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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... whole mien has something in it that interests the French , the Americans , and even enemies them- selves in his favor . Placed in a military view , at the head of a nation where each individual has a share in the supreme legislative ...
... whole mien has something in it that interests the French , the Americans , and even enemies them- selves in his favor . Placed in a military view , at the head of a nation where each individual has a share in the supreme legislative ...
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... whole scope of a subject , and a complete experience in war and politics ; equally useful in the cabinet and in the field of Mars , the idol of his country , the admiration of the enemy he has fought and vanquished ; modest in victory ...
... whole scope of a subject , and a complete experience in war and politics ; equally useful in the cabinet and in the field of Mars , the idol of his country , the admiration of the enemy he has fought and vanquished ; modest in victory ...
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... whole reputation during his lifetime , if ever a citizen has found in his own country a reward for his services and abilities , it is my hero ; every where fêted , admired , caressed , he every where sees hearts eager to render him ...
... whole reputation during his lifetime , if ever a citizen has found in his own country a reward for his services and abilities , it is my hero ; every where fêted , admired , caressed , he every where sees hearts eager to render him ...
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... whole , that cannot be the produce of enthusiasm , which rather would reject it , since the effect of proportion is to diminish the idea of greatness . Brave with- out temerity , laborious without ambition , generous without prodi ...
... whole , that cannot be the produce of enthusiasm , which rather would reject it , since the effect of proportion is to diminish the idea of greatness . Brave with- out temerity , laborious without ambition , generous without prodi ...
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... whole of which General Washington furnishes the idea , I have not excluded exterior form . His stature is noble and lofty , he is well made , and exactly proportioned ; his phy- siognomy mild and agreeable , but such as to render it ...
... whole of which General Washington furnishes the idea , I have not excluded exterior form . His stature is noble and lofty , he is well made , and exactly proportioned ; his phy- siognomy mild and agreeable , but such as to render it ...
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