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... fathers kindnesse in sending her : after having well fed them , as all the time of their impris- onment , we gave them their bowes , arrowes , or what else they had , and with much content , sent them packing . Pocahuntas , also we ...
... fathers kindnesse in sending her : after having well fed them , as all the time of their impris- onment , we gave them their bowes , arrowes , or what else they had , and with much content , sent them packing . Pocahuntas , also we ...
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... father , And eke a grandson greater than either . " He has been styled " the literary behemoth of New England , " and his learning was indeed prodigious . It was said that he spent ten hours a day in his study . During his lifetime he ...
... father , And eke a grandson greater than either . " He has been styled " the literary behemoth of New England , " and his learning was indeed prodigious . It was said that he spent ten hours a day in his study . During his lifetime he ...
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... where you may have occasion for friendship . I had caught it by reading my father's books of dispute about religion . Persons of good sense , I have since ob- served , seldom fall into it , except lawyers , 26 American Literature.
... where you may have occasion for friendship . I had caught it by reading my father's books of dispute about religion . Persons of good sense , I have since ob- served , seldom fall into it , except lawyers , 26 American Literature.
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... father used to exact of me when I was under his care , and which indeed I still thought a duty , though I could not , as it seemed to me , afford time to practise it . 3. George Washington ( 1732-1799 ) , Commander - in - Chief of the ...
... father used to exact of me when I was under his care , and which indeed I still thought a duty , though I could not , as it seemed to me , afford time to practise it . 3. George Washington ( 1732-1799 ) , Commander - in - Chief of the ...
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... Father above . In his heart all was well ; in his heart all was well . An ominous owl , with his solemn bass voice , Sat moaning hard by ; sat moaning hard by : " The tyrant's proud minions most gladly rejoice , For he must soon die ...
... Father above . In his heart all was well ; in his heart all was well . An ominous owl , with his solemn bass voice , Sat moaning hard by ; sat moaning hard by : " The tyrant's proud minions most gladly rejoice , For he must soon die ...
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