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... never suffer to pass in Congress , I certainly never would oppose . There were other expressions which I would not have inserted , if I had drawn it up , particularly that which called the King tyrant . I thought this too personal ; for I ...
... never suffer to pass in Congress , I certainly never would oppose . There were other expressions which I would not have inserted , if I had drawn it up , particularly that which called the King tyrant . I thought this too personal ; for I ...
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... never could we embark on it under circumstances more suspicious . Our first and fundamental maxim should be , never to entangle ourselves in the broils of Europe . Our second , never to suffer Europe to intermeddle with cis - Atlantic ...
... never could we embark on it under circumstances more suspicious . Our first and fundamental maxim should be , never to entangle ourselves in the broils of Europe . Our second , never to suffer Europe to intermeddle with cis - Atlantic ...
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... never bestowed upon me one kind word : a place where I must become a private soldier or a beggar . To give up all the former for the latter , besides my mother and my sisters , whom I love so dearly ( although they so widely differ from ...
... never bestowed upon me one kind word : a place where I must become a private soldier or a beggar . To give up all the former for the latter , besides my mother and my sisters , whom I love so dearly ( although they so widely differ from ...
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George Washington writes his wife of his selection as Com | 3 |
refuses to answer a letter and loses thirteen fine | 9 |
Benjamin Franklin makes a freak suggestion | 15 |
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