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Page vii
... given to the writing of books , and when the man of New England strode forward , pen in hand , nominated himself custodian of our na- tional archives and began to compile the record , nobody seriously contested the office . This being ...
... given to the writing of books , and when the man of New England strode forward , pen in hand , nominated himself custodian of our na- tional archives and began to compile the record , nobody seriously contested the office . This being ...
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... given on the sly - Silas Deane - Beaumarchais - Jefferson as a reformer in Virginia- Divorces Church from State - Entails and primogeniture abol- ished - The old English home - The true spirit of democracy . 165 CHAPTER XV RELIGION AND ...
... given on the sly - Silas Deane - Beaumarchais - Jefferson as a reformer in Virginia- Divorces Church from State - Entails and primogeniture abol- ished - The old English home - The true spirit of democracy . 165 CHAPTER XV RELIGION AND ...
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... given to books was this hardy pioneer , for his education had been slight , and his life of toil and struggle had left him few opportunities for study ; but he carried several standard works with him into the wilderness , and of his ...
... given to books was this hardy pioneer , for his education had been slight , and his life of toil and struggle had left him few opportunities for study ; but he carried several standard works with him into the wilderness , and of his ...
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... given nearly six years of his schooling , about four years at the parsonage of the Rev. William Doug- lass , and two years at that of Rev. James Maury . At the former place he was charged not quite eighty dollars per year for board and ...
... given nearly six years of his schooling , about four years at the parsonage of the Rev. William Doug- lass , and two years at that of Rev. James Maury . At the former place he was charged not quite eighty dollars per year for board and ...
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... given , and mounting his fine saddle- horse , the sanguine , ambitious boy rode away from Shadwell to Williamsburg to enter William and Mary , the oldest college in America , after Harvard . From many different books we gather many dif ...
... given , and mounting his fine saddle- horse , the sanguine , ambitious boy rode away from Shadwell to Williamsburg to enter William and Mary , the oldest college in America , after Harvard . From many different books we gather many dif ...
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