George Washington, Band 1Houghton Mifflin, 1917 - 776 Seiten |
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... English- men , the most unsparing censors of everything American , have paid homage to Washington , from the days of Fox and Byron to those of Tenny- son and Gladstone . In France his name has al- ways been revered , and in distant ...
... English- men , the most unsparing censors of everything American , have paid homage to Washington , from the days of Fox and Byron to those of Tenny- son and Gladstone . In France his name has al- ways been revered , and in distant ...
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... English tobacco - ships worked their way up the rivers , taking the great staple , and leaving their varied goods , and their tardy news from Europe , wherever they stopped . This was the sum of the information and intercourse which ...
... English tobacco - ships worked their way up the rivers , taking the great staple , and leaving their varied goods , and their tardy news from Europe , wherever they stopped . This was the sum of the information and intercourse which ...
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... English trader would come and go ; the infrequent stranger would be received and welcomed ; Christmas would be kept in hearty English fashion ; young men from a neighboring estate would ride over through the darkening woods to court ...
... English trader would come and go ; the infrequent stranger would be received and welcomed ; Christmas would be kept in hearty English fashion ; young men from a neighboring estate would ride over through the darkening woods to court ...
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... English yeoman , and as jealous of his rights and privileges as any baron who stood by John at Runnymede . To this aristocracy , careless and indolent , given to rough pleasures and indif- ferent to the finer and higher sides of life ...
... English yeoman , and as jealous of his rights and privileges as any baron who stood by John at Runnymede . To this aristocracy , careless and indolent , given to rough pleasures and indif- ferent to the finer and higher sides of life ...
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... English forefathers was in fact extremely slight . He had heard merely that the first of the name in Virginia had come from one of the northern coun- ties of England , but whether from Lancashire or Yorkshire , or one still more ...
... English forefathers was in fact extremely slight . He had heard merely that the first of the name in Virginia had come from one of the northern coun- ties of England , but whether from Lancashire or Yorkshire , or one still more ...
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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 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