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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... land was filled with his praise , he wept for joy . And such is the victory of love over nature , that though fast ... lands in Berkley , together 26 LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
... land was filled with his praise , he wept for joy . And such is the victory of love over nature , that though fast ... lands in Berkley , together 26 LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
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... lands in Berkley , together with his great estate on Potomac , called MOUNT VERNON , in 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 ...
... lands in Berkley , together with his great estate on Potomac , called MOUNT VERNON , in 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 ...
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... land . The report of his gallant but unsuccessful struggle with the French and Indians , soon reached England : and the ministry thinking the colonies alone too weak to repel the enemy , hurried on General Brad- 40 LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
... land . The report of his gallant but unsuccessful struggle with the French and Indians , soon reached England : and the ministry thinking the colonies alone too weak to repel the enemy , hurried on General Brad- 40 LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
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... land ; and there with their flesh to fatten the wolves and vultures on the hills of Monongahela . For General Braddock , who had all along treated the American officers with infinite contempt , rejected Washington's counsel , and ...
... land ; and there with their flesh to fatten the wolves and vultures on the hills of Monongahela . For General Braddock , who had all along treated the American officers with infinite contempt , rejected Washington's counsel , and ...
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... land , who , at the crowded ball , could get colonel Washington for her partner . And even at the house where prayer is wont to be made , the eyes of beauty would sometimes wander from the cold reading preacher , to catch a livelier ...
... land , who , at the crowded ball , could get colonel Washington for her partner . And even at the house where prayer is wont to be made , the eyes of beauty would sometimes wander from the cold reading preacher , to catch a livelier ...
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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