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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Stran 13
... , Pa , only forgive me this time ; and see if I ever be so stingy any more . " " " Some , when they look up to the oak , whose giant 1 shea 米 Con arms throw a darkening shade over distant acres , or LIFE OF WASHINGTON . 13.
... , Pa , only forgive me this time ; and see if I ever be so stingy any more . " " " Some , when they look up to the oak , whose giant 1 shea 米 Con arms throw a darkening shade over distant acres , or LIFE OF WASHINGTON . 13.
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... arms throw a darkening shade over distant acres , or whose single trunk lays the keel of a man of war , cannot bear to hear of the time when this mighty plant was but an acorn , which a pig could have de- molished . But others , who ...
... arms throw a darkening shade over distant acres , or whose single trunk lays the keel of a man of war , cannot bear to hear of the time when this mighty plant was but an acorn , which a pig could have de- molished . But others , who ...
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... arms , you dearest boy , cried his father in transports , run to my arms glad am I , George , that you killed my tree ; for you have paid me for it a thousand fold . Such an act of heroism in my son is more worth than a thousand trees ...
... arms , you dearest boy , cried his father in transports , run to my arms glad am I , George , that you killed my tree ; for you have paid me for it a thousand fold . Such an act of heroism in my son is more worth than a thousand trees ...
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... arms of such a child ! O ! well requited for teaching him that love of his God ( the only fountain of every virtuous love ) in return for which he gave thee ( ' twas all he had ) himself - his fondest company - his sweetest looks and ...
... arms of such a child ! O ! well requited for teaching him that love of his God ( the only fountain of every virtuous love ) in return for which he gave thee ( ' twas all he had ) himself - his fondest company - his sweetest looks and ...
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... arms length , and blazing away at the swans on Potomac ; of which he has been known to kill , rank and file seven or eight at a shot . But to return to George . It appears that from the start he was a boy of an uncommonly warm and noble ...
... arms length , and blazing away at the swans on Potomac ; of which he has been known to kill , rank and file seven or eight at a shot . But to return to George . It appears that from the start he was a boy of an uncommonly warm and noble ...
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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