of ...
... possessed were probably acquired by his close and familiar companionship with his half - brother , Lawrence Washington , of Mount Vernon , and through his intimate acquaintance with Lord Fairfax , who , having come from court circles of ...
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... possession of the best that life could give her . - - Mr. Lodge , in his Life of Washington , - which is the most human and balanced por- trait of the great soldier that has been given to the reading world , — draws a brilliant pic ...
... possession of the best that life could give her . - - Mr. Lodge , in his Life of Washington , - which is the most human and balanced por- trait of the great soldier that has been given to the reading world , — draws a brilliant pic ...
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... Philadelphia . This pincushion , which is now in the possession of Dr. John H. Brinton , is of rich white silk shot through with silver . and others of the Fredericksburg and Mount Vernon neighborhood , 48 MARTHA WASHINGTON.
... Philadelphia . This pincushion , which is now in the possession of Dr. John H. Brinton , is of rich white silk shot through with silver . and others of the Fredericksburg and Mount Vernon neighborhood , 48 MARTHA WASHINGTON.
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agreeable Alexandria appeared army arrived attended aunt Bassett beautiful Bréhan brother called camp charming cheerful Church Colonel Washington Congress Dandridge Daniel Parke Custis daughter dear Fanny diary dined dinner door drawing-room dress elegant entertained Fairfax Fredericksburg gayety General's gentlemen George George Augustine Washington girl Governor guests hand happiness headquarters heart honor horses hospitality hour husband ington John Adams John Custis John Parke Custis journey Knox Lady Washington later Lear letter lived Lord Dunmore mansion marriage married Martha Washington Miss Custis Morris Morristown mother Mount Vernon Nelly Custis never niece o'clock officers Parke Custis patriotism Pennsylvania Philadelphia pleasant pleasure portrait President President's says scene seated seems servant silk sister soldiers soon Street Tench Tilghman thought tion town troops Virginia Wash Washington wrote wife William Williamsburg winter wish woman women York
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Página 182 - For myself, the delay may be compared to a reprieve; for in confidence, I tell you (with the world it would obtain little credit,) that my movements to the chair of government will be accompanied by feelings not unlike those of a culprit who is going to the place of his execution...
Página 204 - I have also learned from experience, that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions, and not on our circumstances. We carry the seeds of the one or the other about with us in our minds wherever we go.
Página 34 - 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.
Página 262 - During the dinner much hilarity prevailed; but on the removal of the cloth it was put an end to by the President, certainly without design. Having filled his glass, he addressed the company, with a smile...
Página 282 - Taught by the great example which I have so long had before me never to oppose my private wishes to the public will, I must consent to the request made by Congress, which you have had the goodness to transmit to me; and in doing this I need not, I can not, say what a sacrifice of individual feeling I make to a sense of public duty.
Página 84 - I am now set down to write to you on a subject, which fills me with inexpressible concern, and this concern is greatly aggravated and increased, when I reflect upon the uneasiness I know it will give you. It has been determined in Congress, that the whole army raised for the...
Página 260 - In the chamber of the House of Representatives was a multitude as great as the space could contain, and I believe scarcely a dry eye but Washington's.
Página 78 - God took from Me a Daughter when June Roses were blooming — He has now given me another daughter, about her Age when Winter Winds are blowing, to warm my Heart again. I am as Happy as One so Afflicted and so Blest can be. Pray receive my Benediction and a Wish that You may long live the Loving Wife of my happy Son, and a Loving Daughter of " Your Affectionate Mother,
Página 68 - Let the hospitality of the house with respect to the poor be kept up. Let no one go hungry away. If any of this kind of people should be in want of corn, supply their necessities, provided it does not encourage them in idleness...
Página 68 - ... idleness ; and I have no objection to your giving my money in charity, to the amount of forty or fifty pounds a year, when you think it well bestowed. What I mean by having no objection is, that it is my desire that it should be done. You are to consider, that neither myself nor wife is now in the way to do these good offices.