The Life of George Washington, Commander in Chief of the American Army, Through the Revolutionary War: And the First President of the United States, Band 2T. Bedington, 1826 |
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... honour and faith of the National Council , still they must depend on state sovereignties for the ways and means to execute their promises . The country had been greatly deficient to the army , in the time of war , when their services ...
... honour and faith of the National Council , still they must depend on state sovereignties for the ways and means to execute their promises . The country had been greatly deficient to the army , in the time of war , when their services ...
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... honour ? If you can - go -and carry with you the jest of tories and the scorn of whigs the ridicule , and what is worse , the pity of the world . Go , starve , and be forgotten ! But if your spirit should revolt at this ; if you have ...
... honour ? If you can - go -and carry with you the jest of tories and the scorn of whigs the ridicule , and what is worse , the pity of the world . Go , starve , and be forgotten ! But if your spirit should revolt at this ; if you have ...
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... honour , and the dignity of the army , to make known your grievances . If my conduct heretofore has not evinced to you , that I have been a faithful friend to the army , my declara- tion of it at this time would be equally unavailing ...
... honour , and the dignity of the army , to make known your grievances . If my conduct heretofore has not evinced to you , that I have been a faithful friend to the army , my declara- tion of it at this time would be equally unavailing ...
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... honour to command , will oblige me to declare in this publick and solemn manner , that in the attainment of complete justice for all your toils and dangers , and in the gratification of every wish , so far as may be done consistently ...
... honour to command , will oblige me to declare in this publick and solemn manner , that in the attainment of complete justice for all your toils and dangers , and in the gratification of every wish , so far as may be done consistently ...
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... honour , and friendship of their Ge neral , the officers placed unbounded confidence ; and his recommendations carried irresistible weight . The most desperate had not the hardihood to oppose his ad- vice . General Knox moved , and ...
... honour , and friendship of their Ge neral , the officers placed unbounded confidence ; and his recommendations carried irresistible weight . The most desperate had not the hardihood to oppose his ad- vice . General Knox moved , and ...
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