Life of George Washington...J. Stockdale, 1808 - 560 Seiten |
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... hand , it is with concern I remark , that my best endeavours lose their reward , and that my con- duct , although I have uniformly studied to make it as unexceptionable as I could , does not appear to you in a favourable point of light ...
... hand , it is with concern I remark , that my best endeavours lose their reward , and that my con- duct , although I have uniformly studied to make it as unexceptionable as I could , does not appear to you in a favourable point of light ...
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... hand , it is hard to have my character arraigned , and my ac- tions condemned , without a hearing . " I must therefore again beg in more plain , and in very earnest terms to know if has taken the liberty of representing my conduct to ...
... hand , it is hard to have my character arraigned , and my ac- tions condemned , without a hearing . " I must therefore again beg in more plain , and in very earnest terms to know if has taken the liberty of representing my conduct to ...
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... hand only sufficient to furnish the army with nine cartridges a man . While the greatest caution was used to keep this alarming fact a secret , the utmost exertions were employed to obtain a sup- ply of this article of absolute ...
... hand only sufficient to furnish the army with nine cartridges a man . While the greatest caution was used to keep this alarming fact a secret , the utmost exertions were employed to obtain a sup- ply of this article of absolute ...
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... hand of charity for support ; when calamities like these are staring us in the face , and a brutal * enemy are threatening us , and every thing we hold dear , with destruction from foreign troops ; it little becomes the character of a ...
... hand of charity for support ; when calamities like these are staring us in the face , and a brutal * enemy are threatening us , and every thing we hold dear , with destruction from foreign troops ; it little becomes the character of a ...
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... hand , which must probably determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves ; [ whether they are to have any property they can call their own ; whe- ther their houses and farms are to be pillaged and destroyed , and themselves ...
... hand , which must probably determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves ; [ whether they are to have any property they can call their own ; whe- ther their houses and farms are to be pillaged and destroyed , and themselves ...
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