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... held dear and sacred by mankind , impel us to 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 ...
... held dear and sacred by mankind , impel us to 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 ...
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... held no other office than the titular command of a provisional army . Yet although these marks of respect from foreign nations were notable and striking , they were slight and formal in comparison with the silence and grief which fell ...
... held no other office than the titular command of a provisional army . Yet although these marks of respect from foreign nations were notable and striking , they were slight and formal in comparison with the silence and grief which fell ...
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... held up to the present age in various ways , usually , it must be confessed , of an unflattering nature , and " mendacious " is the adjective most commonly applied to him . There has been in reality a good deal of needless confusion ...
... held up to the present age in various ways , usually , it must be confessed , of an unflattering nature , and " mendacious " is the adjective most commonly applied to him . There has been in reality a good deal of needless confusion ...
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... . Lawrence Washington had married the daugh- ter of William Fairfax , the proprietor of Belvoir , a neighboring plantation , and the agent for the vast estates held by his family in Virginia . George Fairfax CHAPTER III ON THE FRONTIER.
... . Lawrence Washington had married the daugh- ter of William Fairfax , the proprietor of Belvoir , a neighboring plantation , and the agent for the vast estates held by his family in Virginia . George Fairfax CHAPTER III ON THE FRONTIER.
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Henry Cabot Lodge. estates held by his family in Virginia . George Fairfax , Mrs. Washington's brother , had married a Miss Cary , and thus two large and agreeable family connections were thrown open to the young surveyor when he emerged ...
Henry Cabot Lodge. estates held by his family in Virginia . George Fairfax , Mrs. Washington's brother , had married a Miss Cary , and thus two large and agreeable family connections were thrown open to the young surveyor when he emerged ...
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