The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of His Country, and First President of the United States, Band 2Crissy & Markley, 1848 |
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... mind of so much fertility of invention and military resource , as to add greatly to his previous reputation as a partisan . The whole army had exhibited a degree of activity , courage , and pa- tient suffering , surpassing any ...
... mind of so much fertility of invention and military resource , as to add greatly to his previous reputation as a partisan . The whole army had exhibited a degree of activity , courage , and pa- tient suffering , surpassing any ...
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... mind . No small addition to the regrets occasioned by his loss was derived from the reflection that he fell unnecessarily , in an unimportant skirmish , in the last moments of the war , when his rash exposure to the danger which proved ...
... mind . No small addition to the regrets occasioned by his loss was derived from the reflection that he fell unnecessarily , in an unimportant skirmish , in the last moments of the war , when his rash exposure to the danger which proved ...
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... mind , to use dif- ferent means to attain the same end , the author of the address should have had more charity , than to mark for suspicion the man who should recommend moderation and longer forbearance ; or , in other words , who ...
... mind , to use dif- ferent means to attain the same end , the author of the address should have had more charity , than to mark for suspicion the man who should recommend moderation and longer forbearance ; or , in other words , who ...
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... suppose you stood in need of them . A moment's reflection will convince every dispassionate mind of the physical impossibility of carrying either pro- posal into execution . There might , gentlemen , be GEORGE WASHINGTON . 47.
... suppose you stood in need of them . A moment's reflection will convince every dispassionate mind of the physical impossibility of carrying either pro- posal into execution . There might , gentlemen , be GEORGE WASHINGTON . 47.
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... mind , without indulging ill - grounded prejudices , will un- doubtedly make the proper discrimination . " Before the detachment from the army could reach Philadelphia , the disturbances were , in a great degree , quieted without ...
... mind , without indulging ill - grounded prejudices , will un- doubtedly make the proper discrimination . " Before the detachment from the army could reach Philadelphia , the disturbances were , in a great degree , quieted without ...
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