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 35
... turning towards Washington , saluted him with a general bow ; and , in very flattering terms , expressed their high sense of his services . Had an earthquake shaken the capitol to the centre , it could hardly have so completely ...
... turning towards Washington , saluted him with a general bow ; and , in very flattering terms , expressed their high sense of his services . Had an earthquake shaken the capitol to the centre , it could hardly have so completely ...
Stran 42
... turned fiery red . But smothering his feelings , he rode towards his men , biting his lips with grief and rage , to think how many brave fellows would draw short breath that day through the pride and obstinacy of one epauletted madman ...
... turned fiery red . But smothering his feelings , he rode towards his men , biting his lips with grief and rage , to think how many brave fellows would draw short breath that day through the pride and obstinacy of one epauletted madman ...
Stran 47
... which , as things have turned out , look a good deal like pro- phecies . A famous Indian warrior , who acted a iending part in that bloody tragedy , was often heard to swear , that " Washington was never born to LIFE OF WASHINGTON . 47.
... which , as things have turned out , look a good deal like pro- phecies . A famous Indian warrior , who acted a iending part in that bloody tragedy , was often heard to swear , that " Washington was never born to LIFE OF WASHINGTON . 47.
Stran 48
... turned aside the bullets . The Rev. Mr. Davies , in a sermon occasioned by Braddock's defeat , has these remarkable words " I beg leave to point the attention of the public to that heroic youth Colonel Washington , whom I cannot but ...
... turned aside the bullets . The Rev. Mr. Davies , in a sermon occasioned by Braddock's defeat , has these remarkable words " I beg leave to point the attention of the public to that heroic youth Colonel Washington , whom I cannot but ...
Stran 60
... could make no attempt to extin- guish the flames . In this most distressing state , the image of my little son came , I thought , to my mind more dear and tender than ever : and turning tow- 60 LIFE OF WASHINGTON . CHAPTER VIII. ...
... could make no attempt to extin- guish the flames . In this most distressing state , the image of my little son came , I thought , to my mind more dear and tender than ever : and turning tow- 60 LIFE OF WASHINGTON . CHAPTER VIII. ...
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