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Page 110
... given me more painful sensations than your information of there being such ideas existing in the Army as you have expressed , & I must view with abhorrence , and reprehend with severety - For the pres- ent , the communication of them ...
... given me more painful sensations than your information of there being such ideas existing in the Army as you have expressed , & I must view with abhorrence , and reprehend with severety - For the pres- ent , the communication of them ...
Page 142
... given to a multiplicity of applications ; and I have assigned , as the true reason of my conduct , the predominant desire I had of being at liberty to act with a sole reference to justice and the public good . But without deviating from ...
... given to a multiplicity of applications ; and I have assigned , as the true reason of my conduct , the predominant desire I had of being at liberty to act with a sole reference to justice and the public good . But without deviating from ...
Page 245
... given here to his invitation . But this consideration ought not to divert us from what is just and proper in itself . Our co - operation is due to ourselves & to the world : and whilst it must ensure success in the event of an appeal to ...
... given here to his invitation . But this consideration ought not to divert us from what is just and proper in itself . Our co - operation is due to ourselves & to the world : and whilst it must ensure success in the event of an appeal to ...
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refuses to answer a letter and loses thirteen fine | 9 |
Benjamin Franklin makes a freak suggestion | 15 |
John Adams writes his wife news of the Declaration of Inde | 21 |
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