George Washington, Band 1Houghton, Mifflin, 1917 |
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... idea was probably profoundly impressed on his own mind also . This condition of domestic affairs led to the first attempt to give Washington a start in life , which has been given to us until very lately in a somewhat decorated form ...
... idea was probably profoundly impressed on his own mind also . This condition of domestic affairs led to the first attempt to give Washington a start in life , which has been given to us until very lately in a somewhat decorated form ...
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... idea sometimes put forward that Washington cared nothing for reading or for books is an idle one . He read at Greenway Court and everywhere else when he had a chance , and he read well and to some purpose , studying men and events in ...
... idea sometimes put forward that Washington cared nothing for reading or for books is an idle one . He read at Greenway Court and everywhere else when he had a chance , and he read well and to some purpose , studying men and events in ...
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... idea of nautical matters while he was at sea and leading a life strangely unfamiliar to a woodsman and pioneer . When they arrived they were imme- diately asked to breakfast and dine with Major Clarke , the military magnate of the place ...
... idea of nautical matters while he was at sea and leading a life strangely unfamiliar to a woodsman and pioneer . When they arrived they were imme- diately asked to breakfast and dine with Major Clarke , the military magnate of the place ...
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... idea of his prerogatives . The as- sembly , on its side , was sufficiently patriotic , but its members came from a community which for more than half a century had had no fighting , and they knew nothing of war or its necessities ...
... idea of his prerogatives . The as- sembly , on its side , was sufficiently patriotic , but its members came from a community which for more than half a century had had no fighting , and they knew nothing of war or its necessities ...
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... to have oc- curred to him , but he was harassed and angered by the conduct of the assembly . He wrote to Governor Dinwiddie that he had no idea of giving up his commission . " But , " he continued , " 70 GEORGE WASHINGTON .
... to have oc- curred to him , but he was harassed and angered by the conduct of the assembly . He wrote to Governor Dinwiddie that he had no idea of giving up his commission . " But , " he continued , " 70 GEORGE WASHINGTON .
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