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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... took his little companion so much from him - while George , on the other hand , would often quit his playmates to run home and converse with his more beloved father . But George was not long to enjoy the pleasure or the profit of such a ...
... took his little companion so much from him - while George , on the other hand , would often quit his playmates to run home and converse with his more beloved father . But George was not long to enjoy the pleasure or the profit of such a ...
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... took such a liking to him , even above his own brother Augustine , that he would always have George with him when he could ; and often pressed him to come and live with him . But , as if led by some secret im pulse , George declined the ...
... took such a liking to him , even above his own brother Augustine , that he would always have George with him when he could ; and often pressed him to come and live with him . But , as if led by some secret im pulse , George declined the ...
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... took a great liking to George ; and hearing him express a wish to get employment as a surveyor , introduced him to his relative , lord Fairfax , the wealthy proprietor of all those lands ge- nerally called the Northern Neck , lying ...
... took a great liking to George ; and hearing him express a wish to get employment as a surveyor , introduced him to his relative , lord Fairfax , the wealthy proprietor of all those lands ge- nerally called the Northern Neck , lying ...
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... took his master's arm , And to his bed he softly led , The lord of Green - way farm . There he call'd on Britain's name " And oft he wept full sore . " - Then sigh'd - thy will , O Lord be done → " And word spake never more . " It was ...
... took his master's arm , And to his bed he softly led , The lord of Green - way farm . There he call'd on Britain's name " And oft he wept full sore . " - Then sigh'd - thy will , O Lord be done → " And word spake never more . " It was ...
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... took fire ; and he instantly tendered what aid his little arm could afford . The rank of mid- shipman was procured for him on board a British . ship of war , then lying in our waters ; and his trunk and clothes were actually sent on ...
... took fire ; and he instantly tendered what aid his little arm could afford . The rank of mid- shipman was procured for him on board a British . ship of war , then lying in our waters ; and his trunk and clothes were actually sent on ...
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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