George Washington, Band 1Houghton Mifflin, 1917 - 776 Seiten |
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... letter , and while M. de St. Pierre wrote a vague and polite answer , he sketched the fort and informed himself in regard to the mil- itary condition of the post . Then came another struggle over the Indians , and finally Washington got ...
... letter , and while M. de St. Pierre wrote a vague and polite answer , he sketched the fort and informed himself in regard to the mil- itary condition of the post . Then came another struggle over the Indians , and finally Washington got ...
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... letters , made many speeches , and was agreeable in conversation . But this was all in the way of business , and a man may be pro- foundly silent and yet talk a great deal . Silence in the fine and true sense is neither mere holding of ...
... letters , made many speeches , and was agreeable in conversation . But this was all in the way of business , and a man may be pro- foundly silent and yet talk a great deal . Silence in the fine and true sense is neither mere holding of ...
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... letter , is all that we can find . The rest is silence . He did as great work as has fallen to the lot of man , he wrote volumes of correspondence , he talked with innumer- able men and women , and of himself he said noth- ing . Here in ...
... letter , is all that we can find . The rest is silence . He did as great work as has fallen to the lot of man , he wrote volumes of correspondence , he talked with innumer- able men and women , and of himself he said noth- ing . Here in ...
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... letters written in vigorous language were , however , of little avail , and Washington prepared to shift for himself as best he might . His Indian allies brought him news that the French were on the march and had thrown out scouting ...
... letters written in vigorous language were , however , of little avail , and Washington prepared to shift for himself as best he might . His Indian allies brought him news that the French were on the march and had thrown out scouting ...
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... letter which soon became famous , that he loved to hear bullets whistle , a sage obser vation which he set down in later years as a folly of youth . Yet this boyish outburst , foolish as it was , has a meaning to us , for it was ...
... letter which soon became famous , that he loved to hear bullets whistle , a sage obser vation which he set down in later years as a folly of youth . Yet this boyish outburst , foolish as it was , has a meaning to us , for it was ...
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