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... wrote with Dr. Beattie's life of his son before him as a model , and the result is that Washington ' comes out in his pages a faultless prig . Whether Weems intended it or not , that is the result which he produced , and that is the ...
... wrote with Dr. Beattie's life of his son before him as a model , and the result is that Washington ' comes out in his pages a faultless prig . Whether Weems intended it or not , that is the result which he produced , and that is the ...
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... wrote to the president in relation to it . Washington in reply thanked him for his politeness , sent him the Virginian genealogy of his own branch , and after expressing a courteous interest said , in his simple and direct fashion ...
... wrote to the president in relation to it . Washington in reply thanked him for his politeness , sent him the Virginian genealogy of his own branch , and after expressing a courteous interest said , in his simple and direct fashion ...
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... wrote books which he correctly believed would be popular , and sold them not only through the regular channels , but by peddling them himself as he travelled about the country . In this way he gratified all his propensities , and no ...
... wrote books which he correctly believed would be popular , and sold them not only through the regular channels , but by peddling them himself as he travelled about the country . In this way he gratified all his propensities , and no ...
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... wrote . To a writer who invented the rector of Mount Vernon , the fur- ther invention of a couple of Boswells would be a trifle . I say Boswells advisedly , for these stories are told with the utmost minuteness , and the con- versations ...
... wrote . To a writer who invented the rector of Mount Vernon , the fur- ther invention of a couple of Boswells would be a trifle . I say Boswells advisedly , for these stories are told with the utmost minuteness , and the con- versations ...
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... Washington's brother knew very well what he was talking about , and he certainly wrote a very sensible letter . A bold , adventurous boy , eager to earn his living and make his way in the world , would , like many others before him ...
... Washington's brother knew very well what he was talking about , and he certainly wrote a very sensible letter . A bold , adventurous boy , eager to earn his living and make his way in the world , would , like many others before him ...
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