Life of Washington: A Biography, Personal, Military, and Political, Volume 1Virtue, 1860 - Presidents |
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Page 32
... effect it . We are too apt to dispense with our- selves in the practice of what is amiss , in order to the accomplish- ment of an end that is good ; we are apt , while with great intense- ness of mind we gaze upon the end , not to take ...
... effect it . We are too apt to dispense with our- selves in the practice of what is amiss , in order to the accomplish- ment of an end that is good ; we are apt , while with great intense- ness of mind we gaze upon the end , not to take ...
Page 48
... effect his purposes . Lord Fairfax was large , more than six feet high , sharp featured , with an aquiline nose , and a swarthy complexion . At sixty he retained all the muscular energy of youth , and , when his eccentric humor prompted ...
... effect his purposes . Lord Fairfax was large , more than six feet high , sharp featured , with an aquiline nose , and a swarthy complexion . At sixty he retained all the muscular energy of youth , and , when his eccentric humor prompted ...
Page 61
... effect in procuring for him this distinguished position . There were in Virginia many officers besides Lawrence Washington who had served in the French or Spanish wars , and some of them must have been accomplished soldiers , familiar ...
... effect in procuring for him this distinguished position . There were in Virginia many officers besides Lawrence Washington who had served in the French or Spanish wars , and some of them must have been accomplished soldiers , familiar ...
Page 93
... effect alliances with the southern Indian tribes , the Catawbas and Cherokees , and called upon the governors of the other colonies to make common cause with Virginia against the enemy . But the colonies were still isolated from each ...
... effect alliances with the southern Indian tribes , the Catawbas and Cherokees , and called upon the governors of the other colonies to make common cause with Virginia against the enemy . But the colonies were still isolated from each ...
Page 101
... effect upon the discipline of the other troops . The party of sixty men sent for- ward to work upon the road had made but little progress , and when it was joined by the main body , and all were engaged in the labor , two , three or ...
... effect upon the discipline of the other troops . The party of sixty men sent for- ward to work upon the road had made but little progress , and when it was joined by the main body , and all were engaged in the labor , two , three or ...
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