The Life of George Washington: Commander-in-chief of the American Army Through the Revolutionary War, and the First President of the United States |
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And , that we were not at one time obliged to dispute these lines , under
disadvantageous circumstances ( proceeding from the same cause , to wit , the
troops disbanding them . selves before the militia could be got in ) is to me a
matter of ...
And , that we were not at one time obliged to dispute these lines , under
disadvantageous circumstances ( proceeding from the same cause , to wit , the
troops disbanding them . selves before the militia could be got in ) is to me a
matter of ...
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Such a variety of circumstances would not , almost miraculously , have combined
to liberate and make us a nation , for transient and unimportant purposes . I
therefore believe that we are yet to become a great and respectable people ; but
...
Such a variety of circumstances would not , almost miraculously , have combined
to liberate and make us a nation , for transient and unimportant purposes . I
therefore believe that we are yet to become a great and respectable people ; but
...
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... it is best known , that should imperious circumstances induce me to exchange
once more the smooth paths of retirement for the thorny ways of public life , at a
period too when repose is more congenial to nature , that it would be productive ...
... it is best known , that should imperious circumstances induce me to exchange
once more the smooth paths of retirement for the thorny ways of public life , at a
period too when repose is more congenial to nature , that it would be productive ...
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