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... brilliant and universal despite the passions and political resentments that would gladly have checked his career , his fame is to - day imperishable , fortune having consecrated his claim to greatness , while the prosperity of a people ...
... brilliant and universal despite the passions and political resentments that would gladly have checked his career , his fame is to - day imperishable , fortune having consecrated his claim to greatness , while the prosperity of a people ...
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... brilliant writer , the latest historian of the American people , has said : " General Washington is known to us , and Presi- dent Washington . But George Washington is an unknown man . " These are pregnant words , and that they should ...
... brilliant writer , the latest historian of the American people , has said : " General Washington is known to us , and Presi- dent Washington . But George Washington is an unknown man . " These are pregnant words , and that they should ...
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... brilliant apparently , never winning the very highest fortune , having their failures and re- verses no doubt , but on the whole prudent , bold men , always important in their several stations , ready to fight and ready to work , and as ...
... brilliant apparently , never winning the very highest fortune , having their failures and re- verses no doubt , but on the whole prudent , bold men , always important in their several stations , ready to fight and ready to work , and as ...
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... brilliant affair . The Virginians and Marylanders killed half a dozen Indian chiefs during a parley , and then invested the fort . After repulsing several sorties , they stupidly allowed the Indians to escape in the night and carry ...
... brilliant affair . The Virginians and Marylanders killed half a dozen Indian chiefs during a parley , and then invested the fort . After repulsing several sorties , they stupidly allowed the Indians to escape in the night and carry ...
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... brilliant woman evidently , not one suited to shine in courts , conduct intrigues , or adorn literature , yet able to transmit moral qualities to her oldest son , which , mingled with those of the Washingtons , were of infinite value in ...
... brilliant woman evidently , not one suited to shine in courts , conduct intrigues , or adorn literature , yet able to transmit moral qualities to her oldest son , which , mingled with those of the Washingtons , were of infinite value in ...
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