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... knew how practical affairs should go . They had even kept the English character as they had received it , against the touch of time and social revolution , until Virginians seemed like elder Englishmen . England changed , but Virginia ...
... knew how practical affairs should go . They had even kept the English character as they had received it , against the touch of time and social revolution , until Virginians seemed like elder Englishmen . England changed , but Virginia ...
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... knew no other master ; to whom came , in their seclusion , none of that quick air of change that had so stirred in Eng- land throughout all her century of revolution . Some were his slaves , bound to him in perpetual subjection . Others ...
... knew no other master ; to whom came , in their seclusion , none of that quick air of change that had so stirred in Eng- land throughout all her century of revolution . Some were his slaves , bound to him in perpetual subjection . Others ...
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... knew the learning of their day and made their way to high posts in chancery , thrifty burghers , gallant courtiers , prosperous merchants - public - spirited gentle- men all . It was Colonel Henry Washington , cousin to the Virginian ...
... knew the learning of their day and made their way to high posts in chancery , thrifty burghers , gallant courtiers , prosperous merchants - public - spirited gentle- men all . It was Colonel Henry Washington , cousin to the Virginian ...
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... diamond cut diamond when they met their French rivals in the wigwams of the Indian villages , and their canoes knew the waterways of the wilderness as well as any man's . ' Twas they who learned at first hand 24 GEORGE WASHINGTON.
... diamond cut diamond when they met their French rivals in the wigwams of the Indian villages , and their canoes knew the waterways of the wilderness as well as any man's . ' Twas they who learned at first hand 24 GEORGE WASHINGTON.
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... knew each other with a rare leisurely in- timacy , and enjoyed their easy , unforced intercourse with a keen and lasting relish . It was a country in which men kept their individuali- ty very handsomely withal . If there was no town ...
... knew each other with a rare leisurely in- timacy , and enjoyed their easy , unforced intercourse with a keen and lasting relish . It was a country in which men kept their individuali- ty very handsomely withal . If there was no town ...
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