Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1809-10-17
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George w ashingt IN.
I Life how useful to his country lei!
dow tov'l while living !--how reverb, now.
dead r1aSf
Ye living Sires with pleasure all attend,
+ fnd read she History OF your CT r5ls Friend.
Lisp lisp hs name, ye Children ye. unborn
AM YIN Ike dseds, y1Iroya baght livea
BY rII REV. VI l. WEEMS,
Formerly Ger lyman Of I,u 1; Vernou
Parisa, and iati.n &c wi.htie grey.
hIif'i veterans ofth las Cen.
fury, who were the D ay-
mitesand comp 4nlons
of the great ,Vlsa-
ington ,rpm has
ca lihnoi.
RECOI .,EN JArIoNS.
ny ENINESr DIV1N-S JJo5E. ASo sxxxS
F, RAILS.
"lt is surprising fact that even the a,
nrricin People KIN ~ blt little o George
Washington. rhsy nav. in lie I'd heard a
5r-s dea MS Plbl : Lite of mis- Mil
tary G larac'er, VI P,iIucal fallen 3, b4t
larliy any thins o. his private Life aad
VIRTUES.
Many inteiiigen rsons have ardent.
ly wisied tpse fatthtt acc ,uit ofth,se.
10 only as de Ut Of grtttu !e to hlA. bls
as ilne example TO our children
fn' AutlIr has perfor nei this task
IN very satisfactory manner. His inec,
d2fes OF Vt>h Is IN pr .sen the supreme
excel ence OF religion, VIII the trauscea-
dane i"snity, cnarn aud usefulness of ne
respective virtues IL don SIC, ciyii aud m,-
litay sens. FIe moral snsibiiny md
genius of the writer arms The neart and
IMAGINATION of mis- readers. His desc j >.
tive fancy pants the occasional enes Of
Nature 10 pleasing ews while MS & 49,
es oil como WIT give an agrseaOte relic O
the nind, and rendFr the serious tru ns
more Impressive, especially on sne young
reader"
:. NICHOLAS COLLIN,
Bztnsters Of the Sw. des Church.
PhitadeLthia.
CnIFICISM.
n hlppy to nave II IN my power, to
recon mend tn history of the private lie
OF Gen. Washington. by Mr.. Weems. aud
ardenlly hope, it may have AN exte,s;ve
Circulation. 1t work that shoulI h.,o
tae possession of every person, and will
cer'ainy afford pleasure, as well 70 the
lover OF lIenlus, as to every American Pa.
trio. JACOB RITSa
Jaiye " the Court Of Common PlcaS
Pehnsyfvania.
have read, aud rea l again your pub.
lcation, the life of Washington and vo.
WI not understdn 4 ne ds nonIed,,n,-
u to DE withnu. defrcts, when takenI,,e
my OF Its exec lencies these indeed are
very great. You have combined with grear
fel CITY, the useful and the plelss,r
historical Information, and amus,n,, aosr
tote. Ya have drawn frou bjth 9ros' of
tears, AID of mirth with d sudden trans.
ti'n, we havetne pathetic, and the CO mic.
ana Doth irres stable. Your stls Is Iuys
g-rsp'cu'us, and occ s,onaDly NOBLE IN
hiSn's OF inigeiy, and rIcnRess of exures
sion, RISING To che suol me But the qre =
excellence of your book, is the mora,1,v IS
tue s.nt'm mt. do not kaow better "a
put into the hands OF young persons to r ,ss
tue mind TO polite ! q nor4l vttue. itouo
to be introduced into scnoOls, aud to be ia
every family.
II II. BRACKENRIDGE.
One NJ The Jadges II enc Suhrrn,e Cas,r,
81 have peruscd cue l. re of Washino--,r'
written by Me-. M. l.. Weem,, for.nerlg
rector OF Noun Vernon par sh.
=" Ihe Author has treated TINS ereatsnh
Ject WITH admirable success 10 4 new wav-
he turns all the actions OF Wash MT n -
the encouragement of virtue, by "A ctrefnI
apple ttion of ma .erOus Xemoj Gcat,o,c
Dr. from he condNct Of tile foun Ter of
our republic from MS earliest life No BIZ
ographer m re deserves Jlau,e han he.
woose chef purpose IS to en- the y,un,s
mind 20 the att cIonAte love of virtue. b9
persoiityng 1t IN he character m.st dear "a
ahese 5 ates
w'sh, through your paper, 10 COM
mend u public noeice this virtue exciting
oo'k Inc fath RS OF families can put no
ueauSe more likeiy TO corTec false 40, ons
and TO confirm good prime ri 5. ;n'oShs
h ads of their children. IL ought fohc -
general present froin father to son as soon,
as 'he young m'nd s capable ofunders and
ING the subject. While sdmir,ngth the So En-
dor OF tue exalted character, he would I'm
percepuoly learn, that, virtue Oh can
lead TO true greatness.
II. LEE,
Major General .4rmy. ".