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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... passion to serve his country in the military line , he has greatly improved them by unwearied industry , and a close application to the best writers upon tactics , and by a more than common method and exactness : and , in reality , when ...
... passion to serve his country in the military line , he has greatly improved them by unwearied industry , and a close application to the best writers upon tactics , and by a more than common method and exactness : and , in reality , when ...
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... passion , he receives envoys with rare seeds and re- sults of new projects from every quarter . He likewise makes copious notes , relative to his own experiments , the state of the seasons , the * The family of General Washington , in ...
... passion , he receives envoys with rare seeds and re- sults of new projects from every quarter . He likewise makes copious notes , relative to his own experiments , the state of the seasons , the * The family of General Washington , in ...
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... passions , and had he been born in the forests , it was his opinion that he would have been the fiercest man among the savage , tribes . In this Mr. Stewart has given proof of his great discernment and intimate knowledge of the human ...
... passions , and had he been born in the forests , it was his opinion that he would have been the fiercest man among the savage , tribes . In this Mr. Stewart has given proof of his great discernment and intimate knowledge of the human ...
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... passions of men , and the results of their councils and actions , as well as over their lives , nothing remains for me , but humble resignation . His example is now complete , and it will teach wisdom and virtue to magistrates ...
... passions of men , and the results of their councils and actions , as well as over their lives , nothing remains for me , but humble resignation . His example is now complete , and it will teach wisdom and virtue to magistrates ...
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... passions which accompany greatness , and frequently tarnish its lustre . With them was his first contest , and his ... passion almost too mighty for man ; yet , when just bursting into act , that strong passion was con- trolled by his ...
... passions which accompany greatness , and frequently tarnish its lustre . With them was his first contest , and his ... passion almost too mighty for man ; yet , when just bursting into act , that strong passion was con- trolled by his ...
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