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... sent by China we read : " In devising plans , Washing- ton was more decided than Ching Shing or Woo Kwang ; in winning a country he was braver than Tsau Tsau or Ling Pi . Wielding his four - footed falchion , he extended the frontiers ...
... sent by China we read : " In devising plans , Washing- ton was more decided than Ching Shing or Woo Kwang ; in winning a country he was braver than Tsau Tsau or Ling Pi . Wielding his four - footed falchion , he extended the frontiers ...
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... sent to Eng land and to the great universities : they would make the grand tour , play a part in the fashionable soci- ety of London , and come back to their plantations fine gentlemen and scholars . Such was Colonel Byrd , in the early ...
... sent to Eng land and to the great universities : they would make the grand tour , play a part in the fashionable soci- ety of London , and come back to their plantations fine gentlemen and scholars . Such was Colonel Byrd , in the early ...
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... . Washington in reply thanked him for his politeness , sent him the Virginian genealogy of his own branch , and after expressing a courteous interest said , in his simple and direct fashion , CHAPTER II THE WASHINGTONS.
... . Washington in reply thanked him for his politeness , sent him the Virginian genealogy of his own branch , and after expressing a courteous interest said , in his simple and direct fashion , CHAPTER II THE WASHINGTONS.
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... sent with a thousand men to join the Marylanders in destroy- ing the " Susquehannocks , " at the " Piscataway " fort , on account of some murdering begun by an- other tribe . As a feat of arms , the expedition was not a very brilliant ...
... sent with a thousand men to join the Marylanders in destroy- ing the " Susquehannocks , " at the " Piscataway " fort , on account of some murdering begun by an- other tribe . As a feat of arms , the expedition was not a very brilliant ...
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... sent back to Bridges Creek , soon after his father's death , to live with his half - brother Augus- tine , and obtain the benefits of a school kept by a Mr. Williams . There he received what would now be called a fair common - school ...
... sent back to Bridges Creek , soon after his father's death , to live with his half - brother Augus- tine , and obtain the benefits of a school kept by a Mr. Williams . There he received what would now be called a fair common - school ...
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action affairs allies American army appeared arms attack Augustine Washington battle began Boston brilliant British Burgoyne campaign cause character Clinton Colonel colonies command commander-in-chief Congress Conway Conway cabal Cornwallis courage danger defeat difficulties enemy England English everything expedition fact failed feeling fell felt fight fleet force Fort Duquesne fought French Gates gave George Washington Governor gress HENRY CABOT LODGE House of Burgesses idea Indians ington John John Adams knew Lafayette land Lawrence Washington letter look ment military militia mind Mount Vernon never numbers obliged officers once passed patriotic peace peril Philadelphia planters political Raleigh tavern ready result retreat Revolution river rode seemed sent soldiers spirit strong struggle success thing thought thousand tion took town troops Vernon parish victory Virginia Wash Washington wrote Weems Williamsburg winter words York Yorktown