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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... dangers , especially intemperance in eating and drinking . 66 Touching my eminence of place or power in this world , this is my account . I never sought or desired it , and that for these reasons . First , because I easily saw that it ...
... dangers , especially intemperance in eating and drinking . 66 Touching my eminence of place or power in this world , this is my account . I never sought or desired it , and that for these reasons . First , because I easily saw that it ...
Page 36
... danger , solicitude , care , trouble , envy , dis- content , disquietude , temptation , and vexation . I esteemed it a condition , which , if there were any distempers abroad , they would infallibly be hunting and pushing after it ; and ...
... danger , solicitude , care , trouble , envy , dis- content , disquietude , temptation , and vexation . I esteemed it a condition , which , if there were any distempers abroad , they would infallibly be hunting and pushing after it ; and ...
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... danger and difficulty . " The envoy would be under the necessity of passing through an extensive and almost ... dangers of the service that not one of the many aids and immediate attendants on the governor offered to undertake it , and ...
... danger and difficulty . " The envoy would be under the necessity of passing through an extensive and almost ... dangers of the service that not one of the many aids and immediate attendants on the governor offered to undertake it , and ...
Page 66
... danger which menaced their Ame- rican colonies , took immediate measures to repel the French , and ordered their officers , in case of invasion , to oppose force by force , promising the aid of the mother country if it should be ...
... danger which menaced their Ame- rican colonies , took immediate measures to repel the French , and ordered their officers , in case of invasion , to oppose force by force , promising the aid of the mother country if it should be ...
Page 69
... dangers could shake . To display it in murdering a fellow - citizen was not his ambition . He had before him the tented field and the enemies of his country , and he was pledged for the hazards of a mortal conflict in her defence . Here ...
... dangers could shake . To display it in murdering a fellow - citizen was not his ambition . He had before him the tented field and the enemies of his country , and he was pledged for the hazards of a mortal conflict in her defence . Here ...
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