Life of Washington: A Biography, Personal, Military, and Political, Volume 1Virtue, 1860 - Presidents |
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Page 24
... passed Washington's childhood . The new home was a small house , built of wood , in the style gen- erally adopted by the better class of Virginia farmers at that time . It looked out on an ample meadow , sloping away to the river , and ...
... passed Washington's childhood . The new home was a small house , built of wood , in the style gen- erally adopted by the better class of Virginia farmers at that time . It looked out on an ample meadow , sloping away to the river , and ...
Page 42
... passed it was his constant effort and ultimate triumph to check the one and subdue the other . His intercourse with men , public and private , in every walk and station , was marked with a consist- ency , a fitness to occasions , a ...
... passed it was his constant effort and ultimate triumph to check the one and subdue the other . His intercourse with men , public and private , in every walk and station , was marked with a consist- ency , a fitness to occasions , a ...
Page 43
... passed with his mother or with his brother Lawrence at Mount Vernon . Since the death of their father Lawrence had evinced for him a still warmer affection and had taken a truly paternal interest in his affairs . Such society as he was ...
... passed with his mother or with his brother Lawrence at Mount Vernon . Since the death of their father Lawrence had evinced for him a still warmer affection and had taken a truly paternal interest in his affairs . Such society as he was ...
Page 46
... passed some portions of his time with his mother near Frede- ricksburg , and with the Fairfax family at Belvoir . He had not given up all thoughts of being a soldier , and as opportunities presented , or leisure from the severer science ...
... passed some portions of his time with his mother near Frede- ricksburg , and with the Fairfax family at Belvoir . He had not given up all thoughts of being a soldier , and as opportunities presented , or leisure from the severer science ...
Page 53
... passed under the shelter of trees or rocks on blankets or bear skins , with feet to the blazing fires they had kindled , or in tents or rude cabins , affording but an inadequate protection against the weather of that inclement season ...
... passed under the shelter of trees or rocks on blankets or bear skins , with feet to the blazing fires they had kindled , or in tents or rude cabins , affording but an inadequate protection against the weather of that inclement season ...
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