The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the Armies of the United States, in the War which Established Their Independence; and First President of the United StatesL. Hanfard & Sons, 1807 - 464 страница |
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... mind between duty and inclination . - Answers applicants for offices . His reluctance to enter on public life . pp . 267-297 . CHAP . XI . Washington elected president . - On his way to the seat of government at New York , receives the ...
... mind between duty and inclination . - Answers applicants for offices . His reluctance to enter on public life . pp . 267-297 . CHAP . XI . Washington elected president . - On his way to the seat of government at New York , receives the ...
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... mind . In his case it was doubly useful , for in the early part of his life it laid the foundation of his fortune , by qualifying him for the office of a practical sur- veyor , at a time when good land was of easy attainment . Its ...
... mind . In his case it was doubly useful , for in the early part of his life it laid the foundation of his fortune , by qualifying him for the office of a practical sur- veyor , at a time when good land was of easy attainment . Its ...
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... mind . ( The French were too intent on their favo rite project , of extending their empire in America , to be diverted from it by the re- monstrances of a colonial governor . The answer brought by Washington was such , as induced the ...
... mind . ( The French were too intent on their favo rite project , of extending their empire in America , to be diverted from it by the re- monstrances of a colonial governor . The answer brought by Washington was such , as induced the ...
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... mind , I could offer myself a willing sacrifice to the butchering enemy , provided that would con- tribute to the peoples ease . " Virginia pre- sented a frontier of 360 miles , exposed to these incursions . Hard was the lot of Wash ...
... mind , I could offer myself a willing sacrifice to the butchering enemy , provided that would con- tribute to the peoples ease . " Virginia pre- sented a frontier of 360 miles , exposed to these incursions . Hard was the lot of Wash ...
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... mind . He retired from the army with the thanks of his regi- ment , and the esteem not only of his country- men , but of the officers of the British army ; and , what is particularly remarkable , with the undiminished confidence of the ...
... mind . He retired from the army with the thanks of his regi- ment , and the esteem not only of his country- men , but of the officers of the British army ; and , what is particularly remarkable , with the undiminished confidence of the ...
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