The Life of George Washington: With Curious Anecdotes, Equally Honourable to Himself, and Exemplary to His Young Countrymen ... Embellished with Six EngravingsJ. Allen, 1840 - 244 strani |
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Stran 6
... human perfectibility and true greatness , that , compared there- with , the history of his capturing Cornwallis and Tarleton , with their buccaneering legions , sounds al- most as small as the story of General Putnam's catching his wolf ...
... human perfectibility and true greatness , that , compared there- with , the history of his capturing Cornwallis and Tarleton , with their buccaneering legions , sounds al- most as small as the story of General Putnam's catching his wolf ...
Stran 167
... human beings was lying low . A life , of all others the most revered , the most beloved , was at stake . And if human skill could have saved - if the sword of genius , and the buckler of experience could have turned the stroke of death ...
... human beings was lying low . A life , of all others the most revered , the most beloved , was at stake . And if human skill could have saved - if the sword of genius , and the buckler of experience could have turned the stroke of death ...
Stran 187
... HUMAN laws ! Human nonsense ! For how often , even where the cries and screams of the wretched called aloud for lightning speeded vengeance , have we not seen the sword of human law loiter in its cow- ard scabbard , afraid of angry ...
... HUMAN laws ! Human nonsense ! For how often , even where the cries and screams of the wretched called aloud for lightning speeded vengeance , have we not seen the sword of human law loiter in its cow- ard scabbard , afraid of angry ...
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