Library of Universal Literature: In Four Parts, Comprising Science, Biography, Fiction and the Great Orations, Volume 15P. F. Collier, 1900 |
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... United States - Genet ar- rives in Charleston - His Reception in Philadelphia - Views of Jefferson and Hamilton - Washington's dispassionate Opin- ion • • 254 CHAPTER XX . Genet presents his Letter of Credence - His Diplomatic Speech ...
... United States - Genet ar- rives in Charleston - His Reception in Philadelphia - Views of Jefferson and Hamilton - Washington's dispassionate Opin- ion • • 254 CHAPTER XX . Genet presents his Letter of Credence - His Diplomatic Speech ...
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... United States , and to rouse all those resentments which must unavoidably flow from such a belief . On these principles he had opposed the irregular and hasty meeting appointed in the anonymous summons , not from a disinclination to ...
... United States , and to rouse all those resentments which must unavoidably flow from such a belief . On these principles he had opposed the irregular and hasty meeting appointed in the anonymous summons , not from a disinclination to ...
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... United States . They looked forward with a dreary eye to their voyage , " bound , " as one of them said , " to a coun- try where there were nine months of winter and three months of cold weather every year . " On the 6th of May a ...
... United States . They looked forward with a dreary eye to their voyage , " bound , " as one of them said , " to a coun- try where there were nine months of winter and three months of cold weather every year . " On the 6th of May a ...
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... United States , were to be presented with the insignia of the order , and invited to become mem- bers . Washington was chosen unanimously to officiate as presi- dent of it , until the first general meeting , to be held in May , 1784 ...
... United States , were to be presented with the insignia of the order , and invited to become mem- bers . Washington was chosen unanimously to officiate as presi- dent of it , until the first general meeting , to be held in May , 1784 ...
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... United States . ' And Fourth . A disposition among the people of the United States to forget local prejudices and policies ; to make mutual concessions , and to sacrifice individual advantages to the interests of the community . These ...
... United States . ' And Fourth . A disposition among the people of the United States to forget local prejudices and policies ; to make mutual concessions , and to sacrifice individual advantages to the interests of the community . These ...
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