Library of Universal Literature: In Four Parts, Comprising Science, Biography, Fiction and the Great Orations, Volume 15P. F. Collier, 1900 |
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... give it the suing . soft , unsuccessful epithet of memorial . Let it represent in language , that will neither dishonor you by its rudeness , nor betray you by its fears , what has been promised by Con- gress , and what has been ...
... give it the suing . soft , unsuccessful epithet of memorial . Let it represent in language , that will neither dishonor you by its rudeness , nor betray you by its fears , what has been promised by Con- gress , and what has been ...
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... give the world another subject of wonder and ap- plause ; an army victorious over its enemies , victorious over itself . " This bold and eloquent , but dangerous appeal , founded as it was upon the wrongs and sufferings of a gallant ...
... give the world another subject of wonder and ap- plause ; an army victorious over its enemies , victorious over itself . " This bold and eloquent , but dangerous appeal , founded as it was upon the wrongs and sufferings of a gallant ...
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... give system to your proceedings and stability to your resolves , " etc. , etc. On Saturday , the 15th of March , the meeting took place . Washington had previously sent for the officers , one by one , in private , and enlarged on the ...
... give system to your proceedings and stability to your resolves , " etc. , etc. On Saturday , the 15th of March , the meeting took place . Washington had previously sent for the officers , one by one , in private , and enlarged on the ...
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... give you these assurances , and pledge myself in the most unequivocal manner to exert whatever abilities I am possessed of in your favor , let me entreat you , gentle- men , on your part , not to take any measures which , viewed in the ...
... give you these assurances , and pledge myself in the most unequivocal manner to exert whatever abilities I am possessed of in your favor , let me entreat you , gentle- men , on your part , not to take any measures which , viewed in the ...
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... give one more distinguished proof of unexampled patriotism and patient virtue , rising superior to the pressure of the most complicated sufferings ; and you will , by the dignity of your conduct , afford occasion for posterity to say ...
... give one more distinguished proof of unexampled patriotism and patient virtue , rising superior to the pressure of the most complicated sufferings ; and you will , by the dignity of your conduct , afford occasion for posterity to say ...
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