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 8
... human perfectibility and true greatness , that , compared there- with , the history of his capturing Cornwallis and Tarleton , with their buccaneering legions , sounds almost as small as the story of General Putnam's catching his wolf ...
... human perfectibility and true greatness , that , compared there- with , the history of his capturing Cornwallis and Tarleton , with their buccaneering legions , sounds almost as small as the story of General Putnam's catching his wolf ...
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... human nature is capable , through the virtues and graces early implanted in the heart , he never for a moment , lost sight of George in those all - important respects . To assist his son to overcome that selfish spirit , which too often ...
... human nature is capable , through the virtues and graces early implanted in the heart , he never for a moment , lost sight of George in those all - important respects . To assist his son to overcome that selfish spirit , which too often ...
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... human destruction , sufficient to excite sympathy in hearts of flintiest stone . On cautiously entering the hapless plantation with his men , they halt and listen awhile - but hear no voice of man - see no house , nor sign of habitation ...
... human destruction , sufficient to excite sympathy in hearts of flintiest stone . On cautiously entering the hapless plantation with his men , they halt and listen awhile - but hear no voice of man - see no house , nor sign of habitation ...
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... human race ! Mrs. Washington also had her dream , which an excellent old Lady of Fredericks- burg assured me she had often heard her relate with great satisfaction ; and , for the last time , but a few weeks before her death . " I ...
... human race ! Mrs. Washington also had her dream , which an excellent old Lady of Fredericks- burg assured me she had often heard her relate with great satisfaction ; and , for the last time , but a few weeks before her death . " I ...
Stran 101
... of Berks . Pennsylvania . " See here , Colonel , " said the dying count , " see in me the vanity of all human pride ! I have snone in all the courts of Europe ; and 9 * LIFE OF WASHINGTON . 101 soon got on the wing, blew up likewise, ...
... of Berks . Pennsylvania . " See here , Colonel , " said the dying count , " see in me the vanity of all human pride ! I have snone in all the courts of Europe ; and 9 * LIFE OF WASHINGTON . 101 soon got on the wing, blew up likewise, ...
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