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 16
... letter of my name before . Now , how could they grow up so as to make all the letters of my name ! and then standing one after another , to spell my name so exactly ! -and all so neat and even too , at top and bottom !! O Pa , you must ...
... letter of my name before . Now , how could they grow up so as to make all the letters of my name ! and then standing one after another , to spell my name so exactly ! -and all so neat and even too , at top and bottom !! O Pa , you must ...
Stran 52
... letter to the Speaker of the House of Bur- gesses , Washington has these remarkable words- If this conduct of our leaders , do not flow from su- perior orders , it must flow from a weakness , too gross for me to name . Nothing now but a ...
... letter to the Speaker of the House of Bur- gesses , Washington has these remarkable words- If this conduct of our leaders , do not flow from su- perior orders , it must flow from a weakness , too gross for me to name . Nothing now but a ...
Stran 204
... letter to the Emperor of Germany , with equal delicacy and feeling , solicited his discharge , and permission to come to America . The letter concluded with these remarkable words " As it is a maxim with me 66 never to ask what , under ...
... letter to the Emperor of Germany , with equal delicacy and feeling , solicited his discharge , and permission to come to America . The letter concluded with these remarkable words " As it is a maxim with me 66 never to ask what , under ...
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