Pictorial Life of George Washington: Embracing a Complete History of the Seven Years' War, the Revolutionary War, the Formation of the Federal Constitution, and the Administration of Washington |
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Nature has well contrived this lower place for water defence ; but the hill whereon it must stand being about a quarter of a mile in length , and then descending gradually on the land side , will render it difficult and very expensive ...
Nature has well contrived this lower place for water defence ; but the hill whereon it must stand being about a quarter of a mile in length , and then descending gradually on the land side , will render it difficult and very expensive ...
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To me it is a solecism in politics ; indeed , it is one of the most extraordinary things in nature , that we should confederate as a nation , and yet be afraid to give the rulers of that nation , who are the creatures of our own making ...
To me it is a solecism in politics ; indeed , it is one of the most extraordinary things in nature , that we should confederate as a nation , and yet be afraid to give the rulers of that nation , who are the creatures of our own making ...
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A natural consequence of this strife of parties is the exercise of the passions - pride , interest , vanity ... Independence achieved , the minds of the people were agitated about the nature of the government , which all saw to be ...
A natural consequence of this strife of parties is the exercise of the passions - pride , interest , vanity ... Independence achieved , the minds of the people were agitated about the nature of the government , which all saw to be ...
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| Title | Pictorial Life of George Washington: Embracing a Complete History of the Seven Years' War, the Revolutionary War, the Formation of the Federal Constitution, and the Administration of Washington |
| Author | John Frost |
| Publisher | Leary & Getz, 1857 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 11 Jun 2012 |
| Length | 588 pages |
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