Pictorial Life of George Washington: Embracing a Complete History of the Seven Years' War, the Revolutionary War, the Formation of the Federal Constitution, and the Administration of Washington |
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... authorities on which I have chiefly relied , be- sides the biographies of Washington by Ramsay , Mar- shall , Paulding , Sparks , and others , are the general histories of the Revolution by Ramsay , Gordon , Allen , Botta , and others ...
... authorities on which I have chiefly relied , be- sides the biographies of Washington by Ramsay , Mar- shall , Paulding , Sparks , and others , are the general histories of the Revolution by Ramsay , Gordon , Allen , Botta , and others ...
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... authorities I have not hesi- tated to adopt their phraseology , where it was not too diffuse for a work of so limited extent as the present . This general acknowledgment , and the frequent refer- ences in the foot notes , are considered ...
... authorities I have not hesi- tated to adopt their phraseology , where it was not too diffuse for a work of so limited extent as the present . This general acknowledgment , and the frequent refer- ences in the foot notes , are considered ...
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... authority as the one recorded above . " When George was about six years old , he became the happy owner of a hatchet , of which , like most little boys , he was immo- derately fond , and was constantly going about chopping every thing ...
... authority as the one recorded above . " When George was about six years old , he became the happy owner of a hatchet , of which , like most little boys , he was immo- derately fond , and was constantly going about chopping every thing ...
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... incident , resting on undoubted authority , bear witness . 66 Mrs. Washington was at all times fond of fine horses . Shortly * Sparks's Life of Washington . after the death of her husband she owned a colt 20 LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
... incident , resting on undoubted authority , bear witness . 66 Mrs. Washington was at all times fond of fine horses . Shortly * Sparks's Life of Washington . after the death of her husband she owned a colt 20 LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
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... authority ; but thou art mistaken in this ; the power thou hast is not inherent in thyself . One of the meanest of those whom it may be thou oppressest , is inherently as powerful as thee , and could , it may be , overmatch thee in ...
... authority ; but thou art mistaken in this ; the power thou hast is not inherent in thyself . One of the meanest of those whom it may be thou oppressest , is inherently as powerful as thee , and could , it may be , overmatch thee in ...
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