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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... present volume treats of the earlier part of Washington's life previous to the war of the Revolution , giving his expeditions into the wilderness , his campaigns on the frontier in the old French war ; and the other " experiences , " by ...
... present volume treats of the earlier part of Washington's life previous to the war of the Revolution , giving his expeditions into the wilderness , his campaigns on the frontier in the old French war ; and the other " experiences , " by ...
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... present volume was nearly ready for the press some months since , but the author , by applying himself too closely in his eagerness to finish it , brought on a nervous indisposition , which unfitted him for a time for the irksome but ...
... present volume was nearly ready for the press some months since , but the author , by applying himself too closely in his eagerness to finish it , brought on a nervous indisposition , which unfitted him for a time for the irksome but ...
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... present residing there was Thomas , Lord Fairfax , cousin of William Fairfax , and of whose immense landed property the latter was the agent . As this nobleman was one of Washington's earliest friends , and in some degree the founder of ...
... present residing there was Thomas , Lord Fairfax , cousin of William Fairfax , and of whose immense landed property the latter was the agent . As this nobleman was one of Washington's earliest friends , and in some degree the founder of ...
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... present town of Winchester . In a diary kept with his usual minuteness , Washington speaks with delight of the beauty of the trees and the richness of the land in the neighborhood , and of his riding through a noble grove of sugar ...
... present town of Winchester . In a diary kept with his usual minuteness , Washington speaks with delight of the beauty of the trees and the richness of the land in the neighborhood , and of his riding through a noble grove of sugar ...
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... present for the emergency ; but were to convoke a meeting of all the tribes at Logstown , on the Ohio , early in the ensuing spring , to receive an ample present which would be provided by the assembly . trade , or for presents to the ...
... present for the emergency ; but were to convoke a meeting of all the tribes at Logstown , on the Ohio , early in the ensuing spring , to receive an ample present which would be provided by the assembly . trade , or for presents to the ...
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