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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... body ! his parents doat on him . His relations glory in him . They are constantly praising him to their children , whom they beg to imitate him . They are often sending for him to visit them ; and receive him , when he comes , with as ...
... body ! his parents doat on him . His relations glory in him . They are constantly praising him to their children , whom they beg to imitate him . They are often sending for him to visit them ; and receive him , when he comes , with as ...
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... body of a beautiful young English cherry - tree , which he barked so terribly , that I don't believe the tree ever got the better of it . The next morning the old gentleman , finding out what had befallen his tree , which , by the by ...
... body of a beautiful young English cherry - tree , which he barked so terribly , that I don't believe the tree ever got the better of it . The next morning the old gentleman , finding out what had befallen his tree , which , by the by ...
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... body's name in a plant bed before ? " " Well , but George , such a thing might happen , though you never saw it before . " Yes , Pa ; but I did never see the little plants grow up so as to make one single letter of my name before . Now ...
... body's name in a plant bed before ? " " Well , but George , such a thing might happen , though you never saw it before . " Yes , Pa ; but I did never see the little plants grow up so as to make one single letter of my name before . Now ...
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... body , to fall upon the plunder ; while Washington , with his frightened fugitives continued their retreat , sadly remembering that more than one half of their morn- ing's gay companions were left a prey to the ravening beasts of the ...
... body , to fall upon the plunder ; while Washington , with his frightened fugitives continued their retreat , sadly remembering that more than one half of their morn- ing's gay companions were left a prey to the ravening beasts of the ...
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... , with arms in their hands , are a formidable body ! There are , I trust , double that number of whigs in England . And I hope the whigs in both countries will join and la make a common cause . They are united by the 70 LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
... , with arms in their hands , are a formidable body ! There are , I trust , double that number of whigs in England . And I hope the whigs in both countries will join and la make a common cause . They are united by the 70 LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
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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