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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... excellent man , were I not convinced that it bears great analogy to the qualifications of his mind . General Washington is now in the forty - seventh year of his age ; he is a tall well - made man , rather large boned , and has a ...
... excellent man , were I not convinced that it bears great analogy to the qualifications of his mind . General Washington is now in the forty - seventh year of his age ; he is a tall well - made man , rather large boned , and has a ...
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... excellent genius which distinguishes them from , and elevates them above their fellow mortals . Perhaps the exterior of no man was better calculated to gratify these expectations than that of General Washington . He is of a tall and ...
... excellent genius which distinguishes them from , and elevates them above their fellow mortals . Perhaps the exterior of no man was better calculated to gratify these expectations than that of General Washington . He is of a tall and ...
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... excellent patriot , of a wise and virtuous man , and one is in fact tempted to ascribe to him all good qualities , even those that circumstances have not yet permitted him to develop . Mr. Washington's first military services were ...
... excellent patriot , of a wise and virtuous man , and one is in fact tempted to ascribe to him all good qualities , even those that circumstances have not yet permitted him to develop . Mr. Washington's first military services were ...
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... excellent order . On one side are the stables , and on the other a green - house and buildings , in which the negroes are employed . In a kind of farm - yard you perceive turkeys , geese , ducks , and other kinds of poultry . From this ...
... excellent order . On one side are the stables , and on the other a green - house and buildings , in which the negroes are employed . In a kind of farm - yard you perceive turkeys , geese , ducks , and other kinds of poultry . From this ...
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... excellent farmer's wife , that simple dignity which ought to characterize a woman whose husband has acted so distin- guished a part . She is remarkable also for that politeness , and atten- tion to strangers , which render hospitality ...
... excellent farmer's wife , that simple dignity which ought to characterize a woman whose husband has acted so distin- guished a part . She is remarkable also for that politeness , and atten- tion to strangers , which render hospitality ...
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