Life of Washington: A Biography, Personal, Military, and Political, Volume 1Virtue, 1860 - Presidents |
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Page 14
... continued ; and he undertook the comple- tion of it with a determination to give to the pleasant task all the advantages of his experience in similar labors for several years before , and such abilities as he possessed . He had just ...
... continued ; and he undertook the comple- tion of it with a determination to give to the pleasant task all the advantages of his experience in similar labors for several years before , and such abilities as he possessed . He had just ...
Page 21
... continued . By this act it was ordained that no commodities should be imported into any English settlement or exported thence but in vessels built in England or her colonial plantations , and navigated by crews of which the masters and ...
... continued . By this act it was ordained that no commodities should be imported into any English settlement or exported thence but in vessels built in England or her colonial plantations , and navigated by crews of which the masters and ...
Page 45
... continued there more than a year , devoting his attention chiefly to mathe- matical studies , especially geometry and trigonometry , and to prac- tical surveying , with the view of becoming familiar with the appli- cation of principles ...
... continued there more than a year , devoting his attention chiefly to mathe- matical studies , especially geometry and trigonometry , and to prac- tical surveying , with the view of becoming familiar with the appli- cation of principles ...
Page 54
... continued in the business of surveying about three years , with few or no interruptions except during the severe weather of the winters . He was exposed while in the field to continual hardships , privations , and dangers , and was ...
... continued in the business of surveying about three years , with few or no interruptions except during the severe weather of the winters . He was exposed while in the field to continual hardships , privations , and dangers , and was ...
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... continued to look with some hope to the English , as less disposed than the French to do them wrong . His favorable disposition was strengthened in a few months by an inter- view with Franklin , at Carlisle , in Pennsylvania . Duquesne ...
... continued to look with some hope to the English , as less disposed than the French to do them wrong . His favorable disposition was strengthened in a few months by an inter- view with Franklin , at Carlisle , in Pennsylvania . Duquesne ...
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