 | Baptists - 1850 - 664 pages
...Aix-la-Chapelle, the woods of Virginia sheltered the youthful George Washington, the son of a widow. Born 07 the side of the Potomac, beneath the roof of a Westmoreland...the lot of an orphan. No academy had welcomed him to it x shades, no college crowned him with its honors : to read, to write, to cipher, — these had been... | |
 | 1841 - 580 pages
...Mr. BANCBOFT closes this volume of his labors with the following admirable reference to Washington : "At the very time of the Congress of Aix la Chapelle,...crowned him with its honors : to read, to write, to cipher — these had been his degrees in knowledge. And now, at sixteen years of age , in quest of... | |
 | Edward Robinson - 1841 - 530 pages
...author, " the woods of Virginia sheltered the youthful George Washington, the son of a widow. Born by the side of the Potomac, beneath the roof of a...crowned him with its honors : to read, to write, to cipher — these had been his degrees in knowledge. — And now, at sixteen years of age, in quest... | |
 | George Bancroft - United States - 1841 - 366 pages
...the congress of Aix la Chapelle, the woods of Virginia sheltered the youthful George Washington. Born by the side of the Potomac, beneath the roof of a...crowned him with its honors : to read, to write, to cipher — these had been his degrees in knowledge. And now, at sixteen years of age, in quest of an... | |
 | British and foreign sailors' society - 1841 - 412 pages
...Aix-la-Chapelle, the woods of Virginia sheltered the youthful George Washington, the son of a widow. Born by the side of the Potomac, beneath the roof of a...him to its shades, no college crowned him with its honours : to read, to write, to cipher — these had been his degrees in knowledge. And now, at sixteen... | |
 | Albert Barnes - Honor - 1841 - 40 pages
...United States,) the woods of Virginia sheltered the youthful George Washington, the son of a widow. Born by the side of the Potomac, beneath the roof of a...him to its shades, no college crowned him with its honours; to read, to write, to cipher—these had been his degrees in knowledge. And now, at sixteen... | |
 | Religion - 1841 - 528 pages
...author, " the woods of Virginia sheltered the youthful George Washington, the son of a widow. Born by the side of the Potomac, beneath the roof of a...had welcomed him to its shades, no college crowned liim with its honors : to read, to write, to cipher — these had been his degrees in knowledge. —... | |
 | Theology - 1841 - 544 pages
...our author, "the woods of Virginia sheltered the youthful George Washington, the son af a widow. Born by the side of the Potomac, beneath the roof of a Westmoreland farmer, almost his degrees in knowledge. — And now, at sixteen years of asre, in quest of an honest maintenance,... | |
 | George Bancroft - United States - 1843 - 524 pages
...Chapelle, the woods of Virginia sheltered the youthful George Washington, the son of a widow. Born by the side of the Potomac, beneath the roof of a...crowned him with its honors : to read, to write, to cipher — these had been his degrees in knowledge. And now, at sixteen years of age, in quest of an... | |
 | Children's periodicals - 1841 - 404 pages
...Chapelle, the woods of Virginia sheltered the youthful George Washington, the son of a widow. Born by the side of the Potomac, beneath the roof of a...crowned him with its honors : to read, to write, to cipher — these had been his degrees in knowledge. And now, at sixteen years of age, in quest of an... | |
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Born by the side of the Potomac, beneath the roof of a Westmoreland farmer, almost from infancy his lot had been the lot of an orphan. No academy had welcomed him to its shades, no college crowned him with its honors; to read, to write, to cipher, these... 
