The Life of George Washington, Commander in Chief of the American Army, Through the Revolutionary War: And the First President of the United States, Band 2T. Bedington, 1831 |
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... present ineligible situation ; feel a keener sensibility at their distresses ; or more ardently desire to alleviate or remove them . " He subjoined . " Although the officers of the army very well know my official situation , that I am ...
... present ineligible situation ; feel a keener sensibility at their distresses ; or more ardently desire to alleviate or remove them . " He subjoined . " Although the officers of the army very well know my official situation , that I am ...
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... present his resignation . Congress resolved that it should be at a publick audi ence on the succeeding Tuesday . When the moment of this interesting transaction arrived , the gallery was crowded with spectators ; and many of the civil ...
... present his resignation . Congress resolved that it should be at a publick audi ence on the succeeding Tuesday . When the moment of this interesting transaction arrived , the gallery was crowded with spectators ; and many of the civil ...
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... present moment , as worthy of the favourable notice and patronage of Congress . " I consider it as an indispensable duty to close this last solemn act of my official life , by commending the interests of our dearest country to the ...
... present moment , as worthy of the favourable notice and patronage of Congress . " I consider it as an indispensable duty to close this last solemn act of my official life , by commending the interests of our dearest country to the ...
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... present . " When the plan of a Convention was ripened , and its meeting appointed to be at Philadelphia in May , 1787 , a respectable character in Virginia , communicated to General WASHINGTON the intention of that state to elect him ...
... present . " When the plan of a Convention was ripened , and its meeting appointed to be at Philadelphia in May , 1787 , a respectable character in Virginia , communicated to General WASHINGTON the intention of that state to elect him ...
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... present aspect of our affairs , it seems to me like the visions of a dream . My mind can scarcely realize it as a thing in actual existence : -So strange , so wonderful , does it appear to me . In this , as in most other matters , we ...
... present aspect of our affairs , it seems to me like the visions of a dream . My mind can scarcely realize it as a thing in actual existence : -So strange , so wonderful , does it appear to me . In this , as in most other matters , we ...
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