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... everything , and who have a contempt for hostile odds . He was ready to meet any number of French and Indians with cheerful confidence and with real pleasure . He wrote , in a letter which soon became famous , that he loved to hear ...
... everything , and who have a contempt for hostile odds . He was ready to meet any number of French and Indians with cheerful confidence and with real pleasure . He wrote , in a letter which soon became famous , that he loved to hear ...
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... to which he was attached he studied with the deepest attention the best dis- cipline of Europe , observing everything and forget- ting nothing , thus preparing himself unconsciously to use against ON THE FRONTIER . 79.
... to which he was attached he studied with the deepest attention the best dis- cipline of Europe , observing everything and forget- ting nothing , thus preparing himself unconsciously to use against ON THE FRONTIER . 79.
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... everything , and Virginia was left naturally in a state of great alarm . The assembly came to gether , and at last , thoroughly frightened , voted abundant money , and ordered a regiment of a thou- sand men to be raised . Washington ...
... everything , and Virginia was left naturally in a state of great alarm . The assembly came to gether , and at last , thoroughly frightened , voted abundant money , and ordered a regiment of a thou- sand men to be raised . Washington ...
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... everything that he had already impressed himself so strongly on Virginia that the authorities , although they smarted under his attacks , did not dare to meddle with him . Din- widdie and the rest could foil him in obtaining a ...
... everything that he had already impressed himself so strongly on Virginia that the authorities , although they smarted under his attacks , did not dare to meddle with him . Din- widdie and the rest could foil him in obtaining a ...
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... everything about him- self or his servants of the best . Yet he was not a mere imitator of fashions or devoted to fine clothes . The American leggings and fringed hunting - shirt had a strong hold on his affections , and he intro- duced ...
... everything about him- self or his servants of the best . Yet he was not a mere imitator of fashions or devoted to fine clothes . The American leggings and fringed hunting - shirt had a strong hold on his affections , and he intro- duced ...
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