George Washington, Band 1Houghton Mifflin, 1917 - 776 Seiten |
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... means were narrow , for although Augustine Washington was able to leave what was called a landed estate to each son , it was little more than idle capital , and the income in ready money was by no means so evident as the acres . Not ...
... means were narrow , for although Augustine Washington was able to leave what was called a landed estate to each son , it was little more than idle capital , and the income in ready money was by no means so evident as the acres . Not ...
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... mean , but from the begin- ning to the end of his life he was never for an in- stant ridiculous or affected , and he was as utterly removed from canting or priggishness as any hu- man being could well be . Let us therefore consign the ...
... mean , but from the begin- ning to the end of his life he was never for an in- stant ridiculous or affected , and he was as utterly removed from canting or priggishness as any hu- man being could well be . Let us therefore consign the ...
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... may also be said that very few boys ever needed it more ; but those persons who know what they chiefly need , and pursue it , are by no means common . CHAPTER III . ON THE FRONTIER . WHILE Washington was THE WASHINGTONS . 51.
... may also be said that very few boys ever needed it more ; but those persons who know what they chiefly need , and pursue it , are by no means common . CHAPTER III . ON THE FRONTIER . WHILE Washington was THE WASHINGTONS . 51.
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... mean to the world . It was in March , 1748 , that George Fairfax and Washington set forth on their adventures , and passing through Ashby's Gap in the Blue Ridge , entered the valley of Virginia . Thence they worked their way up the ...
... mean to the world . It was in March , 1748 , that George Fairfax and Washington set forth on their adventures , and passing through Ashby's Gap in the Blue Ridge , entered the valley of Virginia . Thence they worked their way up the ...
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... means take advice from the Indians . He lay in one place from one full moon to the other , without making any forti- fications , except that little thing on the meadow ; whereas , had he taken advice , and built such forti- fications as ...
... means take advice from the Indians . He lay in one place from one full moon to the other , without making any forti- fications , except that little thing on the meadow ; whereas , had he taken advice , and built such forti- fications as ...
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