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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... importance to deserve attention in a general history of the period . The volume will , con- sequently , if I have succeeded in my design , present a history of Washington and his times . The authorities on which I have chiefly relied ...
... importance to deserve attention in a general history of the period . The volume will , con- sequently , if I have succeeded in my design , present a history of Washington and his times . The authorities on which I have chiefly relied ...
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... important for us to recur to those trying times in which its institutions were formed , and its liberties defended ; and to recognise in the exalted character of its ac- knowledged FATHER , the elements of its greatness and strength ...
... important for us to recur to those trying times in which its institutions were formed , and its liberties defended ; and to recognise in the exalted character of its ac- knowledged FATHER , the elements of its greatness and strength ...
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... important branches of education , he kept a blank book in which he entered the examples in a fair round hand . These manuscripts have been preserved from the time of his thirteenth year . They occupy several quires of paper , and are ...
... important branches of education , he kept a blank book in which he entered the examples in a fair round hand . These manuscripts have been preserved from the time of his thirteenth year . They occupy several quires of paper , and are ...
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... importance ; break no jests that are sharp - biting , and if you deliver any thing that is witty and pleasant , abstain from laughing thereat yourself . " 16. Wherein you reprove another be unblamable yourself , for example is more ...
... importance ; break no jests that are sharp - biting , and if you deliver any thing that is witty and pleasant , abstain from laughing thereat yourself . " 16. Wherein you reprove another be unblamable yourself , for example is more ...
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... important and responsible office of surveying it was now intrusted to Washington , who entered on his first expedition for this pur- pose at the age of sixteen . He was accompanied by George Fairfax , a son of William Fairfax . ( 1748 ...
... important and responsible office of surveying it was now intrusted to Washington , who entered on his first expedition for this pur- pose at the age of sixteen . He was accompanied by George Fairfax , a son of William Fairfax . ( 1748 ...
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