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His private affairs, his servants, his horses, his arms, even his clothes, have all
passed beneath the merciless microscope of history. His biography has been
written and rewritten. His letters have been drawn out from every lurking place,
and ...
His private affairs, his servants, his horses, his arms, even his clothes, have all
passed beneath the merciless microscope of history. His biography has been
written and rewritten. His letters have been drawn out from every lurking place,
and ...
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Its anecdotes and its simplicity of thought commended it to children both at home
and at school, and, passing through edition after edition, its statements were
widely spread, and it colored insensibly the ideas of hundreds of persons who
never ...
Its anecdotes and its simplicity of thought commended it to children both at home
and at school, and, passing through edition after edition, its statements were
widely spread, and it colored insensibly the ideas of hundreds of persons who
never ...
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Every professional American humorist almost has tried his hand at it ; and with
each recurring 22d of February the hard-worked jesters of the daily newspapers
take it up and make a little fun out of it, sufficient for the day that is passing over ...
Every professional American humorist almost has tried his hand at it ; and with
each recurring 22d of February the hard-worked jesters of the daily newspapers
take it up and make a little fun out of it, sufficient for the day that is passing over ...
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Carlyle, crying out through hundreds of pages and myriads of words for the "
silent man," passed by with a sneer the most absolutely silent great man that
history can show. Washington's letters and speeches and mes sages fill many
volumes, ...
Carlyle, crying out through hundreds of pages and myriads of words for the "
silent man," passed by with a sneer the most absolutely silent great man that
history can show. Washington's letters and speeches and mes sages fill many
volumes, ...
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Outside of Williamsburg and Norfolk there were various points which passed in
the catalogue and on the map for towns, but which in reality were merely the
shadows of a name. The most populous consisted of a few houses inhabited by ...
Outside of Williamsburg and Norfolk there were various points which passed in
the catalogue and on the map for towns, but which in reality were merely the
shadows of a name. The most populous consisted of a few houses inhabited by ...
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| Titel | George Washington, Band 1 Bände 4-5 von American statesmen George Washington, Henry Cabot Lodge |
| Autor | Henry Cabot Lodge |
| Ausgabe | Neuauflage |
| Verlag | Houghton Mifflin Company, 1917 |
| Original von | University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Digitalisiert | 15. Apr. 2009 |
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