George Washington, Band 1Houghton, Mifflin, 1917 |
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... thought of doing . The only general form of intellectual exertion was that of governing . The planters managed local affairs through the vestries , and ruled Virginia in the House of Burgesses . To this work they paid strict attention ...
... thought of doing . The only general form of intellectual exertion was that of governing . The planters managed local affairs through the vestries , and ruled Virginia in the House of Burgesses . To this work they paid strict attention ...
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... thought , but thoroughly public- spirited and keenly alive to the interests of Vir- ginia . Above all things he was an aristocrat , set apart by the dark line of race , color , and heredi- tary servitude , as proud as the proudest ...
... thought , but thoroughly public- spirited and keenly alive to the interests of Vir- ginia . Above all things he was an aristocrat , set apart by the dark line of race , color , and heredi- tary servitude , as proud as the proudest ...
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... thought in this century has come to the aid of the genealo- gist , and given to the results of the latter's some- what discredited labors a vitality and meaning which it seemed impossible that dry and dusty pedigrees and barren tables ...
... thought in this century has come to the aid of the genealo- gist , and given to the results of the latter's some- what discredited labors a vitality and meaning which it seemed impossible that dry and dusty pedigrees and barren tables ...
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... thought that finally everybody was affected by it , and even the most stately and solemn of the Washington biographers adopted the unsupported tales of the itinerant parson and book - peddler . In regard to the public life of Washington ...
... thought that finally everybody was affected by it , and even the most stately and solemn of the Washington biographers adopted the unsupported tales of the itinerant parson and book - peddler . In regard to the public life of Washington ...
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... the offspring of a period more than fifty years later . No English - speaking people , certainly no Virginians , ever thought or behaved or talked in 1740 like the personages in Weems's stories , what ever 44 GEORGE WASHINGTON .
... the offspring of a period more than fifty years later . No English - speaking people , certainly no Virginians , ever thought or behaved or talked in 1740 like the personages in Weems's stories , what ever 44 GEORGE WASHINGTON .
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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 result 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