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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... soldiers of our army , even after defeat and misfortune . This is the illustrious chief , whom a kind Providence has decreed as the instrument to conduct our country to peace and to in- dependence . His Excellency , made a visit to our ...
... soldiers of our army , even after defeat and misfortune . This is the illustrious chief , whom a kind Providence has decreed as the instrument to conduct our country to peace and to in- dependence . His Excellency , made a visit to our ...
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... soldier ; gentle in his manners , in temper rather reserved ; a total stranger to religious prejudices , which have so often excited Christians of one de- nomination to cut the throats of those of another ; in his morals irre ...
... soldier ; gentle in his manners , in temper rather reserved ; a total stranger to religious prejudices , which have so often excited Christians of one de- nomination to cut the throats of those of another ; in his morals irre ...
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... soldier jealous of his praises , feared even his silence ; never was general better served and obeyed . More careful of his country's glory than his own , he risked nothing to chance ; his operations , marked by prudence , had always ...
... soldier jealous of his praises , feared even his silence ; never was general better served and obeyed . More careful of his country's glory than his own , he risked nothing to chance ; his operations , marked by prudence , had always ...
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... Soldier , magistrate , people , all love and ad- mire him ; all speak of him in terms of tenderness and veneration . Does there then exist a virtue capable of restraining the injustice of mankind ; or are glory and happiness too ...
... Soldier , magistrate , people , all love and ad- mire him ; all speak of him in terms of tenderness and veneration . Does there then exist a virtue capable of restraining the injustice of mankind ; or are glory and happiness too ...
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... soldier , and polished gentleman , to quit his com- pany with regret , filled with sentiments of enthusiastic ... soldiers laid aside the sword to add lustre to the arts to cultivate their native fields , and to enrich the United ...
... soldier , and polished gentleman , to quit his com- pany with regret , filled with sentiments of enthusiastic ... soldiers laid aside the sword to add lustre to the arts to cultivate their native fields , and to enrich the United ...
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