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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Page 458
... and are induced by the reflecting faculties of the mind to use different means to attain the same end , the author of the address should have had more charity than to mark for suspi- cion the man who should recommend moderation and ...
... and are induced by the reflecting faculties of the mind to use different means to attain the same end , the author of the address should have had more charity than to mark for suspi- cion the man who should recommend moderation and ...
Page 497
Two days after receiving notice of his election , he « bade adieu , " in the words of his diary , " to Mount Vernon , to private life , and to domestic feli- city ; and with a mind impressed with more anxious and painful sensations than ...
Two days after receiving notice of his election , he « bade adieu , " in the words of his diary , " to Mount Vernon , to private life , and to domestic feli- city ; and with a mind impressed with more anxious and painful sensations than ...
Page 521
Perhaps , also , carried away by his vivid imagination and the logical vehe- mence of his mind , he was sometimes exclusive in his views , and went too far in his inferences . But , of a character as lofty as his mind , he faithfully ...
Perhaps , also , carried away by his vivid imagination and the logical vehe- mence of his mind , he was sometimes exclusive in his views , and went too far in his inferences . But , of a character as lofty as his mind , he faithfully ...
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