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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... sent , was a little " old field school , " kept by one of his father's tenants , named Hobby ; an honest , poor old man , who acted in the double character of sexton and schoolmaster . On his skill as a grave - digger , tradition is ...
... sent , was a little " old field school , " kept by one of his father's tenants , named Hobby ; an honest , poor old man , who acted in the double character of sexton and schoolmaster . On his skill as a grave - digger , tradition is ...
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... sent for . But finding that he was going very fast , he begged that they would send for him in all haste . He often asked if he was come ; and said how happy he should be once more to see his little son , and give him his blessing ...
... sent for . But finding that he was going very fast , he begged that they would send for him in all haste . He often asked if he was come ; and said how happy he should be once more to see his little son , and give him his blessing ...
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... Soon after the death of his father , his mother sent him down to Westmoreland , the place of his nativity , where he lived with his half - brother Augustine , and went to school to a Mr. Williams , an excellent 22 LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
... Soon after the death of his father , his mother sent him down to Westmoreland , the place of his nativity , where he lived with his half - brother Augustine , and went to school to a Mr. Williams , an excellent 22 LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
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... sent him up into the back - woods to work . continued in hs lordship's service till his 20th year , closely pursuing the laborious life of a woodsman ... From the manner in which Washington chose to 3 He amuse his leisure hours during ...
... sent him up into the back - woods to work . continued in hs lordship's service till his 20th year , closely pursuing the laborious life of a woodsman ... From the manner in which Washington chose to 3 He amuse his leisure hours during ...
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... sent on board . But when he came to take leave of his mother , she wept bitter- ly , and told him , she felt that her heart would break if he left her . George immediately got his trunk ashore ! as he could not , for a moment , bear the ...
... sent on board . But when he came to take leave of his mother , she wept bitter- ly , and told him , she felt that her heart would break if he left her . George immediately got his trunk ashore ! as he could not , for a moment , bear the ...
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