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 348
... interest is the governing principle , and motives of public virtue were not of themselves suffi- cient to keep the ... interest or some reward . For a time it may of itself push men to action , to bear much , to encounter difficulties ...
... interest is the governing principle , and motives of public virtue were not of themselves suffi- cient to keep the ... interest or some reward . For a time it may of itself push men to action , to bear much , to encounter difficulties ...
Page 470
... interests of those confidential officers who have attended your person to this affect- ing moment . " We join with you in ... interest- ing by the personages who appeared in it , by the great events it recalled to the memory , and by the ...
... interests of those confidential officers who have attended your person to this affect- ing moment . " We join with you in ... interest- ing by the personages who appeared in it , by the great events it recalled to the memory , and by the ...
Page 586
... interest , guided by justice , shall counsel . Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation ? why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground ? why , by interweaving our des- tiny with that of any part of Europe , entangle our ...
... interest , guided by justice , shall counsel . Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation ? why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground ? why , by interweaving our des- tiny with that of any part of Europe , entangle our ...
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