The National Hand-book of American Progress: Comprising a Ready Reference Manual of Facts and Figures, from the Discovery of America to the Present Time. Historical, Biographical, Statistical, Documentary, Financial, PoliticalErastus Otis Haven |
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... Arms of the U. S. is composed of the Eagle , with outspread wings , guarding a shield of Stars and Stripes , holding arrows in one talon and an olive branch in the other , and in its beak the motto , " E Plu ribus Unum . " ..It still ...
... Arms of the U. S. is composed of the Eagle , with outspread wings , guarding a shield of Stars and Stripes , holding arrows in one talon and an olive branch in the other , and in its beak the motto , " E Plu ribus Unum . " ..It still ...
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... of all that . Like other babies , he was pass- ing through the first of the Seven Ages of man : " Mewling and puking in his nurse's arms . ' · 99 North Amer- ica in the XVIIIth We leave him there 12 NATIONAL HAND - BOOK .
... of all that . Like other babies , he was pass- ing through the first of the Seven Ages of man : " Mewling and puking in his nurse's arms . ' · 99 North Amer- ica in the XVIIIth We leave him there 12 NATIONAL HAND - BOOK .
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... arms by the rebellion of England , not by their own rebellion ; how , then , hired soldiers from other lands were sent to drive them into submission ; how they called upon Washington to be their commander ; and how reluctantly he ...
... arms by the rebellion of England , not by their own rebellion ; how , then , hired soldiers from other lands were sent to drive them into submission ; how they called upon Washington to be their commander ; and how reluctantly he ...
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... arms ! If now it be asked what renders Washington so great , much discrimination is needed to frame a re- ply . character . Intellectually he was not preeminent . He was care- ful , methodical , accurate in his observa- Washington's ...
... arms ! If now it be asked what renders Washington so great , much discrimination is needed to frame a re- ply . character . Intellectually he was not preeminent . He was care- ful , methodical , accurate in his observa- Washington's ...
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... arms against their country , to become the executioners of their friends and brethren , or to fall themselves by their hands . He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us , and has endeavored to bring on the inhabitants of our ...
... arms against their country , to become the executioners of their friends and brethren , or to fall themselves by their hands . He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us , and has endeavored to bring on the inhabitants of our ...
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