The Life of George WashingtonC. Scribner, 1856 - 477 páginas |
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... noble Financier— etc. , etc. CHAPTER VIII . Washington's Fame in Europe - Barbarity of the Hessians - Depredations of the Troops - General Heath summons Fort Independence to surrender- Washington issues a counter Proclamation to that of ...
... noble Financier— etc. , etc. CHAPTER VIII . Washington's Fame in Europe - Barbarity of the Hessians - Depredations of the Troops - General Heath summons Fort Independence to surrender- Washington issues a counter Proclamation to that of ...
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... Noble Conduct of the Ladies of Philadelphia , and of Robert Morris , in Supplying the Soldiers with Clothing . CHAPTER XII . Fall of Charleston - Arrival of the French Fleet - Defeat of Gates - Washington visits Rochambeau - Treason of ...
... Noble Conduct of the Ladies of Philadelphia , and of Robert Morris , in Supplying the Soldiers with Clothing . CHAPTER XII . Fall of Charleston - Arrival of the French Fleet - Defeat of Gates - Washington visits Rochambeau - Treason of ...
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... noble traits and generous deeds . 1538 . * The ancestor of George held the manor of Sulgrave , in Northamptonshire , England , which was granted to him in His grandson Lawrence had several children , two of whom ( the second and fourth ) ...
... noble traits and generous deeds . 1538 . * The ancestor of George held the manor of Sulgrave , in Northamptonshire , England , which was granted to him in His grandson Lawrence had several children , two of whom ( the second and fourth ) ...
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... noble traits which afterward distinguished him - marked with pride his manly scorn of a lie , his hatred of wrong and oppression , whatever the forms they took , and his enthusiastic love of the great and the good . But she saw also a ...
... noble traits which afterward distinguished him - marked with pride his manly scorn of a lie , his hatred of wrong and oppression , whatever the forms they took , and his enthusiastic love of the great and the good . But she saw also a ...
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... thus early established , could not but result in a noble and complete structure . In his case the tree obeyed the inclination of the twig to perfection , and he grew up a striking example of 2 LIFE OF WASHINGTON . 21.
... thus early established , could not but result in a noble and complete structure . In his case the tree obeyed the inclination of the twig to perfection , and he grew up a striking example of 2 LIFE OF WASHINGTON . 21.
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