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... took such a lesson as this to heart before he was fif- teen , and carried it into his daily life , 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 ...
... took such a lesson as this to heart before he was fif- teen , and carried it into his daily life , 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 ...
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... took kindly enough so far as we can tell , but his military avo- cations were interrupted by his voyage to Barba- does , by the illness and death of his brother , and by the cares and responsibilities thereby thrust upon him . Meantime ...
... took kindly enough so far as we can tell , but his military avo- cations were interrupted by his voyage to Barba- does , by the illness and death of his brother , and by the cares and responsibilities thereby thrust upon him . Meantime ...
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... chiefs deter- mined to stay behind . Nevertheless , the work had been well done , and the important Half - King re mained true to the English cause . Leaving his horses , Washington and Gist then took to ON THE FRONTIER . 65.
... chiefs deter- mined to stay behind . Nevertheless , the work had been well done , and the important Half - King re mained true to the English cause . Leaving his horses , Washington and Gist then took to ON THE FRONTIER . 65.
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Henry Cabot Lodge. Leaving his horses , Washington and Gist then took to the woods on foot . The French Indians lay in wait for them and tried to murder them , and Gist , like a true frontiersman , was for shooting the scoundrel whom ...
Henry Cabot Lodge. Leaving his horses , Washington and Gist then took to the woods on foot . The French Indians lay in wait for them and tried to murder them , and Gist , like a true frontiersman , was for shooting the scoundrel whom ...
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... took this to be war , and determined at once to march against the enemy . Having impressed from the inhabitants , who were not bubbling over with pa- triotism , some horses and wagons , he set out on his toilsome march across the ...
... took this to be war , and determined at once to march against the enemy . Having impressed from the inhabitants , who were not bubbling over with pa- triotism , some horses and wagons , he set out on his toilsome march across the ...
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