 | George Bancroft - 1844 - 524 pages
...the very time of the congress of Aix la Chapelle, the woods of Virginia sheltered the youthful George Washington, the son of a widow. Born by the side of...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... | |
 | Henry Howe - Virginia - 1845 - 616 pages
...the very time of the Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle, the wood* of Virginia sheltered the youthful George Washington, the son of a widow. Born by the side of...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... | |
 | Henry Howe - Virginia - 1845 - 562 pages
...of the Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle, the woods of Virginia sheltered the youthful George Wtuhington, the son of a widow. Born by the side of the Potomac,...his lot had been the lot of an orphan. No academy hml welcomed him to its shades, no college crownea him with Its honors : to read, to write, to cipher... | |
 | Henry Howe - Virginia - 1845 - 596 pages
...the very time of the Congress of Ati-la-Chapelle, the woods of Virginia sheltered the youthful George Washington, the son of a widow. Born by the side of...Potomac, beneath the roof of a Westmoreland farmer, utmost from infancy his Lot had been the lot of an orphan. No academy had welcomed him to its shades,... | |
 | George Bancroft - United States - 1846 - 528 pages
...the very time of the congress of Aix la Chapelle, the woods of Virginia sheltered the youthful George Washington, the son of a widow. Born by the side of...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... | |
 | Northampton (pseud.) - United States - 1846 - 26 pages
...very time of the Congress of Aix la £happelle, the woods «f Virginia sheltered the youthful George Washington, the son of a widow, born by the side of...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, i^qqest 'of an... | |
 | American periodicals - 1848 - 636 pages
...the very Time of the congress of Aix la Chapelle, the woods of Virginia sheltered the youthful George Washington, the son of a widow. Born by the side of...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... | |
 | Orsamus Turner - Allegany County (N.Y.) - 1850 - 710 pages
...the very time of the congress of Aix la Chapelle, the woods of Virginia sheltered the youthful GEORGE WASHINGTON, the son of a widow. Born by the side of...to read, to write, to cypher — these had been his degrees in knowledge. And now at sixteen years of age, in quest of an honest maintenance, encountering... | |
 | George Bancroft - United States - 1850 - 516 pages
...the very time of the congress of Aix la Chapelle, the woods of Virginia sheltered the youthful George Washington, the son of a widow. Born by the side of...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... | |
 | Robert Aspland - 1850 - 794 pages
...the very time of the Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle, the woods of Virginia sheltered the youthful George Washington, the son of a widow. Born by the side of...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... | |
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Washington, the son of a widow. 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... 
