Life of George Washington, Količina 1G. P. Putnam, 1860 - 821 strani Written in the unmistakable prose of Washington Irving, author of?The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and?Rip Van Winkle, Life of Washington is a detailed biography of the first President of the United States.?Captivated by the man whose name he was given, Irving spent most of the later years of his life researching the Revolutionary War hero and statesman. The in-depth biography includes individual chapters on each battle where General Washington was involved as well as lengthy passages about Mount Vernon, Washington's home. Completed just five months before Irving's death, the volume became a great addition to his canon and an accurate tribute to George Washington. |
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... gave martial splendor to his court , and were obliged to have horse and weapon ready for service , for they lived in a belligerent neighborhood , disturbed occasionally by civil war , and often by Scottish foray . When the banner of St ...
... gave martial splendor to his court , and were obliged to have horse and weapon ready for service , for they lived in a belligerent neighborhood , disturbed occasionally by civil war , and often by Scottish foray . When the banner of St ...
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... gave boy named William Bustle was sometimes his him undue preference , and the implicit defer- competitor , but ... gave up all thoughts of foreign service , and settled himself on his estate on the banks of the Potomac , to which he ...
... gave boy named William Bustle was sometimes his him undue preference , and the implicit defer- competitor , but ... gave up all thoughts of foreign service , and settled himself on his estate on the banks of the Potomac , to which he ...
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... gave him access to the best society , in which he acquired additional currency by contributing a paper or two to Addison's Spectator , then in great vogue . In the height of his fashionable career , he became strongly attached to a ...
... gave him access to the best society , in which he acquired additional currency by contributing a paper or two to Addison's Spectator , then in great vogue . In the height of his fashionable career , he became strongly attached to a ...
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... gave up all right and title to the land west of the Allegany Mountains , even to the Mississip- pi , which land , according to their traditions , had been conquered by their forefathers . It is undoubtedly true that such a treaty was ...
... gave up all right and title to the land west of the Allegany Mountains , even to the Mississip- pi , which land , according to their traditions , had been conquered by their forefathers . It is undoubtedly true that such a treaty was ...
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... gave him some idea of evolutions in the field . Another of Law- rence's campaigning comrades was Jacob Van Braam , a Dutchman by birth ; a soldier of for- tune of the Dalgetty order ; who had been in the British army , but was now out ...
... gave him some idea of evolutions in the field . Another of Law- rence's campaigning comrades was Jacob Van Braam , a Dutchman by birth ; a soldier of for- tune of the Dalgetty order ; who had been in the British army , but was now out ...
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