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... difficulty . This is especially true of such a land as Virginia in the middle of the last century . Virginian society , as it existed at that period , is utterly extinct . John Randolph said it had departed before the year 1800. Since ...
... difficulty . This is especially true of such a land as Virginia in the middle of the last century . Virginian society , as it existed at that period , is utterly extinct . John Randolph said it had departed before the year 1800. Since ...
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... the world with the notion of an intimacy which the title implied . Weems , of course , had no difficulty with the public life , but in describing the boyhood he was thrown on his own resources , and out of them 42 GEORGE WASHINGTON .
... the world with the notion of an intimacy which the title implied . Weems , of course , had no difficulty with the public life , but in describing the boyhood he was thrown on his own resources , and out of them 42 GEORGE WASHINGTON .
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... difficulty at that time of obtaining commissions in the navy without great political influence , it seems probable that Mrs. Washington's brother knew very well what he was talking about , and he certainly wrote a very sensible letter ...
... difficulty at that time of obtaining commissions in the navy without great political influence , it seems probable that Mrs. Washington's brother knew very well what he was talking about , and he certainly wrote a very sensible letter ...
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... difficulty of knowing him . A brief sentence here and there , a rare gleam of light across the page of a letter , is all that we can find . The rest is silence . He did as great work as has fallen to the lot of man , he wrote volumes of ...
... difficulty of knowing him . A brief sentence here and there , a rare gleam of light across the page of a letter , is all that we can find . The rest is silence . He did as great work as has fallen to the lot of man , he wrote volumes of ...
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... body of troops , Washington set out on April 2 , 1754 , with two companies from Alex- andria , where he had been recruiting amidst most irritating difficulties . He reached Will's Creek three weeks later ON THE FRONTIER . 69.
... body of troops , Washington set out on April 2 , 1754 , with two companies from Alex- andria , where he had been recruiting amidst most irritating difficulties . He reached Will's Creek three weeks later ON THE FRONTIER . 69.
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