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pt. III. Private letters from the time Washington resigned his commission as ... - Page 188
by George Washington - 1855
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An Essay on the Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the ...

Aaron Bancroft - 1807 - 576 pages
...and inefficaciously, for fear of losing their popularity and future election ? We must take hu. man nature as we find it ; perfection falls not to the share of mortals. " What then is to be done ? Things cannot go on in the same strain forever. It is much to be feared,...
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Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Army Through ...

Aaron Bancroft - 1808 - 604 pages
...occasions, very timidly and inefficaciously; for fear of losing their popularity and future election ? We must take human nature as we find it ; perfection falls not to the share of mortals. " What then is to be done? Things cannot go on in the same strain for ever. It is much to be feared,...
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The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the Armies of the ...

David Ramsay - Presidents - 1811 - 522 pages
...occasions, very timidly and inefticaciously, for fear of losing their popularity and future election ? We must take human nature as we find it; perfection...command obedience. Be that as it may, requisitions are a per$ I 218 GEORGE WASHIXGTON. feet nullity, vvhere thirteen sovereign, independent, disunited states,...
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The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the Armies of the ...

David Ramsay - Generals - 1814 - 274 pages
...occasions, very timidly and ii»efficaciously, for fear of losing their popularity and future election ? We must take human nature as we find it ; perfection falls not to the share of mortals. Many are of op'tm>;u, tbaliCongress have too' frequently made use of the suppliant humble tone of requisition,...
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A Political and Civil History of the United States of America ..., Volume 2

Timothy Pitkin - United States - 1828 - 562 pages
...occasions, very timidly and inefficiently, for fear of losing their popularity and future election ? We must take human nature as we find it ; perfection...use of the suppliant humble tone of requisition in their applications to the states, when they had a right to assert their imperial dignity, and command...
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A Political and Civil History of the United States of America ..., Volume 2

Timothy Pitkin - United States - 1828 - 554 pages
...opinion, that congress have too frequently made use of the suppliant humble tone of requisition in their applications to the states, when they had a right...their imperial dignity, and command obedience. Be this as it may, requisitions are a perfect nullity, when thirteen sovereign, independent and disunited...
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The Life of John Jay: The life of John Jay

William Jay - Judges - 1833 - 550 pages
...occasions, very timidly and inefficaciously for fear of losing their popularity and future election ? We must take human nature as we find it. Perfection...applications to the States, when they had a right to assume their imperial dignity, and command obedience. Be that as it may, requisitions are a perfect...
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The Life of John Jay: The life of John Jay

William Jay - Judges - 1833 - 542 pages
...election ? We must take human nature as wo lind it. Perfection falls not to the share of mortals. Many arc of opinion, that Congress have too frequently made...applications to the States, when they had a right to assume their imperial dignity, and command obedience. Be that as it may, requisitions are a perfect...
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The Life of John Jay: The life of John Jay

William Jay - Judges - 1833 - 548 pages
...occasions, very timidly and inefficaciously for fear of losing their popularity and future election ? We must take human nature as we find it. Perfection...are of opinion, that Congress have too frequently /nade use of the suppliant, humble tone of requisition in applications to the States, when they had...
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Lives of the Presidents of the United States: With Biographical Notices of ...

Robert W. Lincoln - Presidents - 1836 - 530 pages
...occasions, very timidly and inefficaciously, for fear of losing 'their popularity and future election ? We must take human nature as we find it; perfection falls not to the share of mortals. " What then is to be done ? Things cannot go on in the same strain forever. It is much to be feared,...
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