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... fact extremely slight . He had heard merely that the first of the name in Virginia had come from one of the northern coun- ties of England , but whether from Lancashire or Yorkshire , or one still more northerly , he could not tell ...
... fact extremely slight . He had heard merely that the first of the name in Virginia had come from one of the northern coun- ties of England , but whether from Lancashire or Yorkshire , or one still more northerly , he could not tell ...
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... fact , although she lived to an advanced age , we know scarcely more about her than we do about her husband . She was of gen- tle birth , and possessed a vigorous character and a good deal of business capacity . The advantages of ...
... fact , although she lived to an advanced age , we know scarcely more about her than we do about her husband . She was of gen- tle birth , and possessed a vigorous character and a good deal of business capacity . The advantages of ...
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... , and deplorably few the facts , that have come down to us in regard to Washington's boyhood . For the former we are indebted to the illustrious Weems , and to that per sonage a few more words must be devoted . Weems THE WASHINGTONS . 39.
... , and deplorably few the facts , that have come down to us in regard to Washington's boyhood . For the former we are indebted to the illustrious Weems , and to that per sonage a few more words must be devoted . Weems THE WASHINGTONS . 39.
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... facts known to every one , and drawn for the most part from the gazettes . He then dressed them up in his own peculiar fashion and gave them to the world . All this , forming of course nine tenths of his book , has passed , despite its ...
... facts known to every one , and drawn for the most part from the gazettes . He then dressed them up in his own peculiar fashion and gave them to the world . All this , forming of course nine tenths of his book , has passed , despite its ...
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... fact and work it up for the purposes of the market until it became almost as impossible to reduce it to its original dimensions as it was for the fisherman to get the Afrit back into his jar . In a word , Weems was an approved mythmaker ...
... fact and work it up for the purposes of the market until it became almost as impossible to reduce it to its original dimensions as it was for the fisherman to get the Afrit back into his jar . In a word , Weems was an approved mythmaker ...
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