Life of George Washington...J. Stockdale, 1808 - 560 pages |
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... feelings and views of Colonel Washington on these sub- jects will fully appear by the following extracts from letters which he wrote at the time . In a dis- patch to the lieutenant - governor , he thus paints the situation of the ...
... feelings and views of Colonel Washington on these sub- jects will fully appear by the following extracts from letters which he wrote at the time . In a dis- patch to the lieutenant - governor , he thus paints the situation of the ...
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... and it is the highest consolation I am capable of feeling , that no man that ever was employed in a public capacity , has endeavoured to discharge the trnst reposed in him with greater honesty , and more 1757. ] 27 LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
... and it is the highest consolation I am capable of feeling , that no man that ever was employed in a public capacity , has endeavoured to discharge the trnst reposed in him with greater honesty , and more 1757. ] 27 LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
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... feelings and habits formed by their respective pursuits in pri- vate life . They were , animated by the love of liberty , and possessed the resolution and bravery of hardy yeomanry ; but they could not easily be brought to submit to the ...
... feelings and habits formed by their respective pursuits in pri- vate life . They were , animated by the love of liberty , and possessed the resolution and bravery of hardy yeomanry ; but they could not easily be brought to submit to the ...
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... feelings , regardless of consequences . 66 Again , men of a day's standing will not look forward ; and , from experience we find , that as the time approaches for their discharge , they grow careless of their arms , ammunition , camp ...
... feelings , regardless of consequences . 66 Again , men of a day's standing will not look forward ; and , from experience we find , that as the time approaches for their discharge , they grow careless of their arms , ammunition , camp ...
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... was the ardent desire of the great body of the American people ; but the operations of war produced other feelings and views a general alienation of affection from the British govern- ment took place 74 [ 1776 . LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
... was the ardent desire of the great body of the American people ; but the operations of war produced other feelings and views a general alienation of affection from the British govern- ment took place 74 [ 1776 . LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
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