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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... morning four French deserters came into the village . They had deserted from a company of one hundred men , sent up from New Orleans with eight canoes laden with provisions . Washington drew from them an account of the French force at ...
... morning four French deserters came into the village . They had deserted from a company of one hundred men , sent up from New Orleans with eight canoes laden with provisions . Washington drew from them an account of the French force at ...
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... morning . As I was very much pressed by the Indians to wait this day for them , I consented , on the promise that noth- ing should hinder them in the morning . " The next morning ( 16th ) the French , in ful- filment of their promise ...
... morning . As I was very much pressed by the Indians to wait this day for them , I consented , on the promise that noth- ing should hinder them in the morning . " The next morning ( 16th ) the French , in ful- filment of their promise ...
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... morning they were again on foot , and pressed forward until they struck the south - east fork of Beaver Creek , at a place bearing the sinister name of Murdering Town ; probably the scene of some Indian massacre . Here Washington , in ...
... morning they were again on foot , and pressed forward until they struck the south - east fork of Beaver Creek , at a place bearing the sinister name of Murdering Town ; probably the scene of some Indian massacre . Here Washington , in ...
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... morning they found the drift ice wedged so closely together , that they succeeded in getting from the island to the opposite side of the riv- er ; and before night were in comfortable quarters at the house of Frazier , the Indian trader ...
... morning they found the drift ice wedged so closely together , that they succeeded in getting from the island to the opposite side of the riv- er ; and before night were in comfortable quarters at the house of Frazier , the Indian trader ...
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... morning . A council of war was held , in | which the idea of awaiting the enemy at this place was unanimously abandoned . Mollem de . THE NIGHT COUNCIL AT FORT NECESSITY . 46 Accordingly , he and his Virginia troops toiled forward ...
... morning . A council of war was held , in | which the idea of awaiting the enemy at this place was unanimously abandoned . Mollem de . THE NIGHT COUNCIL AT FORT NECESSITY . 46 Accordingly , he and his Virginia troops toiled forward ...
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