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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... conduct in public and private life , may be regarded with indulgence , even though this attempt should be supported by little more than a sincere reverence for his character and an earnest desire to do justice to his merits . Many of ...
... conduct in public and private life , may be regarded with indulgence , even though this attempt should be supported by little more than a sincere reverence for his character and an earnest desire to do justice to his merits . Many of ...
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... conduct at the capture of Bristol , in 1643 , is noticed by Clarendon . Hume , in his account of the same event ... conducted by Lord Bellasis , met with a like fate . But Washington , with a less party , finding a place in the curtain ...
... conduct at the capture of Bristol , in 1643 , is noticed by Clarendon . Hume , in his account of the same event ... conducted by Lord Bellasis , met with a like fate . But Washington , with a less party , finding a place in the curtain ...
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... conduct of George's youth , than in the frankness of his political course , when , as President of the United States , he insisted on sincerity in all the diplomatic declarations of his public envoys . From the indications which we have ...
... conduct of George's youth , than in the frankness of his political course , when , as President of the United States , he insisted on sincerity in all the diplomatic declarations of his public envoys . From the indications which we have ...
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... conduct for the government of young persons , drawn from sources which are not known , and arranged with much care . We present the reader with a specimen of these rules , that it may be seen upon what principles certain parts of the ...
... conduct for the government of young persons , drawn from sources which are not known , and arranged with much care . We present the reader with a specimen of these rules , that it may be seen upon what principles certain parts of the ...
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... conduct claim the reader's special 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 ...
... conduct claim the reader's special 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 ...
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