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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... independence and the complete organization of her free institutions . No man was ever charged with a higher mission . None ever performed his mission with more complete success . Every step in the onward march of the republic affords a ...
... independence and the complete organization of her free institutions . No man was ever charged with a higher mission . None ever performed his mission with more complete success . Every step in the onward march of the republic affords a ...
Page 75
... independence of the United States . * The plan of thus uniting the colonies failing , the British min- istry determined to take the conduct of the war into their own Murray . Grahame . * hands . First , making warm remonstrances to the ...
... independence of the United States . * The plan of thus uniting the colonies failing , the British min- istry determined to take the conduct of the war into their own Murray . Grahame . * hands . First , making warm remonstrances to the ...
Page 140
... independence of America . On the following morning he is said to have told a friend who breakfasted with him , that he had never before been so sensible of the power of a good conscience ; that he had been accused of clandestinely ...
... independence of America . On the following morning he is said to have told a friend who breakfasted with him , that he had never before been so sensible of the power of a good conscience ; that he had been accused of clandestinely ...
Page 153
... independence , of the weakness and tem- per of the mainsprings that set the whole in motion , and how necessary it is , that abler heads and better hearts should draw a line for their guidance . Even when this is done , it is much to be ...
... independence , of the weakness and tem- per of the mainsprings that set the whole in motion , and how necessary it is , that abler heads and better hearts should draw a line for their guidance . Even when this is done , it is much to be ...
Page 154
... independence ; but this you may at the same time rely on , that none of them will ever submit to the loss of those valuable rights and privileges which are essential to the happiness of every free state , and without which , life ...
... independence ; but this you may at the same time rely on , that none of them will ever submit to the loss of those valuable rights and privileges which are essential to the happiness of every free state , and without which , life ...
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