The home of Washington and Its Associations, Historical, Biographical, and PictorialW.A. Townsend,publisher, 1865 - 376 Seiten |
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... 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 all had ...
... 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 all had ...
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... 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 his ...
... 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 his ...
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... 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 day ...
... 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 day ...
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... 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 distance of ...
... 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 distance of ...
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... ington , on the famed and fatal field of the Monongahela . Bishop , bred in the school of European discipline , raised his hand to his cap , as much as to say , Your honor's orders shall be obeyed . ' " The colonel now proceeded to the ...
... ington , on the famed and fatal field of the Monongahela . Bishop , bred in the school of European discipline , raised his hand to his cap , as much as to say , Your honor's orders shall be obeyed . ' " The colonel now proceeded to the ...
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