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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... took care of the master's little boy , and put him on his back and would not let any body touch his master's little son . I can read three or four pages sometimes without missing a word . Ma says I may go to see you and stay all day ...
... took care of the master's little boy , and put him on his back and would not let any body touch his master's little son . I can read three or four pages sometimes without missing a word . Ma says I may go to see you and stay all day ...
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... took place in July . All thoughts of military life as a profession passed from the mind of Lawrence , and , taking possession of his Hunting Creek estate , he erected a plain , substantial mansion upon the highest eminence along the ...
... took place in July . All thoughts of military life as a profession passed from the mind of Lawrence , and , taking possession of his Hunting Creek estate , he erected a plain , substantial mansion upon the highest eminence along the ...
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... took a paternal interest in all his concerns . The social influences to which he was subjected were of the highest order . The Fair- faxes held the first rank in wealth and social position , both in England and in Virginia ; and the ...
... took a paternal interest in all his concerns . The social influences to which he was subjected were of the highest order . The Fair- faxes held the first rank in wealth and social position , both in England and in Virginia ; and the ...
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... took up his abode in a lodge at a spot where he resolved to build a manor - house , in the midst of ten thousand acres of arable and grazing land , call it Greenway Court , and live , a solitary lord over a vast domain . But the mansion ...
... took up his abode in a lodge at a spot where he resolved to build a manor - house , in the midst of ten thousand acres of arable and grazing land , call it Greenway Court , and live , a solitary lord over a vast domain . But the mansion ...
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... took him to his bosom as a companion ; and many a hard day's ride this young and old man had together after that , in the forests of Virginia . But a more noble , because a more useful pursuit than the mere pleasures of the chase , now ...
... took him to his bosom as a companion ; and many a hard day's ride this young and old man had together after that , in the forests of Virginia . But a more noble , because a more useful pursuit than the mere pleasures of the chase , now ...
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Mount Vernon and Its Associations, Historical, Biographical, and Pictorial Benson John Lossing Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2016 |
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