The Writings of George Washington: Life of WashingtonAmerican Stationers' Company, John B. Russell, 1837 |
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... till his death , which hap- pened , after a sudden and short illness , on the 12th of April , 1743 , at the age of forty - nine . He was bur- ied at Bridge's Creek , in the tomb of his ancestors . Little is known of his character or his ...
... till his death , which hap- pened , after a sudden and short illness , on the 12th of April , 1743 , at the age of forty - nine . He was bur- ied at Bridge's Creek , in the tomb of his ancestors . Little is known of his character or his ...
Pagina 4
... till they should respectively come of age . This weighty charge of five young children , the eldest of whom was eleven years old , the superintend- ence of their education , and the management of com- plicated affairs , demanded no ...
... till they should respectively come of age . This weighty charge of five young children , the eldest of whom was eleven years old , the superintend- ence of their education , and the management of com- plicated affairs , demanded no ...
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... till by his own rare merits he was raised to the head of a na- tion , and applauded and revered by the whole world . It has been said , that there never was a great man , the elements of whose greatness might not be traced to the ...
... till by his own rare merits he was raised to the head of a na- tion , and applauded and revered by the whole world . It has been said , that there never was a great man , the elements of whose greatness might not be traced to the ...
Pagina 6
... occupy himself in studying the dry and intricate forms of business , which are rarely attended to till the affairs of life call them into use , and even then rather as an act of necessity than of pleasure 6 LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
... occupy himself in studying the dry and intricate forms of business , which are rarely attended to till the affairs of life call them into use , and even then rather as an act of necessity than of pleasure 6 LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
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... till at length he wrote with accuracy , pu- rity of idiom , and a striking appropriateness of phrase- ology and clearness of style . In the choice of his words , to express precisely and forcibly his meaning , he was always scrupulous ...
... till at length he wrote with accuracy , pu- rity of idiom , and a striking appropriateness of phrase- ology and clearness of style . In the choice of his words , to express precisely and forcibly his meaning , he was always scrupulous ...
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