Book/Printed Material A history of the life and death, virtues and exploits of General George Washington.
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Image 1 of A history of the life and death, virtues and exploits of General George … UBRARY OF CONGRESS DDDDSbBflEBT I- Contributor: Weems, M. L. (Mason Locke)
- Date: 1918
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Image 7 of A history of the life and death, virtues and exploits of General George … 5a 0£... J A History of the Life and Death, Virtues and Exploits of General George Washington 6- Contributor: Weems, M. L. (Mason Locke)
- Date: 1918
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Image 8 of A history of the life and death, virtues and exploits of General George … THE TRUE BIOGRAPHIES AND HISTORIES Each Fully Illustrated Bound in Decorated Cloth, Gilt Top, $2.00 Net, or Half Levant, Gilt Top, I5.00 Net THE TRUE ULYSSES S. GRANT BY general CHARLES KING…- Contributor: Weems, M. L. (Mason Locke)
- Date: 1918
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Image 9 of A history of the life and death, virtues and exploits of General George …- Contributor: Weems, M. L. (Mason Locke)
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Image 10 of A history of the life and death, virtues and exploits of General George …- Contributor: Weems, M. L. (Mason Locke)
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Image 11 of A history of the life and death, virtues and exploits of General George … A History of the Life and Death, Virtues and Exploits of General George Washington WITH CURIOUS ANECDOTES EQUALLY HONOURABLE TO HIMSELF AND EXEMPLARY TO HIS YOUNG COUNTRYMEN BY MASON L. \yEEIMS FORMERLY…- Contributor: Weems, M. L. (Mason Locke)
- Date: 1918
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Image 12 of A history of the life and death, virtues and exploits of General George … .1/ INTHOUUU flON fOPVlHUHl Jyl8, BY J, U. MPPINrOTT COMPANY PCBI.IHllKn FKllRnARY, IQ S PKINTED UT I. B. UPPINCOTT C OMPANV hi THK WASHINOTON SgU.VRK PHKSa PHILAUKLPHIA, U. H. A. MAR 14…- Contributor: Weems, M. L. (Mason Locke)
- Date: 1918
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Image 13 of A history of the life and death, virtues and exploits of General George … INTRODUCTION TO THE MOUNT VI IRNON EDITION When we realize that the famous anecdote of George Washington and the cherry tree and accounts of certain exploits equally inspiring were first given to…- Contributor: Weems, M. L. (Mason Locke)
- Date: 1918
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Image 14 of A history of the life and death, virtues and exploits of General George … 6 INTRODUCTION new anecdote or other fresh material drawn from his personal recollections of Washington and from other sources. His sprightly style delighted both young and old, but for the boys and…- Contributor: Weems, M. L. (Mason Locke)
- Date: 1918
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Image 15 of A history of the life and death, virtues and exploits of General George … ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE Washington Crossing the Delaware Frontispiece Washington Presenting Governor Dinwiddie s Letter TO the French Commandant 43 Washington Rafting Across the Alleghany River 44 General Braddock s Army 54 Defeat of…- Contributor: Weems, M. L. (Mason Locke)
- Date: 1918
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Image 16 of A history of the life and death, virtues and exploits of General George … The author has treated this great subject with admirable success in a new way. He turns all the actions of Washington to the encouragement of virtue by a careful application of numerous…- Contributor: Weems, M. L. (Mason Locke)
- Date: 1918
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Image 17 of A history of the life and death, virtues and exploits of General George … A History of the Life and Death, Virtues and Exploits of General George Washington CHAPTER I Oh as along the stream of time thy name Expanded flies, and gathers all its fame;…- Contributor: Weems, M. L. (Mason Locke)
- Date: 1918
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Image 18 of A history of the life and death, virtues and exploits of General George … 10 THE LIFE OF WASHINGTON is not his history already known Have not a thousand orators spread his fame abroad, bright as his own Potomac, when he reflects the morning sun, and…- Contributor: Weems, M. L. (Mason Locke)
- Date: 1918
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Image 19 of A history of the life and death, virtues and exploits of General George … THE LIFE OF WASHINGTON 11 it by the gill And there was the great duke of Marlborough too his public character, a thunderbolt in war Britain s boast, and the terror of…- Contributor: Weems, M. L. (Mason Locke)
- Date: 1918
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Image 20 of A history of the life and death, virtues and exploits of General George … 12 THE LIFE OF WASHINGTON the friend and benefactor of men. Where s his bright ploughshare that he loved or his wheat-crowned fields, waving in yellow ridges before the wanton breeze or…- Contributor: Weems, M. L. (Mason Locke)
- Date: 1918
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Image 21 of A history of the life and death, virtues and exploits of General George … THE LIFE OF WASHINGTON 13 fact were the food of the great actions of him, whom men call Washington, It was they that enabled him, first to triumph over himself then over…- Contributor: Weems, M. L. (Mason Locke)
- Date: 1918
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Image 22 of A history of the life and death, virtues and exploits of General George … 14 THE LIFE OF WASHINGTON stantly placing him then, before our children, in this high character, what is it but like springing in the clouds a golden Phoenix, which no mortal calibre…- Contributor: Weems, M. L. (Mason Locke)
- Date: 1918
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Image 23 of A history of the life and death, virtues and exploits of General George … CHAPTER II BIRTH AND EDUCATION Children like tender osiers take the bow And as they first are form d, forever grow. To this day numbers of good Christians can hardly find faith…- Contributor: Weems, M. L. (Mason Locke)
- Date: 1918
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Image 24 of A history of the life and death, virtues and exploits of General George … 16 THE LIFE OF WASHINGTON spread his sea-like lakes, and poured his mighty rivers, and hurled down his thundering cataracts in a style of the sublime, so far superior to any thing…- Contributor: Weems, M. L. (Mason Locke)
- Date: 1918
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Image 25 of A history of the life and death, virtues and exploits of General George … THE LIFE OF WASHINGTON 17 sessed either a very pleasing person, or highly polished manners, or perhaps both for, from what I can learn, he was at that time at least forty…- Contributor: Weems, M. L. (Mason Locke)
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Image 26 of A history of the life and death, virtues and exploits of General George … 18 THE LIFE OF WASHINGTON The first place of education to which George was ever sent, was a little old field school, kept by one of his father s tenants, named Hobby;…- Contributor: Weems, M. L. (Mason Locke)
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Image 27 of A history of the life and death, virtues and exploits of General George … THE LIFE OF WASHINGTON 19 also would tell of that great and good God, who de- lights above all things to see children love one another, and will assuredly reward them for…- Contributor: Weems, M. L. (Mason Locke)
- Date: 1918
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Image 28 of A history of the life and death, virtues and exploits of General George … 20 THE LIFE OF WASHINGTON to you. Wherever you turn your eyes, you see the trees loaded with fine fruit many of them indeed breaking down while the ground is covered with…- Contributor: Weems, M. L. (Mason Locke)
- Date: 1918
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Image 29 of A history of the life and death, virtues and exploits of General George … THE LIFE OF WASHINGTON 21 with George, to inspire him with an early love of truth. Truth, George, said he, is the loveliest quality of youth. I would ride fifty miles, my…- Contributor: Weems, M. L. (Mason Locke)
- Date: 1918
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Image 30 of A history of the life and death, virtues and exploits of General George … 22 THE LIFE OF WASHINGTON pel their children to this vile practice, by barbarously beating them for every little fault hence, on the next offence, the little terrified creature slips out a…- Contributor: Weems, M. L. (Mason Locke)
- Date: 1918
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Image 31 of A history of the life and death, virtues and exploits of General George … THE LIFE OF WASHINGTON 23 which, by the by, was a great favourite, came into the house and with much warmth asked for the mis- chievous author, declaring at the same time,…- Contributor: Weems, M. L. (Mason Locke)
- Date: 1918
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Image 32 of A history of the life and death, virtues and exploits of General George … 24 THE LIFE OF WASHINGTON upon the following very curious but impressive expedient One day he went into the garden, and prepared a little bed of finely pulverized earth, on which he…- Contributor: Weems, M. L. (Mason Locke)
- Date: 1918
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Image 33 of A history of the life and death, virtues and exploits of General George … THE LIFE OF WASHINGTON 25 Why it seems like a curious affair, sure enough, George But, Pa, who did make it there who did make it there? It grew there by chance,…- Contributor: Weems, M. L. (Mason Locke)
- Date: 1918
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Image 34 of A history of the life and death, virtues and exploits of General George … 26 THE LIFE OF WASHINGTON nothing sort of a father in comparison of one you have. Aye! I know, well enough whom you mean, Pa. You mean God Almighty don t you…- Contributor: Weems, M. L. (Mason Locke)
- Date: 1918
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Image 35 of A history of the life and death, virtues and exploits of General George … THE LIFE OF WASHINGTON 27 slept enough, and jumps up fresh and strong as a Httle buck, there the sweet golden light is ready for him! When he looks down into the…- Contributor: Weems, M. L. (Mason Locke)
- Date: 1918
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Image 36 of A history of the life and death, virtues and exploits of General George … 28 THE LIFE OF WASHINGTON I give you something indeed Oh how can I give you any thing, George! I who have nothing on earth that I can call my own, no,…- Contributor: Weems, M. L. (Mason Locke)
- Date: 1918
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Image 37 of A history of the life and death, virtues and exploits of General George … CHAPTER Til George s father dies his education continued by his mother his behaviour under school-master WilHams. Thus pleasantly, on wings of down, passed away the few short years of little George…- Contributor: Weems, M. L. (Mason Locke)
- Date: 1918
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Image 38 of A history of the life and death, virtues and exploits of General George … 30 THE LIFE OF WASHINGTON alas! he never enjoyed that last mournful pleasure; for George did not reach home until a few hours before his father s death and then he was…- Contributor: Weems, M. L. (Mason Locke)
- Date: 1918
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Image 39 of A history of the life and death, virtues and exploits of General George … THE LIFE OF WASHINGTON 31 never lost those divine sentiments which that friend had so carefully inculcated. On the contrary, inter- woven with the fibres of his heart, they seemed to grow…- Contributor: Weems, M. L. (Mason Locke)
- Date: 1918
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Image 40 of A history of the life and death, virtues and exploits of General George … 32 THE LIFE OF WASHINGTON then we will give it up. Done, said the adverse party. Then away they would trot to hunt for George. Soon as his verdict was heard, the…- Contributor: Weems, M. L. (Mason Locke)
- Date: 1918