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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... king to forbid the measure . But how to convey a letter to the French command- ant on the Ohio , was the question . For the whole country west of the Blue Mountains , was one im- measurable forest , from time immemorial the gloomy haunt ...
... king to forbid the measure . But how to convey a letter to the French command- ant on the Ohio , was the question . For the whole country west of the Blue Mountains , was one im- measurable forest , from time immemorial the gloomy haunt ...
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... kings as pledges of their friendsbip - the French governor's letters - and , last of all , his journal of the expedition ... king of Morven , " though mighty deeds rolled from his soul of fire , yet his words were never heard . ' The ...
... kings as pledges of their friendsbip - the French governor's letters - and , last of all , his journal of the expedition ... king of Morven , " though mighty deeds rolled from his soul of fire , yet his words were never heard . ' The ...
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... kings to go forth to battle . " The truth is , numbers of poor tax - ground , and thence uneducated and half- starved wretches in Britain and France , were become diseased with a mortal cachexy or surcharge of bad humours ; such as ...
... kings to go forth to battle . " The truth is , numbers of poor tax - ground , and thence uneducated and half- starved wretches in Britain and France , were become diseased with a mortal cachexy or surcharge of bad humours ; such as ...
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... king to cockney , all were fierce for fight . Even the red - nosed porters where they met , bending under their ... king just as he had dispatched his pudding ; and sat , right royally amusing himself with a slice of Gloucester and a nip ...
... king to cockney , all were fierce for fight . Even the red - nosed porters where they met , bending under their ... king just as he had dispatched his pudding ; and sat , right royally amusing himself with a slice of Gloucester and a nip ...
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... king of thundering ships , when wrath , in gleams of lightning , flashed from his " dark red eyes ? " Starting at length , as from a trance , he swallowed his ale : then clenching his fist , he gave the table a tremendous knock , and ...
... king of thundering ships , when wrath , in gleams of lightning , flashed from his " dark red eyes ? " Starting at length , as from a trance , he swallowed his ale : then clenching his fist , he gave the table a tremendous knock , and ...
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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