The Story-life of Washington: A Life-history in Five Hundred True Stories, Volume 1Wayne Whipple John C. Winston Company, 1911 |
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... seemed more at his ease among women than among men - later in life , at least . In his earlier days Washington was shy and reserved with everybody but his own family and intimate friends . Once in a while some one evidently desirous of ...
... seemed more at his ease among women than among men - later in life , at least . In his earlier days Washington was shy and reserved with everybody but his own family and intimate friends . Once in a while some one evidently desirous of ...
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... seemed the sleepiest and loneliest of them all- a gray , straggling hamlet with only here and there a dash of color from flower - beds or vivid walls , looking much as it must have looked when the last Washington was Lord WASHINGTON'S ...
... seemed the sleepiest and loneliest of them all- a gray , straggling hamlet with only here and there a dash of color from flower - beds or vivid walls , looking much as it must have looked when the last Washington was Lord WASHINGTON'S ...
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... seemed strange to me , a boy , for the slaves were whipped like children , and thought as little of it . Sampson said to me that I was like my father , and that when I was angry I became red and then pale , and that I must never get ...
... seemed strange to me , a boy , for the slaves were whipped like children , and thought as little of it . Sampson said to me that I was like my father , and that when I was angry I became red and then pale , and that I must never get ...
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... up , she quailed at the loss which she must suffer - a loss which seemed insupportable in her widowed life . No son or daughter would ever take the place of her eldest - born . Lawrence , meanwhile 58 THE STORY - LIFE OF WASHINGTON.
... up , she quailed at the loss which she must suffer - a loss which seemed insupportable in her widowed life . No son or daughter would ever take the place of her eldest - born . Lawrence , meanwhile 58 THE STORY - LIFE OF WASHINGTON.
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... seemed forgotten forever . Lawrence hovered near , wildly anxious now to get George away , telling himself that at any moment some interfering relative or the arrival of Joseph's letter already overdue , might disastrously alter the ...
... seemed forgotten forever . Lawrence hovered near , wildly anxious now to get George away , telling himself that at any moment some interfering relative or the arrival of Joseph's letter already overdue , might disastrously alter the ...
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