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... shrines of their forefathers and chiefs leads us to invest our modern hero with a
mythical character, and picture him in our imagination as a being to whom, a few
thousand years ago, altars would have been builded and libations poured out.
... shrines of their forefathers and chiefs leads us to invest our modern hero with a
mythical character, and picture him in our imagination as a being to whom, a few
thousand years ago, altars would have been builded and libations poured out.
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... for then there were no cities or towns in Virginia. The only place which could
pretend to either name was Norfolk, the solitary seaport, which, with its six or
seven thousand inhabitants, formed the most glaring exception that any rule
solicitous ...
... for then there were no cities or towns in Virginia. The only place which could
pretend to either name was Norfolk, the solitary seaport, which, with its six or
seven thousand inhabitants, formed the most glaring exception that any rule
solicitous ...
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In 1667, when he had been but ten years in the colony, he was chosen to the
House of Burgesses ; and eight years later he was made a colonel and sent with
a thousand men to join the Marylanders in destroying the " Susquehannocks," at
the ...
In 1667, when he had been but ten years in the colony, he was chosen to the
House of Burgesses ; and eight years later he was made a colonel and sent with
a thousand men to join the Marylanders in destroying the " Susquehannocks," at
the ...
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Contrecceur, with the main body of the French and Indians, was moving down
from the Monongahela a thousand strong. This of course was to have been
anticipated, and it does not seem to have in the least damped Washington's
spirits.
Contrecceur, with the main body of the French and Indians, was moving down
from the Monongahela a thousand strong. This of course was to have been
anticipated, and it does not seem to have in the least damped Washington's
spirits.
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When Washington left Will's Creek he was aware that he was going to meet a
force of a thousand men with only a hundred and fifty raw recruits at his back. In
the same spirit he pushed on ; and after the Jumonville affair, although he knew
that ...
When Washington left Will's Creek he was aware that he was going to meet a
force of a thousand men with only a hundred and fifty raw recruits at his back. In
the same spirit he pushed on ; and after the Jumonville affair, although he knew
that ...
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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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