George Washington, Band 1Houghton Mifflin, 1917 - 776 Seiten |
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... young gentlemen thus sent abroad to improve their minds and manners led a life not materially different from that of our charming friend , Harry Warrington , after his arri- val in England . The sons who stayed at home sometimes ...
... young gentlemen thus sent abroad to improve their minds and manners led a life not materially different from that of our charming friend , Harry Warrington , after his arri- val in England . The sons who stayed at home sometimes ...
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... young fellow as a prince , with his acres and his slaves . It was a natural and pleasing delusion , born of the possession of land and serfs , to which the Virginians themselves gave ready credence . They forgot that the land was so ...
... young fellow as a prince , with his acres and his slaves . It was a natural and pleasing delusion , born of the possession of land and serfs , to which the Virginians themselves gave ready credence . They forgot that the land was so ...
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... young men from a neighboring estate would ride over through the darkening woods to court , or dance , or play the fiddle , like Patrick Henry or Thomas Jefferson ; and these simple events were all that made a ripple on the placid stream ...
... young men from a neighboring estate would ride over through the darkening woods to court , or dance , or play the fiddle , like Patrick Henry or Thomas Jefferson ; and these simple events were all that made a ripple on the placid stream ...
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... young children to educate and support . Her means were narrow , for although Augustine Washington was able to leave what was called a landed estate to each son , it was little more than idle capital , and the income in ready money was ...
... young children to educate and support . Her means were narrow , for although Augustine Washington was able to leave what was called a landed estate to each son , it was little more than idle capital , and the income in ready money was ...
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... young Virginia gentleman , who sorely needed a little ready money that he might buy slaves and work a plantation . So Washington studied on for two years more , and fitted himself to be a surveyor . There are still extant some early ...
... young Virginia gentleman , who sorely needed a little ready money that he might buy slaves and work a plantation . So Washington studied on for two years more , and fitted himself to be a surveyor . There are still extant some early ...
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