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The Life of George Washington,: Commander in Chief of the American Forces ... - Page 709
by John Marshall - 1807
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The Constitution of the United States of America: With an Alphabetical ...

William Hickey - Constitutional history - 1851 - 580 pages
...incompetent abilities will be consigned to oblivion, as myself must soon be to the mansions of rest. Relying on its kindness in this, as in other things,...the sweet enjoyment of partaking, in the midst of my fellow-citizens, the benign influence of good laws under a free Government — the ever favorite object...
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The constitution of the United States of America; ... the Declaration of ...

William Hickey - 1851 - 588 pages
...incompetent abilities will be consigned to oblivion, as myself must soon be to the mansions of rest. Relying on its kindness in this, as in other things,...the sweet enjoyment of partaking, in the midst of my fellow-citizens, the benign influence of good laws under a free Government — the ever favorite object...
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The Republic: A Monthly Magazine of American Literature ..., Volumes 3-4

1852 - 746 pages
...incompetent abilities, will be consigned to oblivion, as myself must soon be to the mansions of rest.. — Relying on its kindness in this as in other things,...himself and his progenitors for several generations." Who has not been affected, as he has read the narrative which records the closing scenes in the eventful...
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The American's Own Book: Containing the Declaration of Independence, with ...

Presidents - 1853 - 514 pages
...incompetent abilities will be consigned to oblivion, as myself must soon be to the mansions of rest. Relying on its kindness in this as in other things,...the sweet enjoyment of partaking, in the midst of my fellow-citizens, the benign influence of good laws, under a free government; the ever favorite object...
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The American Orator: With an Appendix Containing the Declaration of ...

Lewis C. Munn - Autographs - 1853 - 450 pages
...incompetent abilities will be consigned to oblivion, as myself must soon be to the mansions of rest. Relying on its kindness in this, as in other things,...progenitors for several generations, I anticipate, with pleading expectation, that retreat in which I promise myself to realize, without alloy, the sweet enjoyment...
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Historical Source Book

Hutton Webster - Great Britain - 1920 - 238 pages
...mansions of rest. 1 A reference to the war waged by the Second Coalition against republican France. Relying on its kindness in this as in other things, and actuated by that fervent love toward it, which is so natural to a man who views in it the native soil of himself and his progenitors...
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458-1880

United States - 1921 - 346 pages
...incompetent abilities will be consigned to oblivion, as myself must soon be to the mansions of rest. Relying on its kindness in this as in other things,...the sweet enjoyment of partaking, in the midst of my fellow-citizens, the benign influence of good laws under a free Government, the ever favorite object...
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458-1880

United States - 1921 - 344 pages
...incompetent abilities will be consigned to oblivion, as myself must soon be to the mansions of rest. Belying on its kindness in this as in other things, and actuated...the sweet enjoyment of partaking, in the midst of my fellow-citizens, the benign influence of good laws under a free Government, the ever favorite object...
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Valentine's Manual of Old New York, Volume 6

New York (N.Y.) - 1921 - 402 pages
...incompetent abilities will be consigned to oblivion, as myself must soon be to the mansions of rest. Relying on its kindness in this as in other things,...retreat, in which I promise myself to realize, without allow, the sweet enjoyment of partaking, in the midst of my fellow-citizens, the benign influence of...
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Landmarks of Liberty: The Growth of American Political Ideals as Recorded in ...

Robert Porter St. John, Raymond Lenox Noonan - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1922 - 360 pages
...incompetent abilities will be consigned to oblivion, as myself must soon be to the mansions of rest. Relying on its kindness in this as in other things,...the sweet enjoyment of partaking, in the midst of my fellow-citizens, the benign influence of good laws under a free government, the ever favorite object...
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