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... doubt derived from life a good deal of simple pleasure . Chance brought him near Washington in the closing days , and his commercial instinct told him that here was the subject of all others for his pen and his mar- ket . He accordingly ...
... doubt derived from life a good deal of simple pleasure . Chance brought him near Washington in the closing days , and his commercial instinct told him that here was the subject of all others for his pen and his mar- ket . He accordingly ...
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... doubt that Washington , like most healthy boys , got into a good deal of mis- chief , and it is not at all impossible that he injured fruit - trees and confessed that he had done so . It may be accepted as certain that he rode and mas ...
... doubt that Washington , like most healthy boys , got into a good deal of mis- chief , and it is not at all impossible that he injured fruit - trees and confessed that he had done so . It may be accepted as certain that he rode and mas ...
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... doubt have thrashed any of them too , he was , in virtue of these qualities , which are respected everywhere by all wholesome minds , and especially by boys , a leader among his school - fel- lows . We know further that he was honest ...
... doubt have thrashed any of them too , he was , in virtue of these qualities , which are respected everywhere by all wholesome minds , and especially by boys , a leader among his school - fel- lows . We know further that he was honest ...
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... and many of the necessaries of life from vaguely distant coun- tries . No doubt he wished to go on one of these vessels and try his luck , and very possibly the royal navy was hoped for as the ultimate result . The 48 GEORGE WASHINGTON .
... and many of the necessaries of life from vaguely distant coun- tries . No doubt he wished to go on one of these vessels and try his luck , and very possibly the royal navy was hoped for as the ultimate result . The 48 GEORGE WASHINGTON .
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... doubt- ful , and uncertain ; to - day approved , to - morrow condemned . Left to act and proceed at hazard , accountable for the consequences , and blamed with- out the benefit of defence . " He determined never- theless to bear with ...
... doubt- ful , and uncertain ; to - day approved , to - morrow condemned . Left to act and proceed at hazard , accountable for the consequences , and blamed with- out the benefit of defence . " He determined never- theless to bear with ...
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