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 . 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- ridian brightness , that there ...
... hope of success . 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- ridian brightness , that there ...
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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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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.