The Life of George WashingtonC. Scribner, 1856 - 477 páginas |
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J. T. Headley. greatness , and trace the mental processes by which they reached their elevation . Our curiosity in this respect is rather excited than gratified by the meagre accounts that have come down to us of Washington's early days ...
J. T. Headley. greatness , and trace the mental processes by which they reached their elevation . Our curiosity in this respect is rather excited than gratified by the meagre accounts that have come down to us of Washington's early days ...
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... reached Will's Creek , the utmost verge of civilization . Here he found Mr. Gist , an old and experienced backwoodsman , and engaged him as a guide . With a French and Indian inter- preter , two Indian traders and two drivers , making ...
... reached Will's Creek , the utmost verge of civilization . Here he found Mr. Gist , an old and experienced backwoodsman , and engaged him as a guide . With a French and Indian inter- preter , two Indian traders and two drivers , making ...
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... reached Venango , Washington bade the Half - King good - by , with much good advice not to let the fine speeches of the French detach him from his friendship to the English , and next day struck into the wilderness . The horses ...
... reached Venango , Washington bade the Half - King good - by , with much good advice not to let the fine speeches of the French detach him from his friendship to the English , and next day struck into the wilderness . The horses ...
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... heard two whoops from his cabin . Wash- ington then went two miles farther on , when he declared that at the next water he came to he would halt . Before they reached it , however , they emerged into an 36 LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
... heard two whoops from his cabin . Wash- ington then went two miles farther on , when he declared that at the next water he came to he would halt . Before they reached it , however , they emerged into an 36 LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
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... reached the treacherous guide at the same time with Gist , but , instead of seizing him , stood by and saw him ram home a ball without manifesting any suspicion , pretending , on the contrary , to believe that he considered the shot as ...
... reached the treacherous guide at the same time with Gist , but , instead of seizing him , stood by and saw him ram home a ball without manifesting any suspicion , pretending , on the contrary , to believe that he considered the shot as ...
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