George Washington, Band 1Houghton Mifflin, 1917 - 776 Seiten |
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... Affairs , on the occasion of the death of George Washington . " A nation which some day will be a great nation , and which to- day is the wisest and happiest on the face of the earth , weeps at About the same time , if tradition may be ...
... Affairs , on the occasion of the death of George Washington . " A nation which some day will be a great nation , and which to- day is the wisest and happiest on the face of the earth , weeps at About the same time , if tradition may be ...
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... affairs , his servants , his horses , his arms , even his clothes , have all passed beneath the merciless microscope of history . His biography has been written and rewritten . His letters have been drawn out from every lurk- ing place ...
... affairs , his servants , his horses , his arms , even his clothes , have all passed beneath the merciless microscope of history . His biography has been written and rewritten . His letters have been drawn out from every lurk- ing place ...
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... affairs through the vestries , and ruled Virginia in the House of Burgesses . To this work they paid strict attention , and , after the fashion of their race , did it very well and very efficiently . They were an extremely competent ...
... affairs through the vestries , and ruled Virginia in the House of Burgesses . To this work they paid strict attention , and , after the fashion of their race , did it very well and very efficiently . They were an extremely competent ...
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... affairs of the colony . They were little troubled about religion , but they worshipped after the fashion of their fathers , and had a serious fidelity to church and king . They wrangled with their governors over appropri- ations , but ...
... affairs of the colony . They were little troubled about religion , but they worshipped after the fashion of their fathers , and had a serious fidelity to church and king . They wrangled with their governors over appropri- ations , but ...
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... 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 alive to the interests of Vir- ginia . Above all things he was an ...
... 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 alive to the interests of Vir- ginia . Above all things he was an ...
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