Library of Universal Literature: In Four Parts, Comprising Science, Biography, Fiction and the Great Orations, Volume 15P. F. Collier, 1900 |
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... respect , you may fully command my services to the utmost extent of my abilities . " While I give you these assurances , and pledge myself in the most unequivocal manner to exert whatever abilities I am possessed of in your favor , let ...
... respect , you may fully command my services to the utmost extent of my abilities . " While I give you these assurances , and pledge myself in the most unequivocal manner to exert whatever abilities I am possessed of in your favor , let ...
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... respecting the discharge of the part of the army with him , should the measure be deemed neces- sary , he found himself in a perplexing situation . The accounts of peace received at different times had raised an expectation in the minds ...
... respecting the discharge of the part of the army with him , should the measure be deemed neces- sary , he found himself in a perplexing situation . The accounts of peace received at different times had raised an expectation in the minds ...
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... respect- fully declined it , jealously maintaining the satisfaction of having served his country at the sacrifice of his private in- terests . Applications began to be made to him by persons desir- ous of writing the history of the ...
... respect- fully declined it , jealously maintaining the satisfaction of having served his country at the sacrifice of his private in- terests . Applications began to be made to him by persons desir- ous of writing the history of the ...
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... respect . " " * They returned together to Mount Vernon , where La- fayette again passed several days , a cherished inmate of the domestic circle . When his visit was ended , Washington , to defer the parting scene , accompanied him to ...
... respect . " " * They returned together to Mount Vernon , where La- fayette again passed several days , a cherished inmate of the domestic circle . When his visit was ended , Washington , to defer the parting scene , accompanied him to ...
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... respect and attachment for you with which length of years , close connection and your merits have inspired me . I often asked myself , as our carriages separated , whether that was the last sight I ever should have of you ? And though I ...
... respect and attachment for you with which length of years , close connection and your merits have inspired me . I often asked myself , as our carriages separated , whether that was the last sight I ever should have of you ? And though I ...
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