The Life of George Washington, Količina 4Merrill & Baker, 1920 |
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Stran 90
... never of himself . I never heard him relate a single act of his life during the war . I have often seen him perfectly abstracted , his lips moving ; but no sound was perceptible . " An observant traveler , Mr. Elkanah Watson , who ...
... never of himself . I never heard him relate a single act of his life during the war . I have often seen him perfectly abstracted , his lips moving ; but no sound was perceptible . " An observant traveler , Mr. Elkanah Watson , who ...
Stran 120
... never did man leave a more truthful mirror of his heart and mind , and a more thorough exponent of his conduct , than he has left in his copious correspondence . There his character is to be found in all its majestic simplic- ity , its ...
... never did man leave a more truthful mirror of his heart and mind , and a more thorough exponent of his conduct , than he has left in his copious correspondence . There his character is to be found in all its majestic simplic- ity , its ...
Stran 175
... never be executed in the Southern States , particularly in Virginia and South Carolina . But from the best information I could get on my journey re- specting its operations on the minds of the people and I took some pains to obtain ...
... never be executed in the Southern States , particularly in Virginia and South Carolina . But from the best information I could get on my journey re- specting its operations on the minds of the people and I took some pains to obtain ...
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