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, Volume 2J. Crissy, 1845 |
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... passions . They de- rived additional virulence from the examples occasionally afforded by the commanders of the British forces . After overrunning Georgia and South Carolina , they seem to have considered those states as completely ...
... passions . They de- rived additional virulence from the examples occasionally afforded by the commanders of the British forces . After overrunning Georgia and South Carolina , they seem to have considered those states as completely ...
Page 17
... passions of the royalists , and letting loose the spirit of slaughter which was brooding in their bosoms . The disposition to retaliate to the full extent of their power , if not to commit original injury , was equally strong in the ...
... passions of the royalists , and letting loose the spirit of slaughter which was brooding in their bosoms . The disposition to retaliate to the full extent of their power , if not to commit original injury , was equally strong in the ...
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... passions of the moment , and to lead to the most desperate resolutions . Full justice can not be done to this eloquent paper without inserting it entire . " Gentlemen , " To the officers of the army . " A fellow soldier , whose ...
... passions of the moment , and to lead to the most desperate resolutions . Full justice can not be done to this eloquent paper without inserting it entire . " Gentlemen , " To the officers of the army . " A fellow soldier , whose ...
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... passions caught its flame , and nothing seemed to be required but the assemblage proposed for the succeeding day , to communicate the conflagration to the com- bustible mass , and to produce an explosion ruinous to the army and to the ...
... passions caught its flame , and nothing seemed to be required but the assemblage proposed for the succeeding day , to communicate the conflagration to the com- bustible mass , and to produce an explosion ruinous to the army and to the ...
Page 46
... passions than to the judgment of the army . The author of the piece is entitled to much credit for the goodness of his pen ; and I could wish he had as much credit for the rectitude of his heart ; for as men see through different optics ...
... passions than to the judgment of the army . The author of the piece is entitled to much credit for the goodness of his pen ; and I could wish he had as much credit for the rectitude of his heart ; for as men see through different optics ...
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