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There were , however , two features in all this pomp and show which seemed
strangely out of keeping with the glittering pageant and the sounds of victorious
rejoicing . The standards and flags of the army were hung with crape , and after
the ...
There were , however , two features in all this pomp and show which seemed
strangely out of keeping with the glittering pageant and the sounds of victorious
rejoicing . The standards and flags of the army were hung with crape , and after
the ...
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The trappings and suits of woe were there of course , but what made this
mourning memorable was that the land seemed hushed with sadness , and that
the sorrow dwelt among the people and was neither forced nor fleeting . Men
carried it ...
The trappings and suits of woe were there of course , but what made this
mourning memorable was that the land seemed hushed with sadness , and that
the sorrow dwelt among the people and was neither forced nor fleeting . Men
carried it ...
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... or because the great chief seemed to get in the way of their own heroes . If this
is all , then the career of Washington and his towering fame present a problem of
which the world has never seen the like . But this cannot 12 INTRODUCTION .
... or because the great chief seemed to get in the way of their own heroes . If this
is all , then the career of Washington and his towering fame present a problem of
which the world has never seen the like . But this cannot 12 INTRODUCTION .
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They were of sound English stock , with a slight admixture of the Huguenot , the
best blood of France ; and although for a century and a half they had seemed to
stagnate in the New World , they were strong and fruitful and effective beyond the
...
They were of sound English stock , with a slight admixture of the Huguenot , the
best blood of France ; and although for a century and a half they had seemed to
stagnate in the New World , they were strong and fruitful and effective beyond the
...
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The greatest leader of scientific thought in this century has come to the aid of the
genealogist , and given to the results of the latter's somewhat discredited labors a
vitality and meaning which it seemed impossible that dry and dusty pedigrees ...
The greatest leader of scientific thought in this century has come to the aid of the
genealogist , and given to the results of the latter's somewhat discredited labors a
vitality and meaning which it seemed impossible that dry and dusty pedigrees ...
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Bibliografische Informationen
| Titel | George Washington, Band 1 Bände 4-5 von American statesmen George Washington, Henry Cabot Lodge |
| Autor/in | Henry Cabot Lodge |
| Ausgabe | Neuauflage |
| Verlag | Houghton, Mifflin, 1917 |
| Original von | University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Digitalisiert | 15. Apr. 2009 |
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