George Washington, Band 1Houghton Mifflin, 1917 - 776 Seiten |
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... sense , and , above all , unusual force of will and character . Washington impressed pro- foundly everybody with whom he was brought into personal contact , a fact which is one of the most marked features of his character and career ...
... sense , and , above all , unusual force of will and character . Washington impressed pro- foundly everybody with whom he was brought into personal contact , a fact which is one of the most marked features of his character and career ...
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... sense that the crafty and well - trained French- men could not blind , and a strong faculty for deal- ing with men , always a rare and precious gift . As in the little Barbadoes diary , so also in this journal , we see , and far more ...
... sense that the crafty and well - trained French- men could not blind , and a strong faculty for deal- ing with men , always a rare and precious gift . As in the little Barbadoes diary , so also in this journal , we see , and far more ...
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... sense is neither mere holding of the tongue nor an incapacity of expression . The greatly silent man is he who is not given to words for their own sake , and who never talks about him- self . Both Cromwell , greatest of Englishmen , and ...
... sense is neither mere holding of the tongue nor an incapacity of expression . The greatly silent man is he who is not given to words for their own sake , and who never talks about him- self . Both Cromwell , greatest of Englishmen , and ...
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... sense of honor was wounded and his temper much irritated by the governor's playing false to the prisoners taken in the Jumonville fight . While thus engaged , news came that the French were off their guard at Fort Duquesne , and ...
... sense of honor was wounded and his temper much irritated by the governor's playing false to the prisoners taken in the Jumonville fight . While thus engaged , news came that the French were off their guard at Fort Duquesne , and ...
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... life , but Washington had an intense sense of personal dignity ; not the small vanity of a petty mind , but the quality of a proud man conscious of his own strength and purpose . It was of immense 78 GEORGE WASHINGTON .
... life , but Washington had an intense sense of personal dignity ; not the small vanity of a petty mind , but the quality of a proud man conscious of his own strength and purpose . It was of immense 78 GEORGE WASHINGTON .
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