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The Life of George Washington,: Commander in Chief of the American Forces ... - Page 709
by John Marshall - 1807
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The Moral Probe: Or One Hundred and Two Common Sense Essays on the Nature of ...

Levi Carroll Judson - Conduct of life - 1848 - 364 pages
...soon be to the mansions of rest. Relying on its kindness in this as in other things, and actu ated by that fervent love towards it which is so natural...the sweet enjoyment of partaking, in the midst of my fellow-citizens, the benign influence of good laws under a free government ; the ever favourite object...
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Six Lectures on Great Men

Frederic Myers - Biography - 1848 - 252 pages
...incompetent abilities will be consigned to oblivion, as myself must soon be to the mansions of rest. ' Relying on its kindness in this as in other things,...expectation that retreat in which I promise myself to realise without alloy the great enjoyment of partaking, in the midst of my fellow citizens, of the...
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Lives of the Heroes of the American Revolution ... Also Embracing the ...

John Frost - United States - 1848 - 424 pages
...incompetent abilities will be consigned to oblivion, as myself must soon be to the mansions of rest. Relying on its kindness in this as in other things,...native soil of himself and his progenitors for several generations,—I anticipate, with pleasing expectation, that retreat in which I promise myself to realize,...
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The Life of George Washington ....

Aaron Bancroft - 1848 - 472 pages
...incompetent abilities will be consigned to oblivion, ai myself must soon be to the mansions of rest. " Relymg on its kindness in this, as in other things, and actuated...himself and his progenitors for several generations; 1 anticipate with pleasing expectation, that retreat, in which I promise myeelf to realize, without...
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The Principles of Civil Government Familiarly Illustrated: Including a ...

Andrew White Young - United States - 1848 - 304 pages
...incompetent abilities will be consigned to oblivion, as myself must soon bo to the mansions of rest. Relying on its kindness in this as in other things,...which is so natural to a man who views in it. the nalive soil of himself and his progenitors for several generations ; I anticipate, with pleasing expectation,...
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Southern Literary Messenger, Volume 19

Literature - 1853 - 842 pages
...retirement which is as necessary to me as it would be welcome" — that " fervent love to his country which is so natural to a man who views in it the native...himself and his progenitors for several generations," — and other similar allusions frequently to be met with in the utterances of his mind. There can...
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The Lives of the Presidents of the United States: Embracing a Brief History ...

Benson John Lossing - Presidents - 1848 - 146 pages
...incompetent abilities will be consigned to oblivion, as myself must soon be to the mansions of rest. Relying on its kindness in this as in other things, and actuated by that fervent love toward it which is so natural to a man who views in it the native soil of himself and his progenitors...
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Annual Reports of the Officers of State of the State of Indiana

Indiana - 1849 - 520 pages
...iucompetent abilities will be consigned to oblivion, as myself must soon be to the mansions of rest. Relying on its kindness in this as in other things,...man, who views in it the native soil of himself and progenitors for several generations, I anticipate with pleasing expectation that retreat, in which...
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Annual Reports of the Officers of State of the State of Indiana

Indiana - 1849 - 510 pages
...incompetent abilities will be consigned to oblivion, as myself must soon be to the mansions of rest. • Relying on its kindness in this as in other things,...towards it, which is so natural to a man, who views it in the native soil of himself and progenitors for several generations, I anticipate with pleasing...
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An Essay on Elocution: with Elucidatory Passages from Various Authors ...

John Hanbury Dwyer - Elocution - 1850 - 318 pages
...incompetent abilities will be consigned to oblivion, as myself must soon be to the mansions of rest. Relying on its kindness in this as in other things,...the sweet enjoyment of partaking in the midst of my fellowcitizens, the benign influence of good laws under a free government — the ever favorite object...
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