The Life of George Washington With Curious Ancedotes Equally Honourale to Him
The Life of George Washington With Curious Ancedotes Equally Honourale to Him
M L Mason Locke Weems
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Sir !" replied lord George, black with rage. " Coward ! what do you mean by that, sir?" "I moan, sir, " returned Mr. Wilkes, "that the hero who could not stand fire oti the plains of Minden, does well to advise fire and sword in the woods of America. " LIFE OF WASHINGTON. 79 Upon this, the unlovely names of Uar and scoun- drel were exchanged with a freedom which siiowed that in the quarrel with America the passions of the two parties knew no hounds. Happily for America, this spirit of Mr. Wilke...s was not peculiar to him- self. Thousands of enlightened and virtuous whigs breathed it with equal ardour. The gallant duke of Buckingham, on hearing how bravely the Ameri- cans had behaved at Lexington, exclaimed, " Well, tliauk God ! there are yet some veins in the world that beat high with British blood !" Lord Effingham, also, being required to take up arms against the Americans, returned his sword to the king, saying, "he had received it on oath, to maintain the cause of justice, not of oppression !
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