Life of George Washington...J. Stockdale, 1808 - 560 Seiten |
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... reflecting on me in particular , for suffering mis- conduct of such extraordinary kind , and the dis- tant prospect , if any , of gaining reputation in the service , cause me to lament the hour that 20 [ 1756 . LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
... reflecting on me in particular , for suffering mis- conduct of such extraordinary kind , and the dis- tant prospect , if any , of gaining reputation in the service , cause me to lament the hour that 20 [ 1756 . LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
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... conduct me up Jack- son's river , along the range of forts . With this small company of irregulars , with whom order , regularity , circumspection , and vigilance , were matters of derision and contempt , we set out , and by the ...
... conduct me up Jack- son's river , along the range of forts . With this small company of irregulars , with whom order , regularity , circumspection , and vigilance , were matters of derision and contempt , we set out , and by the ...
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... conduct , that it is with pleasure I receive reproof when reproof is due , because no person can be readier to accuse me , than I am to acknowledge an er- ror when I have committed it ; nor more de- sirous of atoning for a crime , when ...
... conduct , that it is with pleasure I receive reproof when reproof is due , because no person can be readier to accuse me , than I am to acknowledge an er- ror when I have committed it ; nor more de- sirous of atoning for a crime , when ...
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... conduct towards me , that some person as well inclined to detract , but better skilled in the art of detraction than the author of the above stupid scandal , has made free with my character . For I cannot suppose that malice so absurd ...
... conduct towards me , that some person as well inclined to detract , but better skilled in the art of detraction than the author of the above stupid scandal , has made free with my character . For I cannot suppose that malice so absurd ...
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... conduct to your Ho- nour , with such ungentlemanly freedom as the let- ter implies ? Your condescension herein will be ac- knowledged a singular favour . " Soon after this transaction , Mr. Dinwiddie left the government , and Mr. Blair ...
... conduct to your Ho- nour , with such ungentlemanly freedom as the let- ter implies ? Your condescension herein will be ac- knowledged a singular favour . " Soon after this transaction , Mr. Dinwiddie left the government , and Mr. Blair ...
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