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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... person his due title , according to his degree and the custom of the place . 10. Strive not with your superiors in argument , but always submit your judgment to others with modesty . “ 11. Undertake not to teach your equal in the art ...
... person his due title , according to his degree and the custom of the place . 10. Strive not with your superiors in argument , but always submit your judgment to others with modesty . “ 11. Undertake not to teach your equal in the art ...
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... 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 the pre- servation and support of ...
... 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 the pre- servation and support of ...
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... persons , not valuable enough to invite a considerate judgment to desire to undertake it . I esteemed it as the gilding that covers a bitter pill , and I looked through the dress and outside , and easily saw that it covered a state ...
... persons , not valuable enough to invite a considerate judgment to desire to undertake it . I esteemed it as the gilding that covers a bitter pill , and I looked through the dress and outside , and easily saw that it covered a state ...
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... persons of all alike , often wreaking their fiendish hatred on the unoffending and lifeless body after the soul had been released from sufferings too horrible to be narrated . The near approach of their old enemies , the French , and ...
... persons of all alike , often wreaking their fiendish hatred on the unoffending and lifeless body after the soul had been released from sufferings too horrible to be narrated . The near approach of their old enemies , the French , and ...
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... person was eminently qualified for the post thus given to him , for having made a settlement between the northwestern ridge of the Allegha- nies and the Monongahela River , he had often traversed the country between his settlement and ...
... person was eminently qualified for the post thus given to him , for having made a settlement between the northwestern ridge of the Allegha- nies and the Monongahela River , he had often traversed the country between his settlement and ...
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