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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“ I never made use of my power or greatness to serve my own turns , either to heap up riches , or to oppress my neighbour , or to revenge injuries , or to uphold injustice . For , though others thought me great , I knew myself to be ...
“ I never made use of my power or greatness to serve my own turns , either to heap up riches , or to oppress my neighbour , or to revenge injuries , or to uphold injustice . For , though others thought me great , I knew myself to be ...
Page 209
Since the 1st of December , ( upwards of two months previously , ) I have been devising every means in my power to secure these encampments ; and though I am sensible that we never have , since that period , been able to act upon the ...
Since the 1st of December , ( upwards of two months previously , ) I have been devising every means in my power to secure these encampments ; and though I am sensible that we never have , since that period , been able to act upon the ...
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In this he was certainly superior , that he neither mistook nor misapplied his His great modesty and reserve would have concealed them if great occasions had not called them forth ; and then , as he never spoke from the affectation to ...
In this he was certainly superior , that he neither mistook nor misapplied his His great modesty and reserve would have concealed them if great occasions had not called them forth ; and then , as he never spoke from the affectation to ...
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