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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... received no pay as General ; refused it as not needing it . The expenses of his table only are paid by the State . Every day he has about thirty persons to dinner . He gives good military fare , and is very civil towards all the ...
... received no pay as General ; refused it as not needing it . The expenses of his table only are paid by the State . Every day he has about thirty persons to dinner . He gives good military fare , and is very civil towards all the ...
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... received the intelligence of peace , and who did not accompany him to his domestic retirement , can describe the relief which that joyful event brought to his labouring mind , or the supreme satisfaction with which he withdrew to ...
... received the intelligence of peace , and who did not accompany him to his domestic retirement , can describe the relief which that joyful event brought to his labouring mind , or the supreme satisfaction with which he withdrew to ...
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... received from her in that great contest , which secured the 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 ...
... received from her in that great contest , which secured the 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 ...
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... received me very politely , and after reading my letters , I was asked to breakfast . There was very little of the ... receiving the least emolument from ( 47 )
... received me very politely , and after reading my letters , I was asked to breakfast . There was very little of the ... receiving the least emolument from ( 47 )
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... receiving the least emolument from his country ; and his retirement to private life after the peace , plainly evince , that his motives were the most pure and patriotic , that could proceed from a benevolent heart . His letters to ...
... receiving the least emolument from his country ; and his retirement to private life after the peace , plainly evince , that his motives were the most pure and patriotic , that could proceed from a benevolent heart . His letters to ...
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