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... colonies , and one of the leading men of Virginia . Let us pause a moment and look at him as he stands on the threshold of this momentous period , rightly called momentous because it was the formative period in the life of such a man ...
... colonies , and one of the leading men of Virginia . Let us pause a moment and look at him as he stands on the threshold of this momentous period , rightly called momentous because it was the formative period in the life of such a man ...
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... colonies , and was interested and attracted by this association with distinguished pub- lic men . In the army to which he was attached he studied with the deepest attention the best dis- cipline of Europe , observing everything and ...
... colonies , and was interested and attracted by this association with distinguished pub- lic men . In the army to which he was attached he studied with the deepest attention the best dis- cipline of Europe , observing everything and ...
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... had two horses shot under him and four bullets through his coat . The Indians thought he bore a charmed life , while his death was reported in the colonies , together with his dying speech , which , ON THE FRONTIER . 83.
... had two horses shot under him and four bullets through his coat . The Indians thought he bore a charmed life , while his death was reported in the colonies , together with his dying speech , which , ON THE FRONTIER . 83.
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Henry Cabot Lodge. colonies , together with his dying speech , which , he dryly wrote to his brother , he had not yet com- posed . When the troops broke it was Washington who gathered the fugitives and brought off the dying general . It ...
Henry Cabot Lodge. colonies , together with his dying speech , which , he dryly wrote to his brother , he had not yet com- posed . When the troops broke it was Washington who gathered the fugitives and brought off the dying general . It ...
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... colonies . Every door flew open to him as he passed , and every one was de- lighted to welcome the young soldier . He was dined and wined and fêted in Philadelphia , and again in New York , where he fell in love at appar- ently short ...
... colonies . Every door flew open to him as he passed , and every one was de- lighted to welcome the young soldier . He was dined and wined and fêted in Philadelphia , and again in New York , where he fell in love at appar- ently short ...
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