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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... nature , there he will always be sure to act himself : consequently , if he act greatly , he must be great indeed . Hence it has been justly said , that , " our private deeds , if noble , are noblest of our lives . " Of these private ...
... nature , there he will always be sure to act himself : consequently , if he act greatly , he must be great indeed . Hence it has been justly said , that , " our private deeds , if noble , are noblest of our lives . " Of these private ...
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... Nature , we know , is fond of harmonies ; and paria paribus , that is , great things to great , is the rule she delights to work by . Where , for example , do we look for the whale , " the biggest born of nature ? " not , I trow , in a ...
... Nature , we know , is fond of harmonies ; and paria paribus , that is , great things to great , is the rule she delights to work by . Where , for example , do we look for the whale , " the biggest born of nature ? " not , I trow , in a ...
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... nature is capable , through the virtues and graces early implanted in the heart , he never for a moment , lost sight of George in those all - important respects . To assist his son to overcome that selfish spirit , which too often leads ...
... nature is capable , through the virtues and graces early implanted in the heart , he never for a moment , lost sight of George in those all - important respects . To assist his son to overcome that selfish spirit , which too often leads ...
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... nature's intentions towards him . In his 11th year , while at school under old Mr. Hobby , he used to divide his play - mates into two parties or armies . One of these , for distinction sake , was called French , the other American . A ...
... nature's intentions towards him . In his 11th year , while at school under old Mr. Hobby , he used to divide his play - mates into two parties or armies . One of these , for distinction sake , was called French , the other American . A ...
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... nature , that though fast sinking under the fever and cough of a consumption in its extreme stage , he did not seem to mind it , but spent his last moments in fondly talking of his brother George , who , he said , " he had always ...
... nature , that though fast sinking under the fever and cough of a consumption in its extreme stage , he did not seem to mind it , but spent his last moments in fondly talking of his brother George , who , he said , " he had always ...
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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