The Life of George Washington: With Curious Anecdotes, Equally Honourable to Himself, and Exemplary to His Young Countrymen, Embellished with Six EngravingsLippincott, 1892 - 244 strani |
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Stran 27
... hearing him express a wish to get employment as a surveyor , introduced him to his relative , lord Fairfax , the wealthy proprietor of all those lands ge- nerally called the Northern Neck , lying between the Potomac and Rappahannock ...
... hearing him express a wish to get employment as a surveyor , introduced him to his relative , lord Fairfax , the wealthy proprietor of all those lands ge- nerally called the Northern Neck , lying between the Potomac and Rappahannock ...
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... hearing that Washington had cap- tured Cornwallis and all his army , he called out to his black waiter , " Come , Joe ! carry me to my bed ! for I'm sure ' tis high time for me to die ! " Then up rose Joe , all at the word And took his ...
... hearing that Washington had cap- tured Cornwallis and all his army , he called out to his black waiter , " Come , Joe ! carry me to my bed ! for I'm sure ' tis high time for me to die ! " Then up rose Joe , all at the word And took his ...
Stran 41
... hearing the cause , he broke into a passion against the order from the war - office as a shameful piece of partiality and extolled Colonel Washington as " a young man of sense and spirit , who knew and asserted his rights as became a ...
... hearing the cause , he broke into a passion against the order from the war - office as a shameful piece of partiality and extolled Colonel Washington as " a young man of sense and spirit , who knew and asserted his rights as became a ...
Stran 43
... hearing the horrible savage yells . in a moment they flew each to his tree , like the Indians ; and like them , each levelled his rifle , and with as deadly aim . This , through a kind Provi dence , saved Braddock's army ; for exulting ...
... hearing the horrible savage yells . in a moment they flew each to his tree , like the Indians ; and like them , each levelled his rifle , and with as deadly aim . This , through a kind Provi dence , saved Braddock's army ; for exulting ...
Stran 47
... hearing how obstinately Washington and his Blues had fought for her brother , was so affected that she shed tears : and sent them from England handsome cockades , according to their number , and a pair of colours elegantly wrought by ...
... hearing how obstinately Washington and his Blues had fought for her brother , was so affected that she shed tears : and sent them from England handsome cockades , according to their number , and a pair of colours elegantly wrought by ...
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