George Washington, Band 1Houghton Mifflin, 1917 - 776 Seiten |
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... give expression to our sentiments by taking part in an event which deprives the world of one of its brightest ornaments , and removes to the realm of history one of the noblest lives that ever honored the human race . " The name of ...
... give expression to our sentiments by taking part in an event which deprives the world of one of its brightest ornaments , and removes to the realm of history one of the noblest lives that ever honored the human race . " The name of ...
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... gives us pause , there is a massiveness in the jaw , telling of an iron grip and a relentless will , which has infinite ... give you the crown - grasper . What a man ! " In death as in life , there is something about Washington , call it ...
... gives us pause , there is a massiveness in the jaw , telling of an iron grip and a relentless will , which has infinite ... give you the crown - grasper . What a man ! " In death as in life , there is something about Washington , call it ...
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... gives no au- thority for his minute account of a trivial event over a century old when he wrote . To a writer who invented the rector of Mount Vernon , the fur- ther invention of a couple of Boswells would be a trifle . I say Boswells ...
... gives no au- thority for his minute account of a trivial event over a century old when he wrote . To a writer who invented the rector of Mount Vernon , the fur- ther invention of a couple of Boswells would be a trifle . I say Boswells ...
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... give Washington a start in life , which has been given to us until very lately in a somewhat decorated form . The fact is , that in casting about for something to do , it occurred to some one , very likely to the boy him- self , that it ...
... give Washington a start in life , which has been given to us until very lately in a somewhat decorated form . The fact is , that in casting about for something to do , it occurred to some one , very likely to the boy him- self , that it ...
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... , disillusioned , but still kindly and generous . From him the boy could gain that knowledge of men and manners which no school can give , and which is as important in its way as any that a teacher ON THE FRONTIER . 53.
... , disillusioned , but still kindly and generous . From him the boy could gain that knowledge of men and manners which no school can give , and which is as important in its way as any that a teacher ON THE FRONTIER . 53.
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