Character Portraits of Washington as Delineated by Historians, Orators and Divines: Selected and Arranged in Chronological Order with Biographical Notes and ReferencesR. M. Lindsay, 1887 - 351 Seiten |
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... circumstances of the nation , and that all he and they have to expect , depends upon time , fortitude , and patience : he is frugal and sober in regard to himself , but profuse in the public cause ; like Peter the Great , he has by ...
... circumstances of the nation , and that all he and they have to expect , depends upon time , fortitude , and patience : he is frugal and sober in regard to himself , but profuse in the public cause ; like Peter the Great , he has by ...
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... circumstances have not yet permitted him to develop . Mr. Washington's first military services were against the French in the War for Canada . He had no opportunity for distinguishing himself , and after the defeat of Braddock , the war ...
... circumstances have not yet permitted him to develop . Mr. Washington's first military services were against the French in the War for Canada . He had no opportunity for distinguishing himself , and after the defeat of Braddock , the war ...
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... circumstances so critical , and filling for a series of years a station so conspicuous , his character should never once have been called in question ; that he should in no one instance have been accused either of improper insolence ...
... circumstances so critical , and filling for a series of years a station so conspicuous , his character should never once have been called in question ; that he should in no one instance have been accused either of improper insolence ...
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... circumstance , which redounds to his eter- nal honour , that while president of the United States he never appointed one of his own relations to any office of trust or emolument , although he has several that are men of abilities , and ...
... circumstance , which redounds to his eter- nal honour , that while president of the United States he never appointed one of his own relations to any office of trust or emolument , although he has several that are men of abilities , and ...
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... circumstances of social feeling which did honor to his heart . Should it , therefore , in the review of his conduct , appear that he was merely not infallible , the few errors which fell to his lot , as a man , will claim the affections ...
... circumstances of social feeling which did honor to his heart . Should it , therefore , in the review of his conduct , appear that he was merely not infallible , the few errors which fell to his lot , as a man , will claim the affections ...
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