The Life of George Washington: With Curious Anecdotes, Equally Honourable to Himself, and Exemplary to His Young Countrymen : Embellished with Six EngravingsJoseph Allen, sold by Lippincott, Grambo and Company, 1852 - 244 páginas |
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... duty on stamp paper , similar duties had been laid on glass , tea , & c . & c . , all of which had been repealed with the stamp act , except that on tea . This the ministry had artfully retained : partly to cover the shame of their ...
... duty on stamp paper , similar duties had been laid on glass , tea , & c . & c . , all of which had been repealed with the stamp act , except that on tea . This the ministry had artfully retained : partly to cover the shame of their ...
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... duty and advantage , ❞ — the whole life of this great man bears glorious witness to the truth of this his favorite apho- rism . At the giddy age of fourteen , when the spirits of youth are all on tiptoe for freedom and adventures , he ...
... duty and advantage , ❞ — the whole life of this great man bears glorious witness to the truth of this his favorite apho- rism . At the giddy age of fourteen , when the spirits of youth are all on tiptoe for freedom and adventures , he ...
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... duty , is able to reward it . Had George left his fond mother to a broken heart , and gone off to sea , ' tis next to certain that he would never have taken that active part in the French and Indian war , which , by securing him the ...
... duty , is able to reward it . Had George left his fond mother to a broken heart , and gone off to sea , ' tis next to certain that he would never have taken that active part in the French and Indian war , which , by securing him the ...
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