The Life of George WashingtonMast, Crowell, Kirkpartick, 1896 - 335 strani |
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Stran 7
... called Hartburn on the banks of the Tees . It had become a custom among the Norman families of rank , about the time of the Conquest , to take surnames from their castles or estates ; it was not until some time afterward that surnames ...
... called Hartburn on the banks of the Tees . It had become a custom among the Norman families of rank , about the time of the Conquest , to take surnames from their castles or estates ; it was not until some time afterward that surnames ...
Stran 8
... called to exercise his arms on a sterner field . In 1346 , Edward and his son , the Black Prince , being absent with the armies in France , King David of Scotland invaded Northumberland with a powerful army . Queen Philippa , who had ...
... called to exercise his arms on a sterner field . In 1346 , Edward and his son , the Black Prince , being absent with the armies in France , King David of Scotland invaded Northumberland with a powerful army . Queen Philippa , who had ...
Stran 9
... called after him , and still bears the name of Washington . He lies buried in a vault on Bridges creek , which for generations was the family place of sepulture . The estate continued in the family . His grandson Augustine , the father ...
... called after him , and still bears the name of Washington . He lies buried in a vault on Bridges creek , which for generations was the family place of sepulture . The estate continued in the family . His grandson Augustine , the father ...
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... called , in popular parlance , an old field school - house ; " humble enough in its pre- tensions , and kept by one of his father's tenants , named Hobby , who , moreover , was sex- ton of the parish . The instruction doled out by him ...
... called , in popular parlance , an old field school - house ; " humble enough in its pre- tensions , and kept by one of his father's tenants , named Hobby , who , moreover , was sex- ton of the parish . The instruction doled out by him ...
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... called Belvoir , a few miles below Mount Vernon , and on the same woody ridge bordering the Potomac . William Fairfax was a man of liberal education and intrinsic worth ; he had seen much of the world , and his mind had been enriched ...
... called Belvoir , a few miles below Mount Vernon , and on the same woody ridge bordering the Potomac . William Fairfax was a man of liberal education and intrinsic worth ; he had seen much of the world , and his mind had been enriched ...
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affairs aide-de-camp American appointed arms army Arnold arrived artillery attack baggage batteries Boston Braddock bridge brigade British brought Burgoyne camp campaign Captain capture Colonel colonies command commander-in-chief Congress Cornwallis council creek crossed Delaware detached dispatched encamped enemy expedition Fairfax fire fleet force Fort Cumberland Fort Duquesne Fort Edward French frontier garrison gave George George Croghan Governor Dinwiddie Greene guard half-king Hessians Hill horse House of Burgesses Hudson hundred Indians infantry ington island Jerseys Lafayette land letter Logstown Lord Lord Cornwallis Lord Loudoun meantime miles military militia morning Mount Vernon night o'clock officers Ohio orders party passed Peekskill Pennsylvania Philadelphia Point president province Putnam quarters rear received reconnoiter redoubt regiment reinforcements reply retired retreat returned river road Schuyler sent ships Sir Henry Clinton soldiers soon spirit thousand tion took town troops Virginia Washington wounded writes York