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  • Gist had to go fetch them, “which he did with great perswasion.”

    George Washington’s First War

  • He seemd to wonder at the scale on which you had proceeded, and (I thought) lookd displeased and dissappointed, talkd repeatedly of his perswasion of its failure from what he had heard, and said that it was you who had made a wrong estimate, for you had stated to him the Sum of – – – – would enable you, you thought, to bring you to a certainty.

    Letter 260

  • Gist had to go fetch them, “which he did with great perswasion.”

    George Washington’s First War

  • Gist had to go fetch them, “which he did with great perswasion.”

    George Washington’s First War

  • As I advanced I began to conceive that it might even eventualy be renderd fit for publication, and this perswasion set me about a thorough examination and revision.

    Letter 256

  • Gist had to go fetch them, “which he did with great perswasion.”

    George Washington’s First War

  • It seems to require consideration, and I write unreservedly my sentiments, with a full perswasion, that you will, in company with the sound judgement and true taste of Mrs Lofft, think as I do, and bring out the preface much to your own honour.

    Letter 142

  • He replied, All poets that it does, & in ages of imagination this firm perswasion removed mountains; but many are not capable of a firm perswasion of any thing.

    The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

  • Then I asked: does a firm perswasion that a thing is so, make it so?

    The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

  • He replied, All poets that it does, & in ages of imagination this firm perswasion removed mountains; but many are not capable of a firm perswasion of any thing.

    The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

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