Mount Vernon and Its Associations: Historical, Biographical, and PictorialW.A. Townsend, 1859 - 376 Seiten This book offers a more personal glimpse at the life of George Washington, as portrayed through the narrative of his home at Mount Vernon. Important house pieces, locations, and so forth are also discussed in their historical importance, and also meaning in the life of Washington. |
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... Wash- ington ; for that life , from his early childhood , was associated with Mount Vernon . The following words , explanatory of the origin of the book , appear proper . Early in October , 1858 , I visited Mount Vernon , and en- joyed ...
... Wash- ington ; for that life , from his early childhood , was associated with Mount Vernon . The following words , explanatory of the origin of the book , appear proper . Early in October , 1858 , I visited Mount Vernon , and en- joyed ...
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... Wash- ington was descended , wore the motto seen upon his book- plate - EXITUS ACTA PROBAT : " The end justifies the means ; " and it was borne and heeded by the line from generation to generation , until the most illustrious of them ...
... Wash- ington was descended , wore the motto seen upon his book- plate - EXITUS ACTA PROBAT : " The end justifies the means ; " and it was borne and heeded by the line from generation to generation , until the most illustrious of them ...
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... Wash- ington with longings for adventure , and accordingly , we find him , at the age of fourteen years , preparing to enter the English navy as a midshipman , a warrant having been pro- cured . His brother and Mr. Fairfax encouraged ...
... Wash- ington with longings for adventure , and accordingly , we find him , at the age of fourteen years , preparing to enter the English navy as a midshipman , a warrant having been pro- cured . His brother and Mr. Fairfax encouraged ...
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... Wash- ington before he was sixteen years of age . He was soon taken from these temptations . He was a tall , finely - formed , athletic youth , and Lord Fairfax , who was a passionate fox - hunter , though old in years , invited him one ...
... Wash- ington before he was sixteen years of age . He was soon taken from these temptations . He was a tall , finely - formed , athletic youth , and Lord Fairfax , who was a passionate fox - hunter , though old in years , invited him one ...
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... Wash- ington , for the first time , occupied a house for his head- quarters as a military commander . It was the dwelling of a pioneer . It has long since passed away , but the pencil has preserved its features , and now , at the ...
... Wash- ington , for the first time , occupied a house for his head- quarters as a military commander . It was the dwelling of a pioneer . It has long since passed away , but the pencil has preserved its features , and now , at the ...
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Mount Vernon and Its Associations, Historical, Biographical, and Pictorial Benson John Lossing Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2016 |
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