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... command , he found them at times somewhat ungovernable . " I can govern men , " would he say , " but I can- not govern boys . " Miss Nelly had grown up under the special eye of her grandmother , to whom she was devotedly attached , and ...
... command , he found them at times somewhat ungovernable . " I can govern men , " would he say , " but I can- not govern boys . " Miss Nelly had grown up under the special eye of her grandmother , to whom she was devotedly attached , and ...
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... command . " Some time had elapsed since Washington had heard of his old companion in arms , who had experienced some of the melodramatic vicissitudes of the French revolution . After the arrest of the king he had taken anew the oath of ...
... command . " Some time had elapsed since Washington had heard of his old companion in arms , who had experienced some of the melodramatic vicissitudes of the French revolution . After the arrest of the king he had taken anew the oath of ...
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... command the armies of your country ; and though all who are attached to you will , from attachment as well as public considerations , deplore an occasion which should once more tear you from that repose to which you have so good a right ...
... command the armies of your country ; and though all who are attached to you will , from attachment as well as public considerations , deplore an occasion which should once more tear you from that repose to which you have so good a right ...
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... the storm thickens , and that our vessel will soon require its ancient pilot . Will you may we flatter ourselves , that , in a crisis so awful and im- portant , you will - accept the command of all War with France Threatened 85.
... the storm thickens , and that our vessel will soon require its ancient pilot . Will you may we flatter ourselves , that , in a crisis so awful and im- portant , you will - accept the command of all War with France Threatened 85.
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Washington Irving. portant , you will - accept the command of all our armies ? I hope you will , because you alone can unite all hearts and all hands , if it is possible that they can be united . " In a reply to the President's letter ...
Washington Irving. portant , you will - accept the command of all our armies ? I hope you will , because you alone can unite all hearts and all hands , if it is possible that they can be united . " In a reply to the President's letter ...
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