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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... the founder of our Republic from his earliest life . " - H . LEE , Major General , U.S. Army . PHILADELPHIA : J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO . 37 -KD44985- HARVARD UNIVERSITY LIBRARY THE LIFE OF WASHINGTON . CHAPTER 1858 . THE LIFE OF ...
... the founder of our Republic from his earliest life . " - H . LEE , Major General , U.S. Army . PHILADELPHIA : J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO . 37 -KD44985- HARVARD UNIVERSITY LIBRARY THE LIFE OF WASHINGTON . CHAPTER 1858 . THE LIFE OF ...
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... army or nation , where gold and glory are at stake , and where a man feels himself the burning focus of unnum- bered eyes ; he must be a paltry fellow , indeed , who does not play his part pretty handsomely .... even the common passions ...
... army or nation , where gold and glory are at stake , and where a man feels himself the burning focus of unnum- bered eyes ; he must be a paltry fellow , indeed , who does not play his part pretty handsomely .... even the common passions ...
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... army ; which several of them did . William Crawford , the eldest of them , and as brave a man as ever shoulder- ed a musket , was advanced as high as the rank of colonel , when he was burnt to death by the Indians at Sandusky . And ...
... army ; which several of them did . William Crawford , the eldest of them , and as brave a man as ever shoulder- ed a musket , was advanced as high as the rank of colonel , when he was burnt to death by the Indians at Sandusky . And ...
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... army . " WELL , what is to come , will come ! " said poor Paddy , when going to the gallows . Even so was come , as would seem , the time that was to come for " kings to go forth to battle . " The truth is , numbers of poor tax - ground ...
... army . " WELL , what is to come , will come ! " said poor Paddy , when going to the gallows . Even so was come , as would seem , the time that was to come for " kings to go forth to battle . " The truth is , numbers of poor tax - ground ...
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... army , and accept the rank of a volunteer aid - de - camp in his own family . This invitation was cheerfully accepted by our young countryman , who waited on General Braddock as soon as he heard of his arrival at Alexandria . About the ...
... army , and accept the rank of a volunteer aid - de - camp in his own family . This invitation was cheerfully accepted by our young countryman , who waited on General Braddock as soon as he heard of his arrival at Alexandria . About the ...
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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