The Writings of George Washington: Life of WashingtonAmerican Stationers' Company, John B. Russell, 1837 - Presidents |
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... Spirits . The President's Tour through the Southern States.- Apportionment Bill . -- Parties and their Causes . - Dissensions between the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Treasury . - Washington's Attempts to reconcile them ...
... Spirits . The President's Tour through the Southern States.- Apportionment Bill . -- Parties and their Causes . - Dissensions between the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Treasury . - Washington's Attempts to reconcile them ...
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... spirit for his departure ; but , as the time approached , the solicitude of his mother inter- posed with an authority , to which nature gave a claim . At this critical juncture , Mr. Jackson , a friend of the family , wrote to Lawrence ...
... spirit for his departure ; but , as the time approached , the solicitude of his mother inter- posed with an authority , to which nature gave a claim . At this critical juncture , Mr. Jackson , a friend of the family , wrote to Lawrence ...
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... spirits of the patient , and seemed at first to renovate his strength . But the hope was delusive , and the old symptoms returned . The trial of a few weeks produced no essential alteration for the better ; and he determined to proceed ...
... spirits of the patient , and seemed at first to renovate his strength . But the hope was delusive , and the old symptoms returned . The trial of a few weeks produced no essential alteration for the better ; and he determined to proceed ...
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... spirit could possess a person of his high distinction and sense , I know not . " Another point was still more annoying to him . The Assembly appointed commissioners to su- perintend the appropriation of the funds . This act he took as a ...
... spirit could possess a person of his high distinction and sense , I know not . " Another point was still more annoying to him . The Assembly appointed commissioners to su- perintend the appropriation of the funds . This act he took as a ...
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... spirit of liberty , even at that day , was restless under the burden of charters and usages , and was everywhere struggling to throw it off , or at least to diminish its weight . The prerogative was the potent charm , by which the ...
... spirit of liberty , even at that day , was restless under the burden of charters and usages , and was everywhere struggling to throw it off , or at least to diminish its weight . The prerogative was the potent charm , by which the ...
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