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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... attention in a general history of the period . The volume will , con- sequently , if I have succeeded in my design , present a history of Washington and his times . The authorities on which I have chiefly relied , be- sides the ...
... attention in a general history of the period . The volume will , con- sequently , if I have succeeded in my design , present a history of Washington and his times . The authorities on which I have chiefly relied , be- sides the ...
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... attention of those parents who are desirous to train up their children in the paths of virtue and honour . " The child is father of the man . The moral tenden- cies , good or bad , of childhood , are seldom eradicated in after life . It ...
... attention of those parents who are desirous to train up their children in the paths of virtue and honour . " The child is father of the man . The moral tenden- cies , good or bad , of childhood , are seldom eradicated in after life . It ...
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... attention , be- cause we are able to trace in the subsequent life of Washington their influence on his character and conduct . Not less worthy of notice are certain extracts which we shall take the liberty of making from Sir Matthew ...
... attention , be- cause we are able to trace in the subsequent life of Washington their influence on his character and conduct . Not less worthy of notice are certain extracts which we shall take the liberty of making from Sir Matthew ...
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... attention to such passages as the following : - --- " How time is to be redeemed . The particular methods of hus- banding time under both the former relations , viz . , in relation to opportunity , and in relation to our time in life ...
... attention to such passages as the following : - --- " How time is to be redeemed . The particular methods of hus- banding time under both the former relations , viz . , in relation to opportunity , and in relation to our time in life ...
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... attention , touching things to be done or said . . " It mightily advanceth and improveth the worth and excellency of most human actions in the world , and makes them a nobler kind of a thing , than otherwise , without it , they would be ...
... attention , touching things to be done or said . . " It mightily advanceth and improveth the worth and excellency of most human actions in the world , and makes them a nobler kind of a thing , than otherwise , without it , they would be ...
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