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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... interest , not only from its associations , but its natural beauties . It commands a view of the Maryland shore of the Potomac , one of the most majestic of rivers , and of its course for many miles towards the Chesapeake Bay . An aged ...
... interest , not only from its associations , but its natural beauties . It commands a view of the Maryland shore of the Potomac , one of the most majestic of rivers , and of its course for many miles towards the Chesapeake Bay . An aged ...
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... interest . George always led the American army , and there was no sport in which he so much delighted as training his young soldiers . But there was something besides playing to be done at Mr. Williams's school . That gentleman was an ...
... interest . George always led the American army , and there was no sport in which he so much delighted as training his young soldiers . But there was something besides playing to be done at Mr. Williams's school . That gentleman was an ...
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... interests of his country , the future commander - in - chief of the American armies thus ad- dressed him . " The command of the whole forces is what I neither look for , expect , or desire ; for I must be impartial enough to confess ...
... interests of his country , the future commander - in - chief of the American armies thus ad- dressed him . " The command of the whole forces is what I neither look for , expect , or desire ; for I must be impartial enough to confess ...
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... interest and policy so unanswerably demand it , and whence so much good must consequently ensue . Do we not know that every nation under the sun finds its account therein , and that without it , no order or regularity can be ob- served ...
... interest and policy so unanswerably demand it , and whence so much good must consequently ensue . Do we not know that every nation under the sun finds its account therein , and that without it , no order or regularity can be ob- served ...
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... interest of the service , convince us that the most cogent reasons only could induce you to quit it ; yet we , with the greatest deference , presume to entreat you to suspend those thoughts for another year , and to lead us on to assist ...
... interest of the service , convince us that the most cogent reasons only could induce you to quit it ; yet we , with the greatest deference , presume to entreat you to suspend those thoughts for another year , and to lead us on to assist ...
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