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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... independence ; to its integrity and judgment , the permanence of our constitutional experiment ; and , to its firmness and patriotism , our position as a nation . All Americans should study and venerate it . At all times and places , in ...
... independence ; to its integrity and judgment , the permanence of our constitutional experiment ; and , to its firmness and patriotism , our position as a nation . All Americans should study and venerate it . At all times and places , in ...
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... independence of spirit . Such , my good friend , is the man , to whom America has in- trusted her important cause . Hitherto she has had every reason to be satisfied with her choice ; and most ungrateful would she be to the great ...
... independence of spirit . Such , my good friend , is the man , to whom America has in- trusted her important cause . Hitherto she has had every reason to be satisfied with her choice ; and most ungrateful would she be to the great ...
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... him unpopular , and he went to France . The independence of his character caused him to be suspected by Robespierre , and he was guillotined January 7th , 1794 . MARQUIS DE CHASTELLUX . 1786 . HERE would be the 4 JOSEPH MANDRILLON . 25.
... him unpopular , and he went to France . The independence of his character caused him to be suspected by Robespierre , and he was guillotined January 7th , 1794 . MARQUIS DE CHASTELLUX . 1786 . HERE would be the 4 JOSEPH MANDRILLON . 25.
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... independence of America , he did not choose to give up the system of neutrality . Having once laid down that line of conduct , which both gratitude and policy pointed out as most proper to be pursued , not all the insults and ...
... independence of America , he did not choose to give up the system of neutrality . Having once laid down that line of conduct , which both gratitude and policy pointed out as most proper to be pursued , not all the insults and ...
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... found this our wide spreading empire , and to give to the western world its independence and its free- dom . Having effected the great object for which he was placed at the head of our armies , we have seen him converting ( 54 )
... found this our wide spreading empire , and to give to the western world its independence and its free- dom . Having effected the great object for which he was placed at the head of our armies , we have seen him converting ( 54 )
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