George Washington, Band 1Houghton Mifflin, 1917 - 776 Seiten |
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... ideas grow up in this nineteenth century , notwithstanding its boasted intelligence , much as they did in the infancy of ... idea there is a great deal of truth , but not the whole truth . It is the myth of genuine love and veneration ...
... ideas grow up in this nineteenth century , notwithstanding its boasted intelligence , much as they did in the infancy of ... idea there is a great deal of truth , but not the whole truth . It is the myth of genuine love and veneration ...
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... ideas of hundreds of persons who never had heard even the name of the author . To Weems we owe the anecdote of the cherry ... idea took definite and permanent shape it caused a reaction . There was a revolt against it , for the hero thus ...
... ideas of hundreds of persons who never had heard even the name of the author . To Weems we owe the anecdote of the cherry ... idea took definite and permanent shape it caused a reaction . There was a revolt against it , for the hero thus ...
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... idea of a " new Washington " being discovered . In one sense this is quite right , in another totally wrong . There can be no new Wash- ington discovered , because there never was but one . But the real man has been so overlaid with ...
... idea of a " new Washington " being discovered . In one sense this is quite right , in another totally wrong . There can be no new Wash- ington discovered , because there never was but one . But the real man has been so overlaid with ...
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... idea was certainly far , very far , from the truth . Behind the popular myths , behind the statuesque figure of the orator and the preacher , behind the general and the president of the historian , there was a strong , vigorous man , in ...
... idea was certainly far , very far , from the truth . Behind the popular myths , behind the statuesque figure of the orator and the preacher , behind the general and the president of the historian , there was a strong , vigorous man , in ...
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... idea grew up with the country , and became so ingrained in the popular thought that finally everybody was affected by it , and even the most stately and solemn of the Washington biographers adopted the unsupported tales of the itinerant ...
... idea grew up with the country , and became so ingrained in the popular thought that finally everybody was affected by it , and even the most stately and solemn of the Washington biographers adopted the unsupported tales of the itinerant ...
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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