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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... fight about trifles , was a notable care of Mr. Washington . For this purpose , of all the presents , such as cakes , fruit , & c . he received , he was always desired to give a liberal part to his play - mates . To enable him to do ...
... fight about trifles , was a notable care of Mr. Washington . For this purpose , of all the presents , such as cakes , fruit , & c . he received , he was always desired to give a liberal part to his play - mates . To enable him to do ...
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... fighting himself ; nor would he , when able to prevent it , allow them to fight one another . If he could not disarm their savage passions by his arguments , he would instantly go to the master , and inform him of their barbarous inten ...
... fighting himself ; nor would he , when able to prevent it , allow them to fight one another . If he could not disarm their savage passions by his arguments , he would instantly go to the master , and inform him of their barbarous inten ...
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... fights for their pastime and the little boys are sure to praise him , but it is only as they would a bull dog - to ... fight their mimic battles , with great fury . This was fine sport for George , whose passion for active exercise was ...
... fights for their pastime and the little boys are sure to praise him , but it is only as they would a bull dog - to ... fight their mimic battles , with great fury . This was fine sport for George , whose passion for active exercise was ...
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... of her son , instead of shewing the exultation of a Spartan dame , she replied , with all the sang froid of a good old Friend , " Ah , dear me ! This fighting and killing is a sad thing ! I wish George would come 30 LIFE OF WASHINGTON.
... of her son , instead of shewing the exultation of a Spartan dame , she replied , with all the sang froid of a good old Friend , " Ah , dear me ! This fighting and killing is a sad thing ! I wish George would come 30 LIFE OF WASHINGTON.
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... fight . Even the red - nosed porters where they met , bending under their burdens , would stop in the streets , to talk of England's wrong : and , as they talked , their fiery snouts were seen to grow more fiery still , and more ...
... fight . Even the red - nosed porters where they met , bending under their burdens , would stop in the streets , to talk of England's wrong : and , as they talked , their fiery snouts were seen to grow more fiery still , and more ...
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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