Life of George Washington...J. Stockdale, 1808 - 560 Seiten |
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... Honour , earnestly requesting of him the name of the author of this report . " I should take it infinitely kind if your Honour would please to inform me , whether a report of this nature was ever made to you , and in that case , who was ...
... Honour , earnestly requesting of him the name of the author of this report . " I should take it infinitely kind if your Honour would please to inform me , whether a report of this nature was ever made to you , and in that case , who was ...
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... Honour and the as- sembly , praying relief . And did I ever send any alarming account , without sending also the origi- nal papers , or the copies , which gave rise to it ? " That I have foibles , and perhaps many , I shall not deny . I ...
... Honour and the as- sembly , praying relief . And did I ever send any alarming account , without sending also the origi- nal papers , or the copies , which gave rise to it ? " That I have foibles , and perhaps many , I shall not deny . I ...
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... honour done me in this appointment , yet I feel great distress from a consciousness that my abilities and military ... honoured with . I beg leave , Sir , to assure the Congress , that , as no pecuniary consideration could have tempted ...
... honour done me in this appointment , yet I feel great distress from a consciousness that my abilities and military ... honoured with . I beg leave , Sir , to assure the Congress , that , as no pecuniary consideration could have tempted ...
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... honour in his exalted station of Commander in Chief of the American armies . In his reply [ JAN , 6,1776 . ] to the president of Congress , on the reception of the resolution , authorizing an attack on the fortified posts in Boston , he ...
... honour in his exalted station of Commander in Chief of the American armies . In his reply [ JAN , 6,1776 . ] to the president of Congress , on the reception of the resolution , authorizing an attack on the fortified posts in Boston , he ...
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... honours of a triumph . Congress , to express the public approbation of the military achievements of their general , resolved , That the thanks of Congress , in their own name , and in the name of the thirteen United Colonies , be ...
... honours of a triumph . Congress , to express the public approbation of the military achievements of their general , resolved , That the thanks of Congress , in their own name , and in the name of the thirteen United Colonies , be ...
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