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... father owned a large plantation on the western shore of the Potomac River . George's great - grandfather , John Wash- ington , had settled upon it nearly eighty years before , and there the family had dwelt ever since . This plantation ...
... father owned a large plantation on the western shore of the Potomac River . George's great - grandfather , John Wash- ington , had settled upon it nearly eighty years before , and there the family had dwelt ever since . This plantation ...
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... father was a rich man , the house in which he lived was neither very large nor very fine — at least it would not be thought so now . It was a square , wooden building , with four rooms on the ground floor and an attic above . The eaves ...
... father was a rich man , the house in which he lived was neither very large nor very fine — at least it would not be thought so now . It was a square , wooden building , with four rooms on the ground floor and an attic above . The eaves ...
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... father , when a young man , had spent some time at Appleby School in England , and George's half - brothers , Lawrence and Augustine , who were several years older than he , had been sent to the same school . But book - learning was not ...
... father , when a young man , had spent some time at Appleby School in England , and George's half - brothers , Lawrence and Augustine , who were several years older than he , had been sent to the same school . But book - learning was not ...
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... father died . We do not know what his father's intentions had been regarding him . But pos- sibly , if he had lived , he would have given George the best education that his means would . afford . But now everything was changed . The ...
... father died . We do not know what his father's intentions had been regarding him . But pos- sibly , if he had lived , he would have given George the best education that his means would . afford . But now everything was changed . The ...
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... father , his mother had found it hard work , with her five children , to manage her farm on the Rappahannock and make everything come out even at the end of each year . Was it not time that George should be earning some- thing for ...
... father , his mother had found it hard work , with her five children , to manage her farm on the Rappahannock and make everything come out even at the end of each year . Was it not time that George should be earning some- thing for ...
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Page 243 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy slavery.
Page 174 - Liberty first and Union afterwards'; but everywhere, spread all over in characters of living light, blazing on all its ample folds, as they float over the sea and over the land, and in every wind under the whole heavens, that other sentiment, dear to every true American heart, Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable !
Page 174 - States dissevered, discordant, belligerent; on a land rent with civil feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood! Let their last feeble and lingering glance, rather, behold the gorgeous ensign of the republic, now known and honored throughout the earth, still full high advanced, its arms and trophies streaming in their original lustre, not a stripe erased or polluted, not a single star obscured, bearing for its motto no such miserable interrogatory as, What is all this worth?
Page 108 - ... one morning to breakfast, I found it in a China bowl, with a spoon of silver! They had been bought for me without my knowledge by my wife, and had cost her the enormous sum of...
Page 83 - Spectator." It was the third. I had never before seen any of them. I bought it, read it over and over, and was much delighted with it. I thought the writing excellent, and wished, if possible, to imitate it.
Page 175 - What is all this worth ? nor those other words of delusion and folly, Liberty first, and Union afterwards, — but everywhere, spread all over in characters of living light, blazing on all its ample folds, as they float over the sea and over the land, and in every wind under the whole heavens, that other sentiment, dear to every true American heart, — Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable.
Page 107 - What though you have found no treasure, nor has any rich relation left you a legacy. Diligence is the mother of good luck, and God gives all things to industry. Then plough deep while sluggards sleep, and you shall have corn to sell and to keep.
Page 122 - THE BODY of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and stript of its lettering and gilding) lies here food for worms ; yet the work itself shall not be lost, for it will (as he believed) appear once more in a new and more beautiful edition, corrected and amended by THE AUTHOR.
Page 171 - This lovely land, this glorious liberty, these benign institutions, the dear purchase of our fathers, are ours ; ours to enjoy, ours to preserve, ours to transmit. Generations past and generations to come hold us responsible for this sacred trust.
Page 220 - I presume you all know who I am. I am humble Abraham Lincoln. I have been solicited by many friends to become a candidate for the Legislature. My politics are short and sweet, like the old woman's dance. I am in favor of a national bank. I am in favor of the internal improvement system and a high protective tariff. These are my sentiments and political principles. If elected I shall be thankful ; if not it will be all the same.