The Life of George Washington, Količina 2American Publishers Corporation, 1890 |
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Stran 580
... retirement had become an irresistible pas- sion ; yet he should consider it unfortunate if he should bring on the retirement of the great officers of government , which might produce a shock on the public mind of a dangerous consequence ...
... retirement had become an irresistible pas- sion ; yet he should consider it unfortunate if he should bring on the retirement of the great officers of government , which might produce a shock on the public mind of a dangerous consequence ...
Stran 583
... retirement to domestic life . But there is sometimes an eminence of character on which society have such peculiar claims , as to control the predilections of the individual for a particular walk of happiness , and restrain him to that ...
... retirement to domestic life . But there is sometimes an eminence of character on which society have such peculiar claims , as to control the predilections of the individual for a particular walk of happiness , and restrain him to that ...
Stran 628
... retirement , from which I had been reluctantly drawn . The strength of my inclination to do this , previous to the last election , had even led to the preparation of an address to declare it to you ; but mature reflection on the then ...
... retirement , from which I had been reluctantly drawn . The strength of my inclination to do this , previous to the last election , had even led to the preparation of an address to declare it to you ; but mature reflection on the then ...
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