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... The taverns were execrable , and only the ever - ready hospitality of the people made it pos- sible to get from place to place . The result was that the Virginians stayed at home , and sought and THE OLD DOMINION . 19.
... The taverns were execrable , and only the ever - ready hospitality of the people made it pos- sible to get from place to place . The result was that the Virginians stayed at home , and sought and THE OLD DOMINION . 19.
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... ready money . In this rich and poor were alike . They were all ahead of their income , and it seems as if , from one cause or another , from extravagance or improvi- dence , from horses or the gaming - table , every Vir- ginian family ...
... ready money . In this rich and poor were alike . They were all ahead of their income , and it seems as if , from one cause or another , from extravagance or improvi- dence , from horses or the gaming - table , every Vir- ginian family ...
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... ready to furnish every luxury in return for the mortgage of a crop or an estate . So they gave themselves little anxiety as to the future and lived in the present , very much to their own satisfaction . To the communities of trade and ...
... ready to furnish every luxury in return for the mortgage of a crop or an estate . So they gave themselves little anxiety as to the future and lived in the present , very much to their own satisfaction . To the communities of trade and ...
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... ready to fight or work when the time came , and well fitted to deal with affairs when he was needed . He was a free - handed , hospitable , generous being , not much given to study or thought , but thoroughly public- spirited and keenly ...
... ready to fight or work when the time came , and well fitted to deal with affairs when he was needed . He was a free - handed , hospitable , generous being , not much given to study or thought , but thoroughly public- spirited and keenly ...
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... ready to fight and ready to work , and as a rule successful in that which they set themselves to do . In 1658 the two brothers , John and Lawrence , appeared in Virginia . They seem to have been men of substance , for they purchased ...
... ready to fight and ready to work , and as a rule successful in that which they set themselves to do . In 1658 the two brothers , John and Lawrence , appeared in Virginia . They seem to have been men of substance , for they purchased ...
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