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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... considered sufficient to enable the reader to recognise the grounds of authen- ticity upon which the narrative rests . My thanks are due to many literary friends for the assistance they have rendered me in the present under- taking ...
... considered sufficient to enable the reader to recognise the grounds of authen- ticity upon which the narrative rests . My thanks are due to many literary friends for the assistance they have rendered me in the present under- taking ...
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... considered as detracting from the dignity of our subject , that we give some incidents of Washington's life , which illustrate his father's system of early training . Mr. Weems , the Rector of Mount Vernon parish , relates the following ...
... considered as detracting from the dignity of our subject , that we give some incidents of Washington's life , which illustrate his father's system of early training . Mr. Weems , the Rector of Mount Vernon parish , relates the following ...
Page 43
... considered the best road to preferment . George , though he was then only in his fifteenth year , prepared with pleasure for his departure ; for the vessel in which he was to embark was lying almost ready to sail , in the Potomac ...
... considered the best road to preferment . George , though he was then only in his fifteenth year , prepared with pleasure for his departure ; for the vessel in which he was to embark was lying almost ready to sail , in the Potomac ...
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... considered by Washington as an actual invasion of the frontiers of the colony , a com- mencement of the war , and he conceived it to be his duty , in compliance with his instruc- tions , to march forward , and prepare to meet the ...
... considered by Washington as an actual invasion of the frontiers of the colony , a com- mencement of the war , and he conceived it to be his duty , in compliance with his instruc- tions , to march forward , and prepare to meet the ...
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... considered the powers which it proposed to grant to the new government , especially that of direct taxation , as far too great to be placed in the hands of a body over whom each had so little control . It was accounted by them far too ...
... considered the powers which it proposed to grant to the new government , especially that of direct taxation , as far too great to be placed in the hands of a body over whom each had so little control . It was accounted by them far too ...
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