The Life of George WashingtonMast, Crowell, Kirkpartick, 1896 - 335 strani |
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... object , or the object of his friends , seems to have been confined to fitting him for ordinary business . His manuscript school - books still exist , and are models of neatness and accuracy . One of them , it is true , a ciphering ...
... object , or the object of his friends , seems to have been confined to fitting him for ordinary business . His manuscript school - books still exist , and are models of neatness and accuracy . One of them , it is true , a ciphering ...
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... object of it may have con- sidered him a mere school - boy , and treated him as such , or his own shyness may have been in his way . Even in later years he was apt to be silent and embarrassed in female society . " He was a very bashful ...
... object of it may have con- sidered him a mere school - boy , and treated him as such , or his own shyness may have been in his way . Even in later years he was apt to be silent and embarrassed in female society . " He was a very bashful ...
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... object of his early passion is not positively known . Tradition states that the " Lowland Beauty " was a Miss Grimes , of Westmoreland , afterward Mrs. Lee , and mother of General Henry Lee , who figured in Revolutionary history as ...
... object of his early passion is not positively known . Tradition states that the " Lowland Beauty " was a Miss Grimes , of Westmoreland , afterward Mrs. Lee , and mother of General Henry Lee , who figured in Revolutionary history as ...
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... object of his mission - nothing remained but to descend the Ohio to the Great Falls . This , however , he was cautioned not to do . A large party of Indians , allies of the French , were hunting in the neighborhood , who might kill or ...
... object of his mission - nothing remained but to descend the Ohio to the Great Falls . This , however , he was cautioned not to do . A large party of Indians , allies of the French , were hunting in the neighborhood , who might kill or ...
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... object of their advancing into those parts , and how they were likely to be supported . Washington set off from Williamsburgh on October 30 , 1753 , the very day on which he received his credentials . Having provided himself at ...
... object of their advancing into those parts , and how they were likely to be supported . Washington set off from Williamsburgh on October 30 , 1753 , the very day on which he received his credentials . Having provided himself at ...
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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