Life of George Washington, Količina 1G. P. Putnam, 1860 - 821 strani Written in the unmistakable prose of Washington Irving, author of?The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and?Rip Van Winkle, Life of Washington is a detailed biography of the first President of the United States.?Captivated by the man whose name he was given, Irving spent most of the later years of his life researching the Revolutionary War hero and statesman. The in-depth biography includes individual chapters on each battle where General Washington was involved as well as lengthy passages about Mount Vernon, Washington's home. Completed just five months before Irving's death, the volume became a great addition to his canon and an accurate tribute to George Washington. |
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... horses ; and on the 17th of February arrived at the Indian town of Piqua . These journeyings had carried Gist about a At Beaver Creek , a few miles below the village , he left the river and struck into the interior of the present State ...
... horses ; and on the 17th of February arrived at the Indian town of Piqua . These journeyings had carried Gist about a At Beaver Creek , a few miles below the village , he left the river and struck into the interior of the present State ...
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... horses , tents , and other travelling equipments , and then pushed on by a road newly opened to Wills ' Creek ( town of Cum- berland ) , where he arrived on the 14th of November . Here he met with Mr. Gist , the intrepid pioneer , who ...
... horses , tents , and other travelling equipments , and then pushed on by a road newly opened to Wills ' Creek ( town of Cum- berland ) , where he arrived on the 14th of November . Here he met with Mr. Gist , the intrepid pioneer , who ...
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... horses , laden with tents , baggage , and provi- sions , were completely jaded ; it was feared they would give out . Washington dismounted , gave up his saddle - horse to aid in transporting the baggage , and requested his companions to ...
... horses , laden with tents , baggage , and provi- sions , were completely jaded ; it was feared they would give out . Washington dismounted , gave up his saddle - horse to aid in transporting the baggage , and requested his companions to ...
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... horses to flounder on , and struck manfully ahead , accompanied only by Mr. Gist , who had equipped himself in like manner . At night they lit a fire , and " camped " by it in the woods . At two o'clock in the morning they were again on ...
... horses to flounder on , and struck manfully ahead , accompanied only by Mr. Gist , who had equipped himself in like manner . At night they lit a fire , and " camped " by it in the woods . At two o'clock in the morning they were again on ...
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... horse , con- tinued his homeward course , passing horses laden with materials and stores for the fort at the Fork of the Ohio , and families going out to settle there . Having crossed the Blue Ridge and stopped one day at Belvoir to ...
... horse , con- tinued his homeward course , passing horses laden with materials and stores for the fort at the Fork of the Ohio , and families going out to settle there . Having crossed the Blue Ridge and stopped one day at Belvoir to ...
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