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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... thing seems to have depended on him . The leaders of popular opinion looked to him for advice ; the Congress for direction . While the war was raging he guided every movement , repressed all discontent , infused the breath of life into ...
... thing seems to have depended on him . The leaders of popular opinion looked to him for advice ; the Congress for direction . While the war was raging he guided every movement , repressed all discontent , infused the breath of life into ...
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... thing like deception . He often talked with him on this subject , and that his lectures were not wasted , but sown on good ground , is evident from the following anecdote , which rests on the same authority as the one recorded above ...
... thing like deception . He often talked with him on this subject , and that his lectures were not wasted , but sown on good ground , is evident from the following anecdote , which rests on the same authority as the one recorded above ...
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... thing was placed in the hands of Mrs. Washington , until her children should respectively become of age . * Thus was George Washington , at the early age of eleven years , left to the guardianship of his mother . Well did Mrs ...
... thing was placed in the hands of Mrs. Washington , until her children should respectively become of age . * Thus was George Washington , at the early age of eleven years , left to the guardianship of his mother . Well did Mrs ...
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... thing of importance ; break no jests that are sharp - biting , and if you deliver any thing that is witty and pleasant , abstain from laughing thereat yourself . " 16. Wherein you reprove another be unblamable yourself , for example is ...
... thing of importance ; break no jests that are sharp - biting , and if you deliver any thing that is witty and pleasant , abstain from laughing thereat yourself . " 16. Wherein you reprove another be unblamable yourself , for example is ...
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... things among grave and learned men ; nor very difficult questions or subjects among the ignorant : nor things hard to be believed . " 24. Be not immodest in urging your friend to discover a secret . " 25. Break not a jest where none ...
... things among grave and learned men ; nor very difficult questions or subjects among the ignorant : nor things hard to be believed . " 24. Be not immodest in urging your friend to discover a secret . " 25. Break not a jest where none ...
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