The Life of George Washington: Commander-in-chief of the American Army, Through the Revolutionary War, and the First President of the United States, Volúmenes1-2Crosby, Nichols, Lee, 1860 |
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... conduct me up Jackson's river , along the range of forts . With this small company of irregulars , with whom order , regularity , circumspec- tion , and vigilance were matters of derision and con- tempt , we set out , and by the ...
... conduct me up Jackson's river , along the range of forts . With this small company of irregulars , with whom order , regularity , circumspec- tion , and vigilance were matters of derision and con- tempt , we set out , and by the ...
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... which conveyed a censure , he wrote , I must beg leave , before I conclude , to observe , in ustification of my own conduct , that it is with pleasure I receive reproof when reproof is due , because no 3 * 757. ) LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
... which conveyed a censure , he wrote , I must beg leave , before I conclude , to observe , in ustification of my own conduct , that it is with pleasure I receive reproof when reproof is due , because no 3 * 757. ) LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
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... conduct , although 1 have uniformly studied to make it as unexceptionable as I could , does not appear to you in a favourable point of light . Otherwise your Honour would not have accused me of loose behaviour and remissness of duty ...
... conduct , although 1 have uniformly studied to make it as unexceptionable as I could , does not appear to you in a favourable point of light . Otherwise your Honour would not have accused me of loose behaviour and remissness of duty ...
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... conduct to your Honour , with such ungentlemanly freedom as the letter implies ? Your condescension herein will be acknowledged a singular favour . " Soon after this transaction , Mr. Dinwiddie left the government , and Mr. Blair , the ...
... conduct to your Honour , with such ungentlemanly freedom as the letter implies ? Your condescension herein will be acknowledged a singular favour . " Soon after this transaction , Mr. Dinwiddie left the government , and Mr. Blair , the ...
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... We seem then , in my opinion , to act un der the guidance of an evil genius . The conduct of our leaders , if not actuated by superiour orders , in tempered with something - I do not care to give 36 [ 1758 LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
... We seem then , in my opinion , to act un der the guidance of an evil genius . The conduct of our leaders , if not actuated by superiour orders , in tempered with something - I do not care to give 36 [ 1758 LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
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