American Sayings - Famous Phrases, Slogans and AphorismsRead Books Ltd, 2013 M01 30 - 324 páginas America has a rich history of creating unique sayings and phrases, here are collected some of the finest. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. |
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... refuse most of them. One of the French artists for whom he consented to sit in 1778 was JeanAntoine Houdon, whose fine bust of George Washington, executed after that of Franklin, is in the capitol of Richmond, Virginia. Among Franklin's ...
... refuse most of them. One of the French artists for whom he consented to sit in 1778 was JeanAntoine Houdon, whose fine bust of George Washington, executed after that of Franklin, is in the capitol of Richmond, Virginia. Among Franklin's ...
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... refusal to join her in her war with England. The French government in December 1796, refused to receive the newly appointed American minister, Charles C. Pinckney, and began to attack American shipping. President John Adams, desirous of ...
... refusal to join her in her war with England. The French government in December 1796, refused to receive the newly appointed American minister, Charles C. Pinckney, and began to attack American shipping. President John Adams, desirous of ...
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... refusal to bribe any official of the government, and the commissioners were ordered by President Adams to return home. Congress then declared the Treaty of 1778 abrogated, the nation was aroused when the details of the “X Y Z Affair ...
... refusal to bribe any official of the government, and the commissioners were ordered by President Adams to return home. Congress then declared the Treaty of 1778 abrogated, the nation was aroused when the details of the “X Y Z Affair ...
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... refusal to comply with a state law requiring white persons in the Cherokee territories in Georgia to take an oath of ... refused to obey the mandate and was upheld by Jackson, whose comment on Marshall was attributed to him by Horace ...
... refusal to comply with a state law requiring white persons in the Cherokee territories in Georgia to take an oath of ... refused to obey the mandate and was upheld by Jackson, whose comment on Marshall was attributed to him by Horace ...
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... refused to sell it. Extension of the territorial limits of the United States to the Southwest, to the Pacific, and California was regarded by most Americans as inevitable, but the first known use of the term “manifest destiny” is found ...
... refused to sell it. Extension of the territorial limits of the United States to the Southwest, to the Pacific, and California was regarded by most Americans as inevitable, but the first known use of the term “manifest destiny” is found ...
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American Sayings: Famous Phrases, Slogans, and Aphorisms Henry Fitzwilliam Woods Vista de fragmentos - 1945 |
American Sayings: Famous Phrases, Slogans, and Aphorisms Henry Fitzwilliam Woods Vista de fragmentos - 1945 |
American Sayings: Famous Phrases, Slogans, and Aphorisms Henry Fitzwilliam Woods Vista de fragmentos - 1949 |
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