Character Portraits of Washington as Delineated by Historians, Orators and Divines: Selected and Arranged in Chronological Order with Biographical Notes and ReferencesR. M. Lindsay, 1887 - 351 Seiten |
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... give him the title of an excellent patriot , of a wise and virtuous man , and one is in fact tempted to ascribe to him all good qualities , even those that circumstances have not yet permitted him to develop . Mr. Washington's first ...
... give him the title of an excellent patriot , of a wise and virtuous man , and one is in fact tempted to ascribe to him all good qualities , even those that circumstances have not yet permitted him to develop . Mr. Washington's first ...
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... gives good military fare , and is very civil towards all the officers admitted to his table . It is ordinarily the moment of the day when he is most cheer- ful . At desert he eats an enormous quantity of nuts , and when the ...
... gives good military fare , and is very civil towards all the officers admitted to his table . It is ordinarily the moment of the day when he is most cheer- ful . At desert he eats an enormous quantity of nuts , and when the ...
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... give the name of hero to men addicted to every vice , and whom they dreaded too much to offend . We are no longer in those ages when cruel sovereigns had writers in their pay to palliate their crimes , and to magnify their sup- posed ...
... give the name of hero to men addicted to every vice , and whom they dreaded too much to offend . We are no longer in those ages when cruel sovereigns had writers in their pay to palliate their crimes , and to magnify their sup- posed ...
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... give the portrait of General Washington : but what can my testimony add to the idea already formed of him ? The continent of North America , from Boston to Charles Town , is a great volume , every page of which presents his eulogium . I ...
... give the portrait of General Washington : but what can my testimony add to the idea already formed of him ? The continent of North America , from Boston to Charles Town , is a great volume , every page of which presents his eulogium . I ...
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... gives the order ; a hero in a republic , he excites another sort of respect , which seems to spring from the sole idea , that the safety of each individual , is attached to his person . As for the rest , I must observe on this occasion ...
... gives the order ; a hero in a republic , he excites another sort of respect , which seems to spring from the sole idea , that the safety of each individual , is attached to his person . As for the rest , I must observe on this occasion ...
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