The Life of George WashingtonMast, Crowell, Kirkpartick, 1896 - 335 strani |
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... early athletic sports ; but his home , like that in which he was born , has disappeared . In those days the means of instruction in Virginia were limited , and it was the custom among the wealthy planters to send their sons to England ...
... early athletic sports ; but his home , like that in which he was born , has disappeared . In those days the means of instruction in Virginia were limited , and it was the custom among the wealthy planters to send their sons to England ...
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... early self - tuition gave him throughout life a lawyer's skill in drafting documents , and a mer- chant's exactness in keeping accounts ; so that all the concerns of his various estates , his dealings with his domestic steward and ...
... early self - tuition gave him throughout life a lawyer's skill in drafting documents , and a mer- chant's exactness in keeping accounts ; so that all the concerns of his various estates , his dealings with his domestic steward and ...
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... early period of life , were soon appreciated by his schoolmates ; he was referred to as an umpire in their disputes , and his decisions were never reversed . The attachment of Lawrence Washington to his brother George seems to have ...
... early period of life , were soon appreciated by his schoolmates ; he was referred to as an umpire in their disputes , and his decisions were never reversed . The attachment of Lawrence Washington to his brother George seems to have ...
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... earliest days there was perseverance and completeness in all his undertakings .. Nothing was left half done , or done in a hurried and slovenly manner . The habit of mind thus cultivated continued throughout life ; so that however ...
... earliest days there was perseverance and completeness in all his undertakings .. Nothing was left half done , or done in a hurried and slovenly manner . The habit of mind thus cultivated continued throughout life ; so that however ...
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... early self - training , and the code of con- duct he had devised , gave a gravity and decision to his conduct ; his frankness and modesty inspired cordial regard , aud the melancholy , of which he speaks , may have pro- duced a softness ...
... early self - training , and the code of con- duct he had devised , gave a gravity and decision to his conduct ; his frankness and modesty inspired cordial regard , aud the melancholy , of which he speaks , may have pro- duced a softness ...
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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