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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... qualities , even those that 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 ...
... qualities , even those that 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 ...
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... qualities which compose the individual , one alone will enable you to judge of all the rest . If you are presented with medals of Cæsar , of Trajan , or Alexander , on examining their features , you will still be led to ask what was ...
... qualities which compose the individual , one alone will enable you to judge of all the rest . If you are presented with medals of Cæsar , of Trajan , or Alexander , on examining their features , you will still be led to ask what was ...
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... qualities of the Macedonian and Swedish heroes , yet unsullied by the savage cruelty and intemperance of the one , or mad ambition and obstinacy of the other , he possessed the rare gift of uniting all the sublime talents requisite in ...
... qualities of the Macedonian and Swedish heroes , yet unsullied by the savage cruelty and intemperance of the one , or mad ambition and obstinacy of the other , he possessed the rare gift of uniting all the sublime talents requisite in ...
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... qualities of his soul : the dignity of his appearance inspires an awe , which keeps the unacquainted beholder at a respectful distance , until the easy politeness of his manner , formed to gain the affections without artifice , and the ...
... qualities of his soul : the dignity of his appearance inspires an awe , which keeps the unacquainted beholder at a respectful distance , until the easy politeness of his manner , formed to gain the affections without artifice , and the ...
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... qualities of an 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 ...
... qualities of an 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 ...
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