Maxims of Washington: Compiled for Use in Schools, Libraries, and All American HomesD. Appleton, 1894 - 423 páginas |
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... thing more than a party leader . The whole of his character was in its mass perfect , in nothing bad , in a few points indifferent . And it may be truly said , that never did nature and fortune combine more perfectly to make a man great ...
... thing more than a party leader . The whole of his character was in its mass perfect , in nothing bad , in a few points indifferent . And it may be truly said , that never did nature and fortune combine more perfectly to make a man great ...
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... thing . ) under false colors are now endeavoring to deceive the great body of the people , by indus- triously propagating a belief , that Great Britain is willing to offer ANY terms , and that we will accept NONE ; thereby hoping to ...
... thing . ) under false colors are now endeavoring to deceive the great body of the people , by indus- triously propagating a belief , that Great Britain is willing to offer ANY terms , and that we will accept NONE ; thereby hoping to ...
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... thing to be expected from peti- tioning , after this ? Is not the attack upon the lib- erty and property of the people of Boston , before res- titution of the loss to the India Company was de- manded , a plain and self - evident proof ...
... thing to be expected from peti- tioning , after this ? Is not the attack upon the lib- erty and property of the people of Boston , before res- titution of the loss to the India Company was de- manded , a plain and self - evident proof ...
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... thing from their justice ? I should much distrust my own judgment , upon the occasion , if my nature did not recoil at the thought of submitting to measures which I think subversive of every thing that I ought to hold dear and valua ...
... thing from their justice ? I should much distrust my own judgment , upon the occasion , if my nature did not recoil at the thought of submitting to measures which I think subversive of every thing that I ought to hold dear and valua ...
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... thing depends ? I 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 ...
... thing depends ? I 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 ...
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