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 WashingtonLeary & Getz, 1857 - 588 pages |
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Page 349
... wish of the country . I know it to be the wish of the army , and it must be the ardent wish of the unhappy sufferers them- selves . Should the exchange be deferred till the terms of the last resolve of Congress on the subject are ...
... wish of the country . I know it to be the wish of the army , and it must be the ardent wish of the unhappy sufferers them- selves . Should the exchange be deferred till the terms of the last resolve of Congress on the subject are ...
Page 461
... wish , so far as can be done consistently with the great duty I owe to my country , and those powers we are bound to ... wishes , under any specious pretence , to overturn the liberties of our country ; and who wickedly attempts to open ...
... wish , so far as can be done consistently with the great duty I owe to my country , and those powers we are bound to ... wishes , under any specious pretence , to overturn the liberties of our country ; and who wickedly attempts to open ...
Page 487
... wish of the Assembly that I should be an associate in the business of revising the federal system , I should , from a sense of the obligation I am under for repeated proofs of confidence in me , more than from any opinion I could ...
... wish of the Assembly that I should be an associate in the business of revising the federal system , I should , from a sense of the obligation I am under for repeated proofs of confidence in me , more than from any opinion I could ...
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