Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Oration on the Birth of Washington: Delivered in St. Philip's Church, Charleston, (S. C.) On the 22d of February, 1812, by Appointment of the Washington Light Infantry, and Published at Their Request
In attempting a faint and feeble outline of the character of washington, drawn with no master's hand, I am sensible, that like the painter Apelles in his portrait of Venus, I must leave your imagination to supply more than half of the picture. Your ima.
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