The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Forces, During the War which Established the Independence of His Country, and First President of the United States. Comp. Under the Inspection of the Honourable Bushrod Washington, from Original Papers Bequeathed to Him by His Deceased Relative, Band 2J. Crissy, 1845 |
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... wishes are fully obtained . No nation yet suffered in treaty by preparing ( even in the moment of negotiation ) most vigorously for the field . " The industry which the enemy is using to propagate their pacific reports , appears to me a ...
... wishes are fully obtained . No nation yet suffered in treaty by preparing ( even in the moment of negotiation ) most vigorously for the field . " The industry which the enemy is using to propagate their pacific reports , appears to me a ...
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... wish not to heighten the shades of the picture so far as the real life would justify me in doing , or I would give anecdotes of patriotism and distress which have scarcely ever been paralleled , never surpassed , in the history of ...
... wish not to heighten the shades of the picture so far as the real life would justify me in doing , or I would give anecdotes of patriotism and distress which have scarcely ever been paralleled , never surpassed , in the history of ...
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... wishes of France and Spain were opposed to those of Ame- rica ; and the cabinets both of Versailles and Madrid ... wish of America , especially on the questions of boundary and of the fisheries , was gratified . The liberality of ...
... wishes of France and Spain were opposed to those of Ame- rica ; and the cabinets both of Versailles and Madrid ... wish of America , especially on the questions of boundary and of the fisheries , was gratified . The liberality of ...
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... wishes , and sometimes weak enough to mistake desire for opinion , he has until lately - very lately - believed in the justice of his country . He hoped that , as the clouds of adversity scattered , and as the sunshine of peace and ...
... wishes , and sometimes weak enough to mistake desire for opinion , he has until lately - very lately - believed in the justice of his country . He hoped that , as the clouds of adversity scattered , and as the sunshine of peace and ...
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... wishes and made known your wants to congress ? Wants and wishes which gratitude and policy would have anticipated rather than evaded ; and have you not lately , in the meek language of entreating memorials , begged from their justice ...
... wishes and made known your wants to congress ? Wants and wishes which gratitude and policy would have anticipated rather than evaded ; and have you not lately , in the meek language of entreating memorials , begged from their justice ...
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