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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Page 34
... execute any injustice towards any person . It hath been my care as not to err in the manner , so neither in the end , of the exercising of thy Providence . I have ever esteemed my prudence then best employed , when it was exercised in ...
... execute any injustice towards any person . It hath been my care as not to err in the manner , so neither in the end , of the exercising of thy Providence . I have ever esteemed my prudence then best employed , when it was exercised in ...
Page 37
... execution of my place , my deportment was just the same as if I had been no such a man ; for first , I knew that I ... execute justice according to that station I had . I rescued the oppressed from the cruelty , malice , and insolence of ...
... execution of my place , my deportment was just the same as if I had been no such a man ; for first , I knew that I ... execute justice according to that station I had . I rescued the oppressed from the cruelty , malice , and insolence of ...
Page 78
... executed this commis- sion with promptness and effect , and arrived with his charge safe in camp , on the 30th of May , though he had been compelled to wait a day in Winchester , in expectation of an escort of cavalry . This escort not ...
... executed this commis- sion with promptness and effect , and arrived with his charge safe in camp , on the 30th of May , though he had been compelled to wait a day in Winchester , in expectation of an escort of cavalry . This escort not ...
Page 95
... execute what they threaten , that is , blow out our brains . ' ” In the same letters , complaining of his inadequate authority to ⚫ enforce military discipline , he says : “ I would again hint the necessity of putting the militia under ...
... execute what they threaten , that is , blow out our brains . ' ” In the same letters , complaining of his inadequate authority to ⚫ enforce military discipline , he says : “ I would again hint the necessity of putting the militia under ...
Page 105
... executed with zeal , and with judgment . The exact discipline he established in his regiment , when the temper of Vir- ginia was extremely hostile to discipline , does credit to his mili- tary character ; and the gallantry the troops ...
... executed with zeal , and with judgment . The exact discipline he established in his regiment , when the temper of Vir- ginia was extremely hostile to discipline , does credit to his mili- tary character ; and the gallantry the troops ...
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