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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... honour of an introduction to him . Scarcely were past the customary salutations , when he eagerly asked , " how fares your countryman , the great WASHINGTON ? " " He was very well , " replied the youths , brightening at the thought ...
... honour of an introduction to him . Scarcely were past the customary salutations , when he eagerly asked , " how fares your countryman , the great WASHINGTON ? " " He was very well , " replied the youths , brightening at the thought ...
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... honour - and consequently a Washington , in what alone deserves the name , SELF ESTEEM and ate educa our children UNIVERSAL RESPECT . to be good , honest men . CHAPTER II . BIRTH AND EDUCATION . " Children like tender osiers take the ...
... honour - and consequently a Washington , in what alone deserves the name , SELF ESTEEM and ate educa our children UNIVERSAL RESPECT . to be good , honest men . CHAPTER II . BIRTH AND EDUCATION . " Children like tender osiers take the ...
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... honoured cra- dle of Washington , who was born on Pope's creek , in Westmoreland county , Virginia , the 22nd of Feb- ruary , 1732. His father , whose name was Augustin Washington , was also a Virginian : but his grand- father ( John ) ...
... honoured cra- dle of Washington , who was born on Pope's creek , in Westmoreland county , Virginia , the 22nd of Feb- ruary , 1732. His father , whose name was Augustin Washington , was also a Virginian : but his grand- father ( John ) ...
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... honour and love you for it , my dear . " This , you'll say , was sowing good seed ! -Yes , it was : and the crop , thank God , was , as I believe it ever will be , where a man acts the true parent , that is , the Guardian Angel , by his ...
... honour and love you for it , my dear . " This , you'll say , was sowing good seed ! -Yes , it was : and the crop , thank God , was , as I believe it ever will be , where a man acts the true parent , that is , the Guardian Angel , by his ...
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... honour of old Admiral Vernon , by whom he had been treated with great politeness , while a volunteer with him at the unfortunate siege of Carthagena , in 1741 . CHAPTER IV . George leaves school - is appointed a private surveyor to Lord ...
... honour of old Admiral Vernon , by whom he had been treated with great politeness , while a volunteer with him at the unfortunate siege of Carthagena , in 1741 . CHAPTER IV . George leaves school - is appointed a private surveyor to Lord ...
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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