Maxims of Washington: Compiled for Use in Schools, Libraries, and All American HomesD. Appleton, 1894 - 423 páginas |
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... hope they will make the strong and lasting impression I could wish ; that they will control the usual current of the passions , or prevent our nation from running the course which has hitherto marked the destiny of nations . But if I ...
... hope they will make the strong and lasting impression I could wish ; that they will control the usual current of the passions , or prevent our nation from running the course which has hitherto marked the destiny of nations . But if I ...
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... hope will be a full recompense for the solicitude of your welfare , by which they have been dic- tated . How far , in the discharge of my official duties , I have been guided by the principles which have been delineated , the public ...
... hope will be a full recompense for the solicitude of your welfare , by which they have been dic- tated . How far , in the discharge of my official duties , I have been guided by the principles which have been delineated , the public ...
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... hope of success . But have we not tried this , already ? Have we not addressed the Lords , and re- monstrated to the Commons ? And to what end ? Did they deign to look at our petitions ? Does it not appear , as clear as the sun in me ...
... hope of success . But have we not tried this , already ? Have we not addressed the Lords , and re- monstrated to the Commons ? And to what end ? Did they deign to look at our petitions ? Does it not appear , as clear as the sun in me ...
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... hope , shall have our Independence secured , in its fullest extent , without cringing to this Son of Thunder , who , I am persuaded , will find abundant work for his troops , elsewhere ; on which happy pros- pect I sincerely ...
... hope , shall have our Independence secured , in its fullest extent , without cringing to this Son of Thunder , who , I am persuaded , will find abundant work for his troops , elsewhere ; on which happy pros- pect I sincerely ...
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... hope not . I trust , the goodness of the cause , and the ex- ertions of the people , and Divine protection , will give us that honorable peace for which we are contending . The favorable disposition of Spain , the promised succor from ...
... hope not . I trust , the goodness of the cause , and the ex- ertions of the people , and Divine protection , will give us that honorable peace for which we are contending . The favorable disposition of Spain , the promised succor from ...
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