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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Page 17
... leaves . Now , George , ' said his father , look here , my son ! Don't you remember when this good cousin of yours brought you that fine large apple last spring , how hardly I could prevail on you to divide with your brothers and ...
... leaves . Now , George , ' said his father , look here , my son ! Don't you remember when this good cousin of yours brought you that fine large apple last spring , how hardly I could prevail on you to divide with your brothers and ...
Page 36
... leave them , and so to leave them , that when I had left them I might have no scars and blemishes stick upon me . I carried , therefore , the same evenness of temper in holding them , as might become me if I were without them . Third ...
... leave them , and so to leave them , that when I had left them I might have no scars and blemishes stick upon me . I carried , therefore , the same evenness of temper in holding them , as might become me if I were without them . Third ...
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... in the autumn preced- ing his sixteenth birthday ; and from that time , leaving his bro- ther Augustine , he resided partly with his mother opposite to Fredericksburg , and partly with his brother Lawrence , at 40 LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
... in the autumn preced- ing his sixteenth birthday ; and from that time , leaving his bro- ther Augustine , he resided partly with his mother opposite to Fredericksburg , and partly with his brother Lawrence , at 40 LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
Page 44
... leaving school , George went to reside with his bro- ther Lawrence , at Mount Vernon , where he became acquainted with Lord Fairfax , and other members of the Fairfax family then established in Virginia . Lawrence Washington had married ...
... leaving school , George went to reside with his bro- ther Lawrence , at Mount Vernon , where he became acquainted with Lord Fairfax , and other members of the Fairfax family then established in Virginia . Lawrence Washington had married ...
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... leaving Venango , about noon on the 7th ; but in consequence of excessive rains , followed by snow , and the bad travelling through many mires and swamps , he did not reach the station of the French commandant until the 11th , forty ...
... leaving Venango , about noon on the 7th ; but in consequence of excessive rains , followed by snow , and the bad travelling through many mires and swamps , he did not reach the station of the French commandant until the 11th , forty ...
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