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, 1853 - 586 pages |
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Page 150
... conduct of the Boston people could not justify the rigour of their measures , unless there had been a requisition of payment and refusal of it ; nor did that conduct require an act to deprive the government of Massachusetts Bay of their ...
... conduct of the Boston people could not justify the rigour of their measures , unless there had been a requisition of payment and refusal of it ; nor did that conduct require an act to deprive the government of Massachusetts Bay of their ...
Page 573
... conduct from right maxims . His talents were such as to assist a sound judgment and ripen with it . His prudence was consummate , and seemed to take the direction of his powers and passions ; for , as a soldier , he was more solicitous ...
... conduct from right maxims . His talents were such as to assist a sound judgment and ripen with it . His prudence was consummate , and seemed to take the direction of his powers and passions ; for , as a soldier , he was more solicitous ...
Page 587
... conduct must witness to you and to the world . To myself , the assurance of my own conscience is , that I have , at least , believed myself to be guided by them . In relation to the still subsisting war in Europe , my proclamation of ...
... conduct must witness to you and to the world . To myself , the assurance of my own conscience is , that I have , at least , believed myself to be guided by them . In relation to the still subsisting war in Europe , my proclamation of ...
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