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 107
... minds are thinking of nothing but self - pre- servation , he is thinking of nothing but duty and gene- rosity ... mind which feared its own condemnation more than that of any human tribunal . - He heard his sentence of death with ...
... minds are thinking of nothing but self - pre- servation , he is thinking of nothing but duty and gene- rosity ... mind which feared its own condemnation more than that of any human tribunal . - He heard his sentence of death with ...
Stran 191
... mind , he went to a ball that night , and behaved as pleasantly as though nothing had happened ! Glo- rious proof , that great souls , like great ships , are not affected by those little puffs which would overset fee- ble minds with ...
... mind , he went to a ball that night , and behaved as pleasantly as though nothing had happened ! Glo- rious proof , that great souls , like great ships , are not affected by those little puffs which would overset fee- ble minds with ...
Stran 207
... mind . seems to have been early smitten , he resolved to make up the deficiency by dint of industry and economy . For these virtues , how excellent ! how rare in youth ! Washington was admirably distinguished when but a boy . At a time ...
... mind . seems to have been early smitten , he resolved to make up the deficiency by dint of industry and economy . For these virtues , how excellent ! how rare in youth ! Washington was admirably distinguished when but a boy . At a time ...
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