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, Volume 5C.P. Wayne, 1807 - Generals |
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... wishes , than did the American general from returning to private life . " The scene " said he in a letter to general governor Clinton written three days after his arri- devotes his val at Mount Vernon , " is at length closed . I feel ...
... wishes , than did the American general from returning to private life . " The scene " said he in a letter to general governor Clinton written three days after his arri- devotes his val at Mount Vernon , " is at length closed . I feel ...
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... wish for personal aggrandizement , that custom of thinking on public affairs , and that solicitude respecting them , which belong to the patriot in office , follow him into his retreat . In a letter to general Knox , written soon after ...
... wish for personal aggrandizement , that custom of thinking on public affairs , and that solicitude respecting them , which belong to the patriot in office , follow him into his retreat . In a letter to general Knox , written soon after ...
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... wish for to its accomplishment , and who relied on funds to 1787. be advanced by the public for its execution , a ... wishes are sacred in my eye . If it would be only a dignified amusement to you , what a monument of your retirement ...
... wish for to its accomplishment , and who relied on funds to 1787. be advanced by the public for its execution , a ... wishes are sacred in my eye . If it would be only a dignified amusement to you , what a monument of your retirement ...
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... wishes of the legislature , with a delicacy scarcely less honourable to its framers , than to him who was its object . The treasurer had been instructed to subscribe , in behalf of the state , for a specified number of shares in each ...
... wishes of the legislature , with a delicacy scarcely less honourable to its framers , than to him who was its object . The treasurer had been instructed to subscribe , in behalf of the state , for a specified number of shares in each ...
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... wish in particular that those great works for its improvement , which both as springing from the liberty . which he has been so instrumental in establishing , and as encouraged by his patronage , will be durable monuments of his glory ...
... wish in particular that those great works for its improvement , which both as springing from the liberty . which he has been so instrumental in establishing , and as encouraged by his patronage , will be durable monuments of his glory ...
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