The Story-life of Washington: A Life-history in Five Hundred True Stories, Band 1Wayne Whipple John C. Winston Company, 1911 |
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... Washington- " Advantages " George Was Spared - Schools in Virginia - Peter and " Hobby " — His Earliest Playfellows - George Tells His Father What He Hopes to Be - Two Boyish Letters - Brother Lawrence— The Fairfax Family- " I Lost My ...
... Washington- " Advantages " George Was Spared - Schools in Virginia - Peter and " Hobby " — His Earliest Playfellows - George Tells His Father What He Hopes to Be - Two Boyish Letters - Brother Lawrence— The Fairfax Family- " I Lost My ...
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... Washington's Broadsword Practice Interrupted - Arrival of the Washington Brothers at Barbadoes- " Beefsteak and Tripe " Club , " George Barn- well , " and Smallpox - Lawrence " Hurrying Home to His Grave ! " — The Home - coming - The ...
... Washington's Broadsword Practice Interrupted - Arrival of the Washington Brothers at Barbadoes- " Beefsteak and Tripe " Club , " George Barn- well , " and Smallpox - Lawrence " Hurrying Home to His Grave ! " — The Home - coming - The ...
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... Washington brasses was stolen - by an American , of course a few years ago . It is a small , rough , lichen- covered building , much restored , even to the stolen brass tablet to the memory of the first Lawrence Washington . The story ...
... Washington brasses was stolen - by an American , of course a few years ago . It is a small , rough , lichen- covered building , much restored , even to the stolen brass tablet to the memory of the first Lawrence Washington . The story ...
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... Lawrence Washington who is buried in Great Brington Church was the great - great- grandfather of the " first American . " We paused in front of Great The Brington Church to which we gained admission . chief Washington memorials are the ...
... Lawrence Washington who is buried in Great Brington Church was the great - great- grandfather of the " first American . " We paused in front of Great The Brington Church to which we gained admission . chief Washington memorials are the ...
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... Lawrence , a brother of the three thus distinguished , matriculated at Oxford as a " generosi filius " ( the intermediate class between sons of the nobility , " armigeri filius , " and of the people , plebeii filius " ) , or as of the ...
... Lawrence , a brother of the three thus distinguished , matriculated at Oxford as a " generosi filius " ( the intermediate class between sons of the nobility , " armigeri filius , " and of the people , plebeii filius " ) , or as of the ...
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 205 - And you are to observe and follow such Orders and Directions from Time to Time, as you shall receive from this or a future Congress...
Seite 53 - Read no letters, books, or papers in company ; but, when there is a necessity for doing it, you must ask leave. Come not near the books or writings of any one so as to read them, unless desired, nor give your opinion of them unasked ; also, look not nigh when another is writing a letter.
Seite 210 - You are a Member of Parliament, and one of that Majority which has doomed my Country to Destruction. — You have begun to burn our Towns, and murder our People. — Look upon your Hands! They are stained with the Blood of your Relations! — You and I were long Friends: — You are now my Enemy, — and I am Yours, B. FRANKLIN.
Seite 272 - The General is sorry to be informed, that the foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing, a vice heretofore little known in an American army...
Seite 209 - MY DEAREST, I am now set down to write to you on a subject, which fills me with inexpressible concern, and this concern is greatly aggravated and increased, when I reflect upon the uneasiness I know it will give you. It has been determined in Congress, that the whole army raised for the defence of the American cause shall be put under my care, and that it is necessary for me to proceed immediately to Boston to take upon me the command of it. You may believe me, my dear Patsy...
Seite 151 - Honored Madam: If it is in my power to avoid going to the Ohio again, I shall; but if the command is pressed upon me by the general voice of the country, and offered upon such terms as cannot be objected against, it would reflect dishonor on me to refuse it...
Seite 186 - At a time when our lordly masters in Great Britain will be satisfied with nothing less than the deprivation of American freedom, it seems highly necessary that something should be done to avert the stroke, and maintain the liberty which we have derived from our ancestors.
Seite 162 - Hyperion's curls; the front of Jove himself; An eye like Mars, to threaten and command; A station like the herald Mercury New-lighted on a heaven-kissing hill; A combination and a form indeed, Where every god did seem to set his seal, To give the world assurance of a man: This was your husband.
Seite 152 - The supplicating tears of the women and moving. petitions of the men melt me into such deadly sorrow, that I solemnly declare, if I know my own mind, I could offer myself a willing sacrifice to the butchering enemy, provided that would contribute to the people's ease.
Seite 106 - Half-King to know whether he intended to go with us, or by water. He told me that White Thunder had hurt himself much, and was sick, and unable to walk; therefore, he was obliged to carry him down in a canoe. As I found he intended to stay here a day or two, and knew that Monsieur Joncaire would employ every scheme to set him against the English, as he had before done, I told him I hoped he would guard against his flattery, and let no fine speeches influence him in their favor.