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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... True , he has been seen in greatness : but it is only the greatness of public character , which is no evidence of true greatness ; for a public character is often an artificial one . At the head of an army or nation , where gold and ...
... True , he has been seen in greatness : but it is only the greatness of public character , which is no evidence of true greatness ; for a public character is often an artificial one . At the head of an army or nation , where gold and ...
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... true greatness , that , compared there- with , the history of his capturing Cornwallis and Tarleton , with their buccaneering legions , sounds almost as small as the story of General Putnam's catching his wolf and her lamb - killing ...
... true greatness , that , compared there- with , the history of his capturing Cornwallis and Tarleton , with their buccaneering legions , sounds almost as small as the story of General Putnam's catching his wolf and her lamb - killing ...
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... true parent , that is , the Guardian Angel , by his child . The following anecdote is a case in point . It is too valuable to be lost , and too true to be doubted ; for it was communicated to me by the same excellent lady to whom I am ...
... true parent , that is , the Guardian Angel , by his child . The following anecdote is a case in point . It is too valuable to be lost , and too true to be doubted ; for it was communicated to me by the same excellent lady to whom I am ...
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... true Father . ” " High , Pa , an't you my true father , that has loved me , and been so good to me always ? " " Yes George , I am your father , as the world calls it and I love you very dearly too . But yet with all my love for you ...
... true Father . ” " High , Pa , an't you my true father , that has loved me , and been so good to me always ? " " Yes George , I am your father , as the world calls it and I love you very dearly too . But yet with all my love for you ...
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... true Virginia valour shine more gloriously than on this trying occasion - to see 300 young fellows - commanded by a smooth - faced boy -all unaccustomed to the terrors of war - far from home - and from all hope of help - shut up in a ...
... true Virginia valour shine more gloriously than on this trying occasion - to see 300 young fellows - commanded by a smooth - faced boy -all unaccustomed to the terrors of war - far from home - and from all hope of help - shut up in a ...
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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