George Washington, Band 1Houghton Mifflin, 1917 - 776 Seiten |
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... wrote a brief biography of Washing- ton , of trifling historical value , yet with sufficient literary skill to make it widely popular . It neither appealed to nor was read by the cultivated and in- structed few , but it reached the ...
... wrote a brief biography of Washing- ton , of trifling historical value , yet with sufficient literary skill to make it widely popular . It neither appealed to nor was read by the cultivated and in- structed few , but it reached the ...
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... wrote to the president in relation to it . Washington in reply thanked him for his politeness , sent him the Virginian genealogy of his own branch , and after expressing a courteous interest said , in his simple and direct fashion ...
... wrote to the president in relation to it . Washington in reply thanked him for his politeness , sent him the Virginian genealogy of his own branch , and after expressing a courteous interest said , in his simple and direct fashion ...
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... wrote books which he correctly believed would be popular , and sold them not only through the regular channels , but by peddling them himself as he travelled about the country . In this way he gratified all his propensities , and no ...
... wrote books which he correctly believed would be popular , and sold them not only through the regular channels , but by peddling them himself as he travelled about the country . In this way he gratified all his propensities , and no ...
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... 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 advisedly , for these stories are told with the utmost minuteness , and the con- versations ...
... 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 advisedly , for these stories are told with the utmost minuteness , and the con- versations ...
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... wrote a very sensible letter . A bold , adventurous boy , eager to earn his living and make his way in the world , would , like many others before him , look longingly to the sea as the highway to fortune and success . To Washington the ...
... wrote a very sensible letter . A bold , adventurous boy , eager to earn his living and make his way in the world , would , like many others before him , look longingly to the sea as the highway to fortune and success . To Washington the ...
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