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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... living at Belvoir , but secretly resolving to go over the Blue Mountains of the West , and make his home in the deep wilderness , away from the haunts of men . Thither he went a few years later , and in the great valley of Virginia took ...
... living at Belvoir , but secretly resolving to go over the Blue Mountains of the West , and make his home in the deep wilderness , away from the haunts of men . Thither he went a few years later , and in the great valley of Virginia took ...
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... church at Pohick or at Alexandria . Like other gentlemen living near the Potomac , Washington was fond of aquatic sports . He kept a handsome barge , which , on special occasions , was manned by black oarsmen in ANI ITS ASSOCIATIONS . 63.
... church at Pohick or at Alexandria . Like other gentlemen living near the Potomac , Washington was fond of aquatic sports . He kept a handsome barge , which , on special occasions , was manned by black oarsmen in ANI ITS ASSOCIATIONS . 63.
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... living truths , for the maintenance of which the husband- man of Mount Vernon drew his sword a few years later . His soul was fired with the sense of oppression and the thoughts of freedom , yet his sober judgment and calculating ...
... living truths , for the maintenance of which the husband- man of Mount Vernon drew his sword a few years later . His soul was fired with the sense of oppression and the thoughts of freedom , yet his sober judgment and calculating ...
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... living , that I do not choose to continue it when dead . " Major Gates was three years the senior of Washington , and is supposed to have been a natural son of Horace Walpole . He was an officer in the British army during the French and ...
... living , that I do not choose to continue it when dead . " Major Gates was three years the senior of Washington , and is supposed to have been a natural son of Horace Walpole . He was an officer in the British army during the French and ...
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... living is plain , " he wrote to a friend , " and I do not mean to be put out by it . A glass of wine and a bit of mutton are always ready , and such as will be content to partake of them are always welcome . Those who expect more will ...
... living is plain , " he wrote to a friend , " and I do not mean to be put out by it . A glass of wine and a bit of mutton are always ready , and such as will be content to partake of them are always welcome . Those who expect more will ...
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Mount Vernon and Its Associations, Historical, Biographical, and Pictorial Benson John Lossing Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2016 |
Mount Vernon and Its Associations, Historical, Biographical, and Pictorial Benson John Lossing Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2016 |
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