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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... head of an army or nation , where gold and glory are at stake , and where a man feels himself the burning focus of unnum- bered eyes ; he must be a paltry fellow , indeed , who does not play his part pretty handsomely .... even the ...
... head of an army or nation , where gold and glory are at stake , and where a man feels himself the burning focus of unnum- bered eyes ; he must be a paltry fellow , indeed , who does not play his part pretty handsomely .... even the ...
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... head , looked quite confused , while with his little naked toes he scratched in the soft ground . Now look up , my son , continued his father , look up , George ! and see there how richly the blessed God has made good my promise to you ...
... head , looked quite confused , while with his little naked toes he scratched in the soft ground . Now look up , my son , continued his father , look up , George ! and see there how richly the blessed God has made good my promise to you ...
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... head , that Mr. Washington conducted George with great ease and pleasure along the happy paths of virtue . But well knowing that his beloved charge , soon to be a man , would be left exposed to numberless temptations , both from himself ...
... head , that Mr. Washington conducted George with great ease and pleasure along the happy paths of virtue . But well knowing that his beloved charge , soon to be a man , would be left exposed to numberless temptations , both from himself ...
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... heads bound up , black eyes , and bloody clothes ! And what is all this for ? Why , that we may get praise !! But the truth is , a quarrelsome boy was never sincerely praised ! Big boys , of the vulgar sort , indeed may praise him : but ...
... heads bound up , black eyes , and bloody clothes ! And what is all this for ? Why , that we may get praise !! But the truth is , a quarrelsome boy was never sincerely praised ! Big boys , of the vulgar sort , indeed may praise him : but ...
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... head of an old engineer . He marks the soil , the timber , the confluence of rivers , the sites for forts . In short , nothing connected with the defence of his country escapes him . He penetrates the characters of the different people ...
... head of an old engineer . He marks the soil , the timber , the confluence of rivers , the sites for forts . In short , nothing connected with the defence of his country escapes him . He penetrates the characters of the different people ...
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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