The Life of George Washington: With Curious Anecdotes, Equally Honourable to Himself, and Exemplary to His Young Countrymen ... Embellished with Six EngravingsJ.B. Lippincott & Company, 1858 - 244 strani |
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... British ; and uniformly to set such bright examples of human perfectibility and true greatness , that , compared there- with , the history of his capturing Cornwallis and Tarleton , with their buccaneering legions , sounds almost as ...
... British ; and uniformly to set such bright examples of human perfectibility and true greatness , that , compared there- with , the history of his capturing Cornwallis and Tarleton , with their buccaneering legions , sounds almost as ...
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... British man of war - providentially prevented by his mother - the firs lightnings of his soul to war HAPPILY for America , George Washington was not born with " a silver spoon in his mouth . " The Rappahannock plantatation left him by ...
... British man of war - providentially prevented by his mother - the firs lightnings of his soul to war HAPPILY for America , George Washington was not born with " a silver spoon in his mouth . " The Rappahannock plantatation left him by ...
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... British empire and break his own heart - which truly came to pass . For on hearing that Washington had cap- tured Cornwallis and all his army , he called out to his black waiter , " Come , Joe ! carry me to my hed ! for I'm sure ' tis ...
... British empire and break his own heart - which truly came to pass . For on hearing that Washington had cap- tured Cornwallis and all his army , he called out to his black waiter , " Come , Joe ! carry me to my hed ! for I'm sure ' tis ...
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... British . ship of war , then lying in our waters ; and his trunk and clothes were actually sent on board . But when he came to take leave of his mother , she wept bitter- ly , and told him , she felt that her heart would break if he ...
... British . ship of war , then lying in our waters ; and his trunk and clothes were actually sent on board . But when he came to take leave of his mother , she wept bitter- ly , and told him , she felt that her heart would break if he ...
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... British empire . Swift as the broad - winged packets could fly across the deep , the news was carried to England . Its effect there was like that of a stone rudely hurled against a nest of hornets . Instantly , from centre to circum ...
... British empire . Swift as the broad - winged packets could fly across the deep , the news was carried to England . Its effect there was like that of a stone rudely hurled against a nest of hornets . Instantly , from centre to circum ...
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Stran 162 - The West derives from the East supplies requisite to its growth and comfort; and, what is perhaps of still greater consequence, it must of necessity owe the secure enjoyment of indispensable outlets for its own productions to the weight, influence, and the future maritime strength of the Atlantic side of the Union, directed by an indissoluble community of interest as inn