Life of George WashingtonCo-operative Publication Society, 1930 |
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Stran 155
... honor and the advice of my friends that I declined it , and not to gratify any desire I had to leave the military line . My feelings are strongly bent to arms . " " Even had Washington hesitated to take this step , it would have been ...
... honor and the advice of my friends that I declined it , and not to gratify any desire I had to leave the military line . My feelings are strongly bent to arms . " " Even had Washington hesitated to take this step , it would have been ...
Stran 424
... honor of declining it , or whether he would have accepted it , I know not . To the compliment he had some pretensions ; for , at that time , his exertions , sacrifices , and general merits in the cause of his country , had been ...
... honor of declining it , or whether he would have accepted it , I know not . To the compliment he had some pretensions ; for , at that time , his exertions , sacrifices , and general merits in the cause of his country , had been ...
Stran 524
... honor has certain reasons to me inconceivable , though I challenge an instance of this sort of economy of the Americans during the late war to any officers of the crown . On my part , I have to assure your honor that , when I had the ...
... honor has certain reasons to me inconceivable , though I challenge an instance of this sort of economy of the Americans during the late war to any officers of the crown . On my part , I have to assure your honor that , when I had the ...
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The Home of Washingtons BoyhoodHis Early EducationLaw | 42 |
Paternal Conduct of an Elder BrotherThe Fairfax Family | 48 |
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