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" ... do, who, after treading many a painful step with a heavy burden on his shoulders, is eased of the latter, having reached the haven to which all the former were directed, and from his house-top is looking back and tracing with an eager eye the meanders... "
Henry Knox, a Soldier of the Revolution: Major-general in the Continental ... - Page 188
by Noah Brooks - 1900 - 286 pages
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The Lady's Magazine: Or, Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex ...

Great Britain - 1829 - 696 pages
...looking back, and tracing with an eager eye the meanders by which he escaped the quicksands and mire which lay in his way, and into which none but the...of human events could have prevented his falling. I have become a private citizen on the banks of the Potowmac ; and, under the shadow of my own vine...
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An Essay on the Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the ...

Aaron Bancroft - 1807 - 576 pages
...looking back and tracing with an eager eye, the meanders by which he escaped the quicksands and mirts which lay in his way, and into which none but the...of human events could have prevented his falling." Soon after the proclamation of peace, Congress unanimously resolved to erect at the place which should...
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The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the Armies of the ...

David Ramsay - Presidents - 1807 - 486 pages
...looking back, and tracing with an eager eye the meanders by which he escaped the quicksands. and mires which lay in his way, and into which none but the...dispenser of human events could" have prevented his fulling." " I have become a private citizen on the banks of the Pqlowmac, * and, •'_. K •- -"i...
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Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Army Through ...

Aaron Bancroft - 1808 - 584 pages
...looking back and tracing with an eager eye, the nu-anders by which he escaped the quicksands and mires which lay in his way, and into which none but the all-powerful Guide and Dispenser of human evcuts could have prevented his falling." Soon after the proclamation of peace, Congress unanimously...
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The Life of George Washington

Presidents - 1829 - 290 pages
...tracing with eager eye, the meanders by which he has escaped the quicksands and mires which lay in bis way, and into which, none but the all-powerful Guide...of human events, could have prevented his falling." For several months after his return home, he received, almost every day, addresses from all parts of...
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The Life of George Washington

Anna C. Reed - 1832 - 282 pages
...looking back and tracing with eager eye, the meanders by which he has escaped the quicksands and mires which lay in his way, and into which none but the...of human events, could have prevented his falling." For several months after his return home, he received, almost every day, addresses from all parts of...
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The American Common-place Book of Prose: A Collection of Eloquent and ...

American prose literature - 1832 - 478 pages
...back, and tracing with an eager eye the meanders by which he escaped the quicksands and mires, vhich lay in his way, and into which none but the all-powerful...of human events could have prevented his falling." " 1 have become a private citizen on the banks of the Potomac ; and, under the shadow of my own vine...
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The Western Reader: A Series of Useful Lessons

Readers - 1833 - 224 pages
...eager eye the meanders by which he escaped the quicksands and mires, which lay in his way, and 'rtto which none but the all-powerful Guide and Dispenser...of human events could have prevented his falling. 32. "I have become a private citizen on the banks of the Potomac, and, under the shadow of my own vine...
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The Writings of George Washington: pt.III. Private letters from the time ...

George Washington - United States - 1835 - 568 pages
...looking back, and tracing with an eager eye the meanders by which he escaped the quicksands and mires which lay in his way; and into which none but the...of human events could have prevented his falling. I shall be very happy, and I hope I shall not be disappointed, in seeing you at the proposed meeting...
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The Writings of George Washington: pt. III. Private letters from the time ...

George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1835 - 572 pages
...looking back, and tracing with an eager eye the meanders by which he escaped the quicksands and mires which lay in his way ; and into which none but the...of human events could have prevented his falling. I shall be very happy, and I hope I shall not be disappointed, in seeing you at the proposed meeting...
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