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 Seiten |
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... : The Youthful Envoy - Receiving His Instructions- Governor Dinwiddie's Letter to the French Comman- dant - George , Van Braam and Gist Set out - Going on from Williamsburg - The Indian Council at Logstown- From Logstown Σχίν CONTENTS.
... : The Youthful Envoy - Receiving His Instructions- Governor Dinwiddie's Letter to the French Comman- dant - George , Van Braam and Gist Set out - Going on from Williamsburg - The Indian Council at Logstown- From Logstown Σχίν CONTENTS.
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... Indians , Washing- ton Reviews the Troops - General Washington and the Stars and Stripes - Ordering the Flag Made - Stars and Stripes Not from Washington's Coat - of - arms - Drawing up and Discussing the Declaration - A Badly Armed ...
... Indians , Washing- ton Reviews the Troops - General Washington and the Stars and Stripes - Ordering the Flag Made - Stars and Stripes Not from Washington's Coat - of - arms - Drawing up and Discussing the Declaration - A Badly Armed ...
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... Indians , who were ravaging the settlements along the Potomac . In honor of his public and private virtues the parish in which he resided was called after him , and still bears the name of Washington . He lies buried in a vault on ...
... Indians , who were ravaging the settlements along the Potomac . In honor of his public and private virtues the parish in which he resided was called after him , and still bears the name of Washington . He lies buried in a vault on ...
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... Indian corn in the forbidden cabins of the field- slaves , or in coon - hunts at night , when all the house was asleep . The Youth of Washington , Told in the Form of an Autobiography , S. Weir Mitchell , M.D. , p . 41 . In Mr ...
... Indian corn in the forbidden cabins of the field- slaves , or in coon - hunts at night , when all the house was asleep . The Youth of Washington , Told in the Form of an Autobiography , S. Weir Mitchell , M.D. , p . 41 . In Mr ...
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... Indians should have so much good invention in their names , as when they called the river of the valley the Shen - an - do - ah - that is , the Daughter of the Stars ; but why so named I never knew . In this great vale were the best of ...
... Indians should have so much good invention in their names , as when they called the river of the valley the Shen - an - do - ah - that is , the Daughter of the Stars ; but why so named I never knew . In this great vale were the best of ...
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Seite 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...
Seite 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...
Seite 265 - He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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...