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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... kind Providence has decreed as the instrument to conduct our country to peace and to in- dependence . His Excellency , made a visit to our hospital ; his arrival was scarcely announced , before he presented himself at our doors . Dr ...
... kind Providence has decreed as the instrument to conduct our country to peace and to in- dependence . His Excellency , made a visit to our hospital ; his arrival was scarcely announced , before he presented himself at our doors . Dr ...
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... kind in America . This was followed by larger geographies and gazetteers of the United States , from materials obtained by travelling and correspondence - especially that of Jeremy Belknap , the historian ; Thomas Hutchins , the ...
... kind in America . This was followed by larger geographies and gazetteers of the United States , from materials obtained by travelling and correspondence - especially that of Jeremy Belknap , the historian ; Thomas Hutchins , the ...
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... kind of farm - yard you perceive turkeys , geese , ducks , and other kinds of poultry . From this mansion , which commands a view of the Potowmac , there is a most enchanting prospect ; on this side there is a very high and extensive ...
... kind of farm - yard you perceive turkeys , geese , ducks , and other kinds of poultry . From this mansion , which commands a view of the Potowmac , there is a most enchanting prospect ; on this side there is a very high and extensive ...
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... kind obstructing , numerous and valiant armies encountering , himself a host , he assuaged our sufferings , limited our privations , and upheld our tottering Republic . Shall I display to you the spread of the fire of his soul , by ...
... kind obstructing , numerous and valiant armies encountering , himself a host , he assuaged our sufferings , limited our privations , and upheld our tottering Republic . Shall I display to you the spread of the fire of his soul , by ...
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... kind ; and to the dear object of his affections exemplarily tender : Correct through- out , vice shuddered in his presence , and virtue always felt his fostering hand ; the purity of his private character gave effulgence to his public ...
... kind ; and to the dear object of his affections exemplarily tender : Correct through- out , vice shuddered in his presence , and virtue always felt his fostering hand ; the purity of his private character gave effulgence to his public ...
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