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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It was also the purpose of Mr. Washington to create ' in his son an early love of truth , and an abhorrence of every thing like deception . He often talked with him on this subject , and that his lectures were not wasted , but sown on ...
It was also the purpose of Mr. Washington to create ' in his son an early love of truth , and an abhorrence of every thing like deception . He often talked with him on this subject , and that his lectures were not wasted , but sown on ...
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Though I have loved my reputation , and have been vigilant not to lose , or impair it , by my own default or neglect , yet I have jooked upon it as a bitter thing , a thing that the devil aims to hit , in a special manner , a thing that ...
Though I have loved my reputation , and have been vigilant not to lose , or impair it , by my own default or neglect , yet I have jooked upon it as a bitter thing , a thing that the devil aims to hit , in a special manner , a thing that ...
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He received for answer , among other things , that , by what had appeared , their powers were only to grant pardons ... well disciplined , and abundantly supplied with every thing necessary to success in the fiela ; he daily expected to ...
He received for answer , among other things , that , by what had appeared , their powers were only to grant pardons ... well disciplined , and abundantly supplied with every thing necessary to success in the fiela ; he daily expected to ...
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