The Story-life of Washington: A Life-history in Five Hundred True Stories, Selected from Original Sources and Fitted Together in OrderJohn C. Winston Company, 1911 - 709 من الصفحات |
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... Washington- " Advantages " George Was Spared - Schools in Virginia - Peter and " Hobby " - His Earliest Playfellows - George Tells His Father What He Hopes to Be - Two Boyish Letters - Brother Lawrence- The Fairfax Family- " I Lost My ...
... Washington- " Advantages " George Was Spared - Schools in Virginia - Peter and " Hobby " - His Earliest Playfellows - George Tells His Father What He Hopes to Be - Two Boyish Letters - Brother Lawrence- The Fairfax Family- " I Lost My ...
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... Washington's Broadsword Practice Interrupted - Arrival of the Washington Brothers at Barbadoes " Beefsteak and Tripe " Club , " George Barn- well , " and Smallpox - Lawrence " Hurrying Home to His Grave ! " The Home - coming - The Art ...
... Washington's Broadsword Practice Interrupted - Arrival of the Washington Brothers at Barbadoes " Beefsteak and Tripe " Club , " George Barn- well , " and Smallpox - Lawrence " Hurrying Home to His Grave ! " The Home - coming - The Art ...
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... Washington brasses was stolen - by an American , of course - a few years ago . It is a small , rough , lichen- covered building , much restored , even to the stolen brass tablet to the memory of the first Lawrence Washington . The story ...
... Washington brasses was stolen - by an American , of course - a few years ago . It is a small , rough , lichen- covered building , much restored , even to the stolen brass tablet to the memory of the first Lawrence Washington . The story ...
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... Lawrence Washington who is buried in Great Brington Church was the great - great- grandfather of the " first American . " We paused in front of Great Brington Church to which we gained admission . The chief Washington memorials are the ...
... Lawrence Washington who is buried in Great Brington Church was the great - great- grandfather of the " first American . " We paused in front of Great Brington Church to which we gained admission . The chief Washington memorials are the ...
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... Lawrence , a brother of the three thus distinguished , matriculated at Oxford as a " generosi filius " ( the intermediate class between sons of the nobility , " armigeri filius , " and of the people , " plebeii filius " ) , or as of the ...
... Lawrence , a brother of the three thus distinguished , matriculated at Oxford as a " generosi filius " ( the intermediate class between sons of the nobility , " armigeri filius , " and of the people , " plebeii filius " ) , or as of the ...
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الصفحة 215 - Having thus imparted to you my sentiments, as they have been awakened by the occasion which brings us together, I shall take my present leave ; but not without resorting once more to the benign Parent of the human race, in humble supplication, that since He has been pleased to favor the American people with opportunities for deliberating in perfect tranquillity, and dispositions for deciding with unparalleled unanimity on a form of Government for the security of their union, and the advancement of...
الصفحة 16 - To overrun them with the mercenary sons of rapine and plunder ; devoting them and their possessions to the rapacity of hireling cruelty ! If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms — never — never — never...
الصفحة 265 - He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
الصفحة 316 - I am just going. Have me decently buried, and do not let my body be put into the vault in less than three days after I am dead.
الصفحة 55 - Read no letters, books, or papers in company ; but, when there is a necessity for doing it, you must ask leave. Come not near the books or writings of any one so as to read them, unless desired, nor give your opinion of them unasked ; also, look not nigh when another is writing a letter.
الصفحة 214 - MR. STRAHAN, You are a member of parliament, and one of that majority which has doomed my country to destruction. — You have begun to burn our towns, and murder our people. — Look upon your hands! — They are stained with the blood of your relations ! — You and I were long friends: — You are now my enemy, — and I am • Yours, B. FRANKLIN.
الصفحة 198 - You talk, my good sir, of employing influence to appease the present tumults in Massachusetts. I know not where that influence is to be found, or, if attainable, that it would be a proper remedy for the disorders. Influence is not government. Let us have a government by which our lives, liberties, and properties will be secured, or let us know the worst at once.
الصفحة 275 - The General is sorry to be informed, that the foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing, a vice heretofore little known in an American army...
الصفحة 314 - Doctor, I die hard, but I am not afraid to go. I believed, from my first attack, that I should not survive it. My breath cannot last long.
الصفحة 215 - ... but not without resorting once more to the benign Parent of the human race, in humble supplication, that since He has been pleased to favor the American people, with opportunities for deliberating in perfect tranquillity, and dispositions for deciding with unparalleled unanimity on a form of government, for the security of their union, and the advancement of their happiness; so His divine blessing may be equally conspicuous in the enlarged views, the temperate consultations, and the wise measures...