George Washington, Band 1Houghton Mifflin, 1917 - 776 Seiten |
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... never intentionally , but now and then there is a glimpse behind it ; and in stray sentences and in little inci- dents strenuously gathered together ; above all , in the right interpretation of the words , and the deeds , and the true ...
... never intentionally , but now and then there is a glimpse behind it ; and in stray sentences and in little inci- dents strenuously gathered together ; above all , in the right interpretation of the words , and the deeds , and the true ...
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... never winning the very highest fortune , having their failures and re- verses no doubt , but on the whole prudent , bold men , always important in their several stations , ready to fight and ready to work , and as a rule successful in ...
... never winning the very highest fortune , having their failures and re- verses no doubt , but on the whole prudent , bold men , always important in their several stations , ready to fight and ready to work , and as a rule successful in ...
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... never was , more- over , such a person as the rector of Mount Vernon parish , but it was the Weems way of treating his appearance before the great man , and of deceiving the world with the notion of an intimacy which the title implied ...
... never was , more- over , such a person as the rector of Mount Vernon parish , but it was the Weems way of treating his appearance before the great man , and of deceiving the world with the notion of an intimacy which the title implied ...
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... never did anything common or 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 ...
... never did anything common or 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 ...
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... never to be forgotten . It 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 ...
... never to be forgotten . It 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 ...
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action affairs allies American army appeared arms attack Augustine Washington battle began Boston brilliant British Burgoyne campaign cause character Clinton Colonel colonies command commander-in-chief Congress Conway Conway cabal Cornwallis courage danger defeat difficulties enemy England English everything expedition fact failed feeling fell felt fight fleet force Fort Duquesne fought French Gates gave George Washington Governor gress HENRY CABOT LODGE House of Burgesses idea Indians ington John John Adams knew Lafayette land Lawrence Washington letter look ment military militia mind Mount Vernon never numbers obliged officers once passed patriotic peace peril Philadelphia planters political Raleigh tavern ready retreat Revolution river rode seemed sent soldiers spirit strong struggle success thing thought thousand tion took town troops Vernon parish victory Virginia Wash Washington wrote Weems Williamsburg winter words York Yorktown