The Life of George Washington: With Curious Anecdotes, Equally Honourable to Himself, and Exemplary to His Young Countrymen, Embellished with Six EngravingsLippincott, 1892 - 244 páginas |
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... French ! But his private character , what ? Why a swindler to whom Arnold's self could hold a candle ; a perfect nondescript of baseness ; a shaver of farthings from the poor sixpenny pay of his own brave soldiers !! It is not , then ...
... French ! But his private character , what ? Why a swindler to whom Arnold's self could hold a candle ; a perfect nondescript of baseness ; a shaver of farthings from the poor sixpenny pay of his own brave soldiers !! It is not , then ...
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... French , the other American . A big boy at the school , named William Bustle , commanded the former ; George commanded the latter . And every day , at play - time , with corn - stalks for muskets , and cala- bashes for drums , the two ...
... French , the other American . A big boy at the school , named William Bustle , commanded the former ; George commanded the latter . And every day , at play - time , with corn - stalks for muskets , and cala- bashes for drums , the two ...
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... French and Indians , at Fort Necessity , as the reader will presently learn . Lawrence did not live to see George after that , but he lived to hear of his fame ; for as the French and Indians were at that time a great public terror ...
... French and Indians , at Fort Necessity , as the reader will presently learn . Lawrence did not live to see George after that , but he lived to hear of his fame ; for as the French and Indians were at that time a great public terror ...
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... for immediate service . For his services as an adjutant general , he was allowed by the crown one hundred pounds sterling per annum 3 * CHAPTER V. French encroachments on the Ohio Washington volunteers his LIFE OF WASHINGTON . 31.
... for immediate service . For his services as an adjutant general , he was allowed by the crown one hundred pounds sterling per annum 3 * CHAPTER V. French encroachments on the Ohio Washington volunteers his LIFE OF WASHINGTON . 31.
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... French encroachments on the Ohio Washington volunteers his service to governor Dinwiddie - his hazardous embassy to the French and Indians - miraculous escapes - account of his journal- anecdote of his modesty . In the year 1753 the ...
... French encroachments on the Ohio Washington volunteers his service to governor Dinwiddie - his hazardous embassy to the French and Indians - miraculous escapes - account of his journal- anecdote of his modesty . In the year 1753 the ...
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