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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... duties of his high office . Though he had been abundantly rewarded by the fruits which have been gathered from the good seed which he has sown , even if his work had been blessed in but this single instance , yet the debt of gratitude ...
... duties of his high office . Though he had been abundantly rewarded by the fruits which have been gathered from the good seed which he has sown , even if his work had been blessed in but this single instance , yet the debt of gratitude ...
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... duties proper for it ; and let nothing but an inevitable necessity divert you from it . " Be industrious and ... duty to God . For this habit of piety in your soul will not only not lie sleeping and inactive , but in almost every ...
... duties proper for it ; and let nothing but an inevitable necessity divert you from it . " Be industrious and ... duty to God . For this habit of piety in your soul will not only not lie sleeping and inactive , but in almost every ...
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... duty to thee , to themselves and others ; to reprove vice and sin , to encourage virtue and good living , to convince of errors , to maintain the truth , to call upon thy name , and by vocal prayers to sanctify my tongue , and to fix my ...
... duty to thee , to themselves and others ; to reprove vice and sin , to encourage virtue and good living , to convince of errors , to maintain the truth , to call upon thy name , and by vocal prayers to sanctify my tongue , and to fix my ...
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... duties that brought me to them , also unnecessary journeys , expos- ing myself to unnecessary dangers , especially intemperance in eating and drinking . 66 Touching my eminence of place or power in this world , this is my account . I ...
... duties that brought me to them , also unnecessary journeys , expos- ing myself to unnecessary dangers , especially intemperance in eating and drinking . 66 Touching my eminence of place or power in this world , this is my account . I ...
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... duty . " In the holding or exercising these places , I kept my heart humble ; I valued not myself one rush the more for it . First , because I easily found that that base affection of pride , which commonly is the fly that haunts such ...
... duty . " In the holding or exercising these places , I kept my heart humble ; I valued not myself one rush the more for it . First , because I easily found that that base affection of pride , which commonly is the fly that haunts such ...
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