Life of Washington: A Biography, Personal, Military, and Political, Volume 1Virtue, 1860 - Presidents |
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... conduct of Spain in prohibiting all foreign intercourse with her American dominions , and the severity with which she enforced this policy , leading to the seizure of many British subjects , and their condemna- tion to slavery in the ...
... conduct of Spain in prohibiting all foreign intercourse with her American dominions , and the severity with which she enforced this policy , leading to the seizure of many British subjects , and their condemna- tion to slavery in the ...
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... conduct , and by his justice settling their disputes . On leaving the army Lawrence Washington had felt a strong predilection for the military profession , and during several months had cherished an intention to rejoin his regiment in ...
... conduct , and by his justice settling their disputes . On leaving the army Lawrence Washington had felt a strong predilection for the military profession , and during several months had cherished an intention to rejoin his regiment in ...
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... conduct in society . Mr. Sparks supposes they were drawn from miscellaneous sources , and Mr. Everett that they were transcribed from some manual of good - manners . The only evidence however that they were not composed by Washington ...
... conduct in society . Mr. Sparks supposes they were drawn from miscellaneous sources , and Mr. Everett that they were transcribed from some manual of good - manners . The only evidence however that they were not composed by Washington ...
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... conduct with their spirit during all his life proves that he adopted them as an imperative law for the gov- ernment of his deportment . Other rules in the collection are trivial , or suited only to form the habits of a child , but all ...
... conduct with their spirit during all his life proves that he adopted them as an imperative law for the gov- ernment of his deportment . Other rules in the collection are trivial , or suited only to form the habits of a child , but all ...
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... conduct , arrangement and disposition of armies . Washington's observation as a surveyor enabled him to estimate with astonishing rapidity and certainty the features and capacities of fields as large as his vision comprehended , so that ...
... conduct , arrangement and disposition of armies . Washington's observation as a surveyor enabled him to estimate with astonishing rapidity and certainty the features and capacities of fields as large as his vision comprehended , so that ...
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