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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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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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 messages 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 messages 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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