Maxims of Washington: Compiled for Use in Schools, Libraries, and All American HomesD. Appleton, 1894 - 423 páginas |
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... expect any 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 ...
... expect any 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 ...
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... expect , that the path is to be strowed with flowers . That Great Good Being who rules the universe , has disposed matters other- wise , and for wise purposes , I am persuaded . 1778 . I am under more apprehensions on account of our own ...
... expect , that the path is to be strowed with flowers . That Great Good Being who rules the universe , has disposed matters other- wise , and for wise purposes , I am persuaded . 1778 . I am under more apprehensions on account of our own ...
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... expect the war immediately at an end . The history of the war is a history of false hopes , and temporary expedients . Would to God , they were to end here . 1780 . THE FLATTERY OF SUCCESS . Particular successes , obtained against all ...
... expect the war immediately at an end . The history of the war is a history of false hopes , and temporary expedients . Would to God , they were to end here . 1780 . THE FLATTERY OF SUCCESS . Particular successes , obtained against all ...
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... expect or calculate upon real favors from nation to nation . It is an illusion , which experience must cure , which a just pride ought to discard . 1796 . DOMESTIC MANUFACTURES . Though I would not force the introduction of Man ...
... expect or calculate upon real favors from nation to nation . It is an illusion , which experience must cure , which a just pride ought to discard . 1796 . DOMESTIC MANUFACTURES . Though I would not force the introduction of Man ...
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... expect , is food and clothing . The pay given , in other armies , is little more than nominal ; very low in the first instance , and subject to a variety of deductions , that reduce it to nothing . This is the case with the British ...
... expect , is food and clothing . The pay given , in other armies , is little more than nominal ; very low in the first instance , and subject to a variety of deductions , that reduce it to nothing . This is the case with the British ...
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Página 50 - Western ; whence designing men may endeavor to excite a belief that there is a real difference of local interests and views. One of the expedients of party to acquire influence within particular districts is, to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts. You cannot shield yourselves too much against the jealousies and heart-burnings which spring from these misrepresentations. They tend to render alien to each other those who ought to be bound togtther by fraternal affection.