Life of Washington: A Biography, Personal, Military, and Political, Volume 1Virtue, 1860 - Presidents |
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Page 19
... formed and partially executed two years before , shut up the larger as well as the smaller religious houses , the domain of Sulgrave , a part of the confiscated property which had belonged to the mon- astery of St. Andrew , near that ...
... formed and partially executed two years before , shut up the larger as well as the smaller religious houses , the domain of Sulgrave , a part of the confiscated property which had belonged to the mon- astery of St. Andrew , near that ...
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... forming period of childhood , he was guarded , guided , and led forward , by unwearied vigilance and devoted fidelity on the part of his father and mother . When he was seven or eight years of age , his brother Lawrence , having ...
... forming period of childhood , he was guarded , guided , and led forward , by unwearied vigilance and devoted fidelity on the part of his father and mother . When he was seven or eight years of age , his brother Lawrence , having ...
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... formation of George Washington's character . Some parts of this chapter are so noticeable for their harmony with the life they contributed to form that it is thought proper here to extract them . In histories of the development of noble ...
... formation of George Washington's character . Some parts of this chapter are so noticeable for their harmony with the life they contributed to form that it is thought proper here to extract them . In histories of the development of noble ...
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... FORMED BY SELF - DISCIPLINE . - THE marriage of Lawrence Washington with Miss Fairfax was followed by that of his brother Augustine with Anne Aylett , daughter of Mr. William Aylett , a gentleman of wealth and social eminence in ...
... FORMED BY SELF - DISCIPLINE . - THE marriage of Lawrence Washington with Miss Fairfax was followed by that of his brother Augustine with Anne Aylett , daughter of Mr. William Aylett , a gentleman of wealth and social eminence in ...
Page 105
... formed ; approaching the hiding place of the French in two parties , the English and Indians nearly sur- rounded it ; and when Washington , at the head of his men , march- ing in single file , came so near as to be seen , the French ...
... formed ; approaching the hiding place of the French in two parties , the English and Indians nearly sur- rounded it ; and when Washington , at the head of his men , march- ing in single file , came so near as to be seen , the French ...
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