The Life of George Washington: With Curious Anecdotes, Equally Honourable to Himself, and Exemplary to His Young Countrymen ... Embellished with Six EngravingsJ.B. Lippincott & Company, 1858 - 244 strani |
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... Washing- ton ; " he was very well , general , when we left Ame- rica . " — " Ah , gentlemen ! " rejoined he , " Washington can never be otherwise than well . - The measure of his fame is full . - Posterity will talk of him with re ...
... Washing- ton ; " he was very well , general , when we left Ame- rica . " — " Ah , gentlemen ! " rejoined he , " Washington can never be otherwise than well . - The measure of his fame is full . - Posterity will talk of him with re ...
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... Washing- ton below the clouds - nothing of Washington the dutiful son - the affectionate brother - the cheerful ... Wash- ington , the HERO , and the Demigod - Washington the sun - beam in council , or the storm in war . And in all ...
... Washing- ton below the clouds - nothing of Washington the dutiful son - the affectionate brother - the cheerful ... Wash- ington , the HERO , and the Demigod - Washington the sun - beam in council , or the storm in war . And in all ...
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... Washing- ton , to direct the storm of war , or to ravish the ears of deeply listening Senates ? To be constantly placing him then , before our children , in this high character , what is it but like springing in the clouds a golden ...
... Washing- ton , to direct the storm of war , or to ravish the ears of deeply listening Senates ? To be constantly placing him then , before our children , in this high character , what is it but like springing in the clouds a golden ...
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... Wash- ington , the greatest among men , but in America- that greatest Continent , which , rising from beneath the frozen pole , stretches far and wide to the south , running almost " the whole length of this vast terrene , " and ...
... Wash- ington , the greatest among men , but in America- that greatest Continent , which , rising from beneath the frozen pole , stretches far and wide to the south , running almost " the whole length of this vast terrene , " and ...
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... Wash- ington , he learnt to go through the manual exercise with great dexterity . By the help of good treatises on the art of war , which were put into his hands by the same gentleman , he soon acquired very clear ideas of the ...
... Wash- ington , he learnt to go through the manual exercise with great dexterity . By the help of good treatises on the art of war , which were put into his hands by the same gentleman , he soon acquired very clear ideas of the ...
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Stran 162 - The West derives from the East supplies requisite to its growth and comfort; and, what is perhaps of still greater consequence, it must of necessity owe the secure enjoyment of indispensable outlets for its own productions to the weight, influence, and the future maritime strength of the Atlantic side of the Union, directed by an indissoluble community of interest as inn