George Washington, Band 1Houghton Mifflin, 1917 - 776 Seiten |
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... rivers . The English trader would come and go ; the infrequent stranger would be received and welcomed ; Christmas would be kept in hearty English fashion ; young men from a neighboring estate would ride over through the darkening woods ...
... rivers . The English trader would come and go ; the infrequent stranger would be received and welcomed ; Christmas would be kept in hearty English fashion ; young men from a neighboring estate would ride over through the darkening woods ...
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... river to the village of Fredericks- burg , which was nearly opposite . Here , in 1743 , Augustine Washington died somewhat suddenly , at the age of forty - nine , from an attack of gout brought on by exposure in the rain , and was bur ...
... river to the village of Fredericks- burg , which was nearly opposite . Here , in 1743 , Augustine Washington died somewhat suddenly , at the age of forty - nine , from an attack of gout brought on by exposure in the rain , and was bur ...
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... river and bringing all the luxuries and many of the necessaries of life from vaguely distant coun- tries . No doubt he wished to go on one of these vessels and try his luck , and very possibly the royal The navy was hoped for as the ...
... river and bringing all the luxuries and many of the necessaries of life from vaguely distant coun- tries . No doubt he wished to go on one of these vessels and try his luck , and very possibly the royal The navy was hoped for as the ...
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... rivers made its way to Logs- town . Here they spent some days among the In- dians , whose leaders Washington got within his grasp after much speech - making ; and here , too , he met some French deserters from the South , and 64 GEORGE ...
... rivers made its way to Logs- town . Here they spent some days among the In- dians , whose leaders Washington got within his grasp after much speech - making ; and here , too , he met some French deserters from the South , and 64 GEORGE ...
Seite 66
... river , Wash- ington fell from the raft into deep water , amid the floating ice , but fought his way out , and he and his companion passed the night on an island , with their clothes frozen upon them . So through peril and privation ...
... river , Wash- ington fell from the raft into deep water , amid the floating ice , but fought his way out , and he and his companion passed the night on an island , with their clothes frozen upon them . So through peril and privation ...
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