The Life of George Washington: Commander-in-chief of the American Army Through the Revolutionary War, and the First President of the United StatesPorter & Coates, 1808 - 560 Seiten |
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... patriotism without an example , has sacrificed all the comforts of social and political life , in sup- port of the rights of mankind , and the welfare of our common country . My highest ambition is to be the happy instrument of ...
... patriotism without an example , has sacrificed all the comforts of social and political life , in sup- port of the rights of mankind , and the welfare of our common country . My highest ambition is to be the happy instrument of ...
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... patriotism of General Wash- ington were displayed , in making the good of his country an object of higher consideration than the applause of those , who were incapable of forming a correct opinion of the propriety of his measures . On ...
... patriotism of General Wash- ington were displayed , in making the good of his country an object of higher consideration than the applause of those , who were incapable of forming a correct opinion of the propriety of his measures . On ...
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... patriotism of their General , invested him with discretionary powers , to call on the go- vernments of the neighbouring colonies , for such numbers as circumstances should require ; and they empowered him to form those magazines of ...
... patriotism of their General , invested him with discretionary powers , to call on the go- vernments of the neighbouring colonies , for such numbers as circumstances should require ; and they empowered him to form those magazines of ...
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... patriotism and honour , to forward provisions to his camp . These applications were ultimately successful ; but before relief in this way could be afforded , the scarcity was so great , as to threaten the total destruction of the army ...
... patriotism and honour , to forward provisions to his camp . These applications were ultimately successful ; but before relief in this way could be afforded , the scarcity was so great , as to threaten the total destruction of the army ...
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... patriotism and self - interest to com- ply with the requisitions of Congress . But each of the states felt , its own burdens , and was dila- tory in its efforts to promote a general interest . A system , which in its execution required ...
... patriotism and self - interest to com- ply with the requisitions of Congress . But each of the states felt , its own burdens , and was dila- tory in its efforts to promote a general interest . A system , which in its execution required ...
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