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We are compelled to take a long leap mentally in order to land ourselves
securely in the Virginia which honored the second George , and looked up to
Walpole and Pitt as the arbiters of its fate . We live in a period of great cities ,
rapid ...
We are compelled to take a long leap mentally in order to land ourselves
securely in the Virginia which honored the second George , and looked up to
Walpole and Pitt as the arbiters of its fate . We live in a period of great cities ,
rapid ...
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His light brown hair was drawn back from a broad forehead , and grayishblue
eyes looked happily , and perhaps a trifle soberly , on the pleasant Virginia world
about him . The face was open and manly , with a square , massive jaw , and a ...
His light brown hair was drawn back from a broad forehead , and grayishblue
eyes looked happily , and perhaps a trifle soberly , on the pleasant Virginia world
about him . The face was open and manly , with a square , massive jaw , and a ...
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Washington's report looked like war , and its author was shortly afterwards
appointed lieutenantcolonel of a Virginian regiment , Colonel Fry commanding .
Now began that long experience of human stupidity and inefficiency with which ...
Washington's report looked like war , and its author was shortly afterwards
appointed lieutenantcolonel of a Virginian regiment , Colonel Fry commanding .
Now began that long experience of human stupidity and inefficiency with which ...
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He had looked deeper , too , and had seen what the whole continent soon
understood , that English troops were not in . vincible , that they could be beaten
by Indians , and that they were after all much like other men . This was the
knowledge ...
He had looked deeper , too , and had seen what the whole continent soon
understood , that English troops were not in . vincible , that they could be beaten
by Indians , and that they were after all much like other men . This was the
knowledge ...
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A detachment , sent for . ward contrary to his views , met with the fate of Braddock
, and as the summer passed , and autumn changed to winter , it looked as if
nothing would be gained in return for so much toil and preparation , But Pitt had ...
A detachment , sent for . ward contrary to his views , met with the fate of Braddock
, and as the summer passed , and autumn changed to winter , it looked as if
nothing would be gained in return for so much toil and preparation , But Pitt had ...
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