Life of Washington: A Biography, Personal, Military, and Political, Volume 1Virtue, 1860 - Presidents |
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... persons of this description are more likely than any others to stigmatise as unrepublican or otherwise to decry a respect for blood . The ignorant and vulgar ambition of characters , badly made at last , to be regarded as self - made ...
... persons of this description are more likely than any others to stigmatise as unrepublican or otherwise to decry a respect for blood . The ignorant and vulgar ambition of characters , badly made at last , to be regarded as self - made ...
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... persons legally naturalized , should exercise the occupation of merchant or factor in any English or colonial settlement but at the peril of losing goods and chattels . These regulations being evaded or found insufficient it was ...
... persons legally naturalized , should exercise the occupation of merchant or factor in any English or colonial settlement but at the peril of losing goods and chattels . These regulations being evaded or found insufficient it was ...
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... person . " It hath been my care as not to err in the manner , so neither in the end of the exercising of thy providence . I have ever esteemed thy prudence best employed when it was exercised in the preserva- tion and support of thy ...
... person . " It hath been my care as not to err in the manner , so neither in the end of the exercising of thy providence . I have ever esteemed thy prudence best employed when it was exercised in the preserva- tion and support of thy ...
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... person his due title , according to his degree and the custom of the place . 14. Strive not with your superiors in argument , but always submit your judgment to others with modesty . ❝15 . Undertake not to teach your equal in the art ...
... person his due title , according to his degree and the custom of the place . 14. Strive not with your superiors in argument , but always submit your judgment to others with modesty . ❝15 . Undertake not to teach your equal in the art ...
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... person may be you do it to . " 46. When your superiors talk to anybody , hear them , neither speak nor laugh . " 47. In disputes , be not so desirous to overcome as not to give liberty to each one to deliver his opinion , and submit to ...
... person may be you do it to . " 46. When your superiors talk to anybody , hear them , neither speak nor laugh . " 47. In disputes , be not so desirous to overcome as not to give liberty to each one to deliver his opinion , and submit to ...
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