George Washington, Band 1Houghton, Mifflin, 1917 |
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... fought over and over again , and his state papers have undergone an almost verbal examination . Yet , despite his vast fame and all the labors of the an- tiquarian and biographer , Washington is still not understood , as a man he is ...
... fought over and over again , and his state papers have undergone an almost verbal examination . Yet , despite his vast fame and all the labors of the an- tiquarian and biographer , Washington is still not understood , as a man he is ...
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... fought with Vernon at Carthagena , and had then re- turned to Virginia , to be to him a generous father and a loving friend . As the head of the family , Lawrence Washington had received the lion's share of the property , including the ...
... fought with Vernon at Carthagena , and had then re- turned to Virginia , to be to him a generous father and a loving friend . As the head of the family , Lawrence Washington had received the lion's share of the property , including the ...
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... fought his way out , and he and his companion passed the night on an island , with their clothes frozen upon them . So through peril and privation , and various dangers , stopping in the midst of it all to win another savage potentate ...
... fought his way out , and he and his companion passed the night on an island , with their clothes frozen upon them . So through peril and privation , and various dangers , stopping in the midst of it all to win another savage potentate ...
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... fought and the government of the United States founded . With a prescience wonderful for those days and on that subject , he saw that slavery meant the up - growth in the United States of two systems so radically hostile , both socially ...
... fought and the government of the United States founded . With a prescience wonderful for those days and on that subject , he saw that slavery meant the up - growth in the United States of two systems so radically hostile , both socially ...
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... fought and governed , better than anybody else . While thus looking after his own estates at home , he went further afield in search of invest- ments , keeping a shrewd eye on the western lands , and buying wisely and judiciously ...
... fought and governed , better than anybody else . While thus looking after his own estates at home , he went further afield in search of invest- ments , keeping a shrewd eye on the western lands , and buying wisely and judiciously ...
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