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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Stran 13
... leaves . Now , George , said his father , look here , my son ! don't you remember when this good cousin of yours brought you that fine large apple last spring , how hardly I could prevail on you to divide with your brothers and sisters ...
... leaves . Now , George , said his father , look here , my son ! don't you remember when this good cousin of yours brought you that fine large apple last spring , how hardly I could prevail on you to divide with your brothers and sisters ...
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... leaving the boys in tears for his departure : for he had ever lived among them , in the spirit of a brother . He was never guilty of so brutish a practice as that of fighting himself ; nor would he , when able to prevent it , allow them ...
... leaving the boys in tears for his departure : for he had ever lived among them , in the spirit of a brother . He was never guilty of so brutish a practice as that of fighting himself ; nor would he , when able to prevent it , allow them ...
Stran 27
... leaves school - is appointed a private surveyor to Lord Fair . fax , of the Northern Neck - wishes to enter on board ... leaving school he went up to Fairfax to see his brother Lawrence ; with whom he found Mr. William Fairfax , one of ...
... leaves school - is appointed a private surveyor to Lord Fair . fax , of the Northern Neck - wishes to enter on board ... leaving school he went up to Fairfax to see his brother Lawrence ; with whom he found Mr. William Fairfax , one of ...
Stran 30
... leave of his mother , she wept bitter- ly , and told him , she felt that her heart would break if he left her . George immediately got his trunk ashore ! as he could not , for a moment , bear the idea of inflicting a wound on that dear ...
... leave of his mother , she wept bitter- ly , and told him , she felt that her heart would break if he left her . George immediately got his trunk ashore ! as he could not , for a moment , bear the idea of inflicting a wound on that dear ...
Stran 34
... leaves and mournful silence of autumn , with winter's solemn grandeur ; were the scenes in which the youth of Washington was passed . In these he hears the roar of distant war - from these he is sent forth to mark the gathering storm ...
... leaves and mournful silence of autumn , with winter's solemn grandeur ; were the scenes in which the youth of Washington was passed . In these he hears the roar of distant war - from these he is sent forth to mark the gathering storm ...
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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