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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... 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 ; the correspondence of Washington and his ...
... 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 ; the correspondence of Washington and his ...
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... side of the Rappahannoc river , directly opposite Fredericksburg . There he lived till the 12th of April , 1743 , when he died , after a short illness , at the age of forty - nine years . Mr. Washington was taken sick during the Easter ...
... side of the Rappahannoc river , directly opposite Fredericksburg . There he lived till the 12th of April , 1743 , when he died , after a short illness , at the age of forty - nine years . Mr. Washington was taken sick during the Easter ...
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... side , an humble man leans not to his own understanding ; he is sensible of the deficiency of his own power and wisdom , and trusts not in it ; he is also sensible of the all- sufficient power , wisdom , and goodness of almighty God ...
... side , an humble man leans not to his own understanding ; he is sensible of the deficiency of his own power and wisdom , and trusts not in it ; he is also sensible of the all- sufficient power , wisdom , and goodness of almighty God ...
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... side of the Alleghany Mountains . The Indians , too , who had hitherto been friendly to the English settlers of Virginia , becoming alarmed for their safety , began to side with their nearer neighbours , and by them they were soon ...
... side of the Alleghany Mountains . The Indians , too , who had hitherto been friendly to the English settlers of Virginia , becoming alarmed for their safety , began to side with their nearer neighbours , and by them they were soon ...
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... side , will render it difficult and very expensive to make a sufficient fortification there . The whole flat upon the hill must be taken in , the side next the descent made extremely high , or else the hill itself cut away ; otherwise ...
... side , will render it difficult and very expensive to make a sufficient fortification there . The whole flat upon the hill must be taken in , the side next the descent made extremely high , or else the hill itself cut away ; otherwise ...
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