The Life of George Washington: With Curious Anecdotes, Equally Honourable to Himself, and Exemplary to His Young Countrymen, Embellished with Six EngravingsLippincott, 1892 - 244 էջ |
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... clothes for him ! Now , these and all the ten thousand thousand other good things more than my son can ever think of , and all so exactly fitted to his use and delight- Now how could chance ever have done all this for my little son ? Oh ...
... clothes for him ! Now , these and all the ten thousand thousand other good things more than my son can ever think of , and all so exactly fitted to his use and delight- Now how could chance ever have done all this for my little son ? Oh ...
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... clothes ! And what is all this for ? Why , that we may get praise !! But the truth is , a quarrelsome boy was never sincerely praised ! Big boys , of the vulgar sort , indeed may praise him : but it is only as they would a silly game ...
... clothes ! And what is all this for ? Why , that we may get praise !! But the truth is , a quarrelsome boy was never sincerely praised ! Big boys , of the vulgar sort , indeed may praise him : but it is only as they would a silly game ...
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... clothes were actually sent on board . But when he came to take leave of his mother , she wept bitter- ly , and told him , she felt that her heart would break if he left her . George immediately got his trunk ashore ! as he could not ...
... clothes were actually sent on board . But when he came to take leave of his mother , she wept bitter- ly , and told him , she felt that her heart would break if he left her . George immediately got his trunk ashore ! as he could not ...
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... clothes , intreating us , for God's sake , and for mercy sake , not to leave them . I remember , " These things so harrassed my heart with grief , that I solemnly declare to God , if I know myself , I would gladly offer my own life a ...
... clothes , intreating us , for God's sake , and for mercy sake , not to leave them . I remember , " These things so harrassed my heart with grief , that I solemnly declare to God , if I know myself , I would gladly offer my own life a ...
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... clothes and baggage ; and wrote a polite letter of condolence to his lady , offering her a convey- ance to her husband , or to her friends in Pennsylvania . Washington now waged the war with various success . On the one hand , his hero ...
... clothes and baggage ; and wrote a polite letter of condolence to his lady , offering her a convey- ance to her husband , or to her friends in Pennsylvania . Washington now waged the war with various success . On the one hand , his hero ...
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The Life of George Washington: With Curious Anecdotes, Equally Honourale to ... Mason Locke Weems Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1832 |
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