George Washington, Band 1Houghton Mifflin, 1917 - 776 Seiten |
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... line the offspring of a period more than fifty years later . No English - speaking people , certainly no Virginians , ever thought or behaved or talked in 1740 like the personages in Weems's stories , what ever 44 GEORGE WASHINGTON .
... line the offspring of a period more than fifty years later . No English - speaking people , certainly no Virginians , ever thought or behaved or talked in 1740 like the personages in Weems's stories , what ever 44 GEORGE WASHINGTON .
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... later he was " strongly attacked with the smallpox , " and was then housed for a month , getting safely and successfully through this dangerous and then almost universal ordeal . Before the disease declared itself , however , he went ...
... later he was " strongly attacked with the smallpox , " and was then housed for a month , getting safely and successfully through this dangerous and then almost universal ordeal . Before the disease declared itself , however , he went ...
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... later on other grounds , and , as has already been said , failed ut- terly to see that he was the most supremely silent of the great men of action that the world can show . Like Cromwell and Frederic , Washington wrote countless letters ...
... later on other grounds , and , as has already been said , failed ut- terly to see that he was the most supremely silent of the great men of action that the world can show . Like Cromwell and Frederic , Washington wrote countless letters ...
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... the main body of troops , Washington set out on April 2 , 1754 , with two companies from Alex- andria , where he had been recruiting amidst most irritating difficulties . He reached Will's Creek three weeks later ON THE FRONTIER . 69.
... the main body of troops , Washington set out on April 2 , 1754 , with two companies from Alex- andria , where he had been recruiting amidst most irritating difficulties . He reached Will's Creek three weeks later ON THE FRONTIER . 69.
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Henry Cabot Lodge. irritating difficulties . He reached Will's Creek three weeks later ; and then his real troubles began . Captain Trent , the timid and halting envoy , who had failed to reach the French , had been sent out by the wise ...
Henry Cabot Lodge. irritating difficulties . He reached Will's Creek three weeks later ; and then his real troubles began . Captain Trent , the timid and halting envoy , who had failed to reach the French , had been sent out by the wise ...
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