George Washington, Band 1Houghton Mifflin, 1917 - 776 Seiten |
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... ready money was by no means so evident as the acres . Not Many are the myths , and deplorably few the facts , that have come down to us in regard to Washington's boyhood . For the former we are indebted to the illustrious Weems , and to ...
... ready money was by no means so evident as the acres . Not Many are the myths , and deplorably few the facts , that have come down to us in regard to Washington's boyhood . For the former we are indebted to the illustrious Weems , and to ...
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... ready to take the slenderest fact and work it up for the purposes of the market until it became almost as impossible to reduce it to its original dimensions as it was for the fisherman to get the Afrit back into his jar . In a word ...
... ready to take the slenderest fact and work it up for the purposes of the market until it became almost as impossible to reduce it to its original dimensions as it was for the fisherman to get the Afrit back into his jar . In a word ...
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... ready money that he might buy slaves and work a plantation . So Washington studied on for two years more , and fitted himself to be a surveyor . There are still extant some early papers belonging to this period , chiefly fragments of ...
... ready money that he might buy slaves and work a plantation . So Washington studied on for two years more , and fitted himself to be a surveyor . There are still extant some early papers belonging to this period , chiefly fragments of ...
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... ready for the future by preparing his brother for the career of a soldier , so far as it could be done . He brought to Mount Vernon two old companions - in - arms of the Carthagena time , Adjutant Muse , a Virginian , and Jacob Van ...
... ready for the future by preparing his brother for the career of a soldier , so far as it could be done . He brought to Mount Vernon two old companions - in - arms of the Carthagena time , Adjutant Muse , a Virginian , and Jacob Van ...
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... ready inflicted upon the Indians . Some more vig- orous person was evidently needed to go through the form of warning France not to trespass on the English wilderness and thereupon Governor Dinwiddie selected for the task George Washing ...
... ready inflicted upon the Indians . Some more vig- orous person was evidently needed to go through the form of warning France not to trespass on the English wilderness and thereupon Governor Dinwiddie selected for the task George Washing ...
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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