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" George's going to sea, and says several persons have told her it was a bad scheme. She offers several trifling objections, such as fond, unthinking mothers habitually suggest; and I find that one word against his going has more weight than ten for it. "
Admiral Vernon and the Navy: A Memoir and Vindication; Being an Account of ... - Page 163
by Douglas Ford - 1907 - 322 pages
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The Writings of George Washington: pt. I. Official letters relating to the ...

George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1834 - 574 pages
...written bj Mr. Robert Jackson to Lawrence Washington, and dated at Fredericksburg, October 18th, 1746. " I am afraid Mrs. Washington will not keep up to her first resolution. She seems to intimate a dislike to George's going to sea, and says several persons have told her it was a bad scheme....
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The Writings of George Washington: pt.I. Official letters relating to the ...

George Washington - United States - 1834 - 574 pages
...written by Mr. Robert Jackson to Lawrence Washington, and dated at Fredericksburg, October I8th, 1"46. " I am afraid Mrs. Washington will not keep up to her first resolution. She seems to intimate a dislike to George's going to sea, and says several persons have told her it was a bad scheme....
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The Writings of George Washington: pt. I. Official letters relating to the ...

George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1834 - 574 pages
...written by Mr. Robert Jackson to Lawrence Washington, and dated at Fredericksburg, October 18th, 1746. " I am afraid Mrs. Washington will not keep up to her first resolution. She seems to intimate a dislike to George's going to sea, and says several persons have told her it was a bad scheme....
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The Life of George Washington

Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1839 - 632 pages
...critical juncture, Mr. Jackson, a friend of the _ i _ family, wrote to Lawrence Washington as follows. " I am afraid Mrs. Washington will not keep up to her...resolution. She seems to dislike George's going to sea. and sa-Vs several persons have told her it was a bad scheme. She offers several trifling objections, such...
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The Monthly review. New and improved ser. New and improved ser, Volume 1

1839 - 648 pages
...Robert Jackson to Lawrence Washington, and dated at Fredericsburgh, the 18th of October, 1746 :— " I am afraid Mrs. Washington will not keep up to her first resolution. She seems to intimate a dislike to George's going to sea, and says several persons have told her it was a bad scheme....
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The Life of George Washington

Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1839 - 666 pages
...critical juncture, Mr. Jackson, a friend of the L family, wrote to Lawrence Washington as follows. " I am afraid Mrs. Washington will not keep up to her first resThu«tpp olution. She seems to dislike George's going to sea, and byhismo- says several persons...
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The Life of George Washington

Jared Sparks - 1843 - 738 pages
...critical juncture, Mr. Jackson, a friend of the L family, wrote to Lawrence Washington as follows. " I am afraid Mrs. Washington will not keep up to her first resTim step olution. She seems to dislike George's going to sea, and opposed by hi« mo. says several...
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pt. I. Official letters relating to the French war, and private letters ...

George Washington - United States - 1847 - 574 pages
...written by Mr. Robert Jackson to Lawrence Washington, and dated at Fredericksburg, October 18th, 1746. " I am afraid Mrs. Washington will not keep up to her first resolution. She seems to intimate a dislike to George's going to sea, and says several persons have told her it was a bad scheme....
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Memoirs of Washington

Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1857 - 596 pages
...her for this demur, and called it weakness. One writes, " I am afraid Mrs. Washington will not keep to her first resolution. She seems to dislike George's...trifling objections, such as fond, unthinking mothers 1746.] A DTJTOTJL SON. 79 habitually suggest, and I find that one word against his going has more weight...
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The Mothers of Great Men

Sarah Stickney Ellis - Mothers - 1859 - 444 pages
...Washington," by Mr. Sparkes. " I am afraid," says this friend, " that Mrs. Washington will not keep to her first resolution. She seems to dislike George's...to sea, and says several persons have told her it is a bad scheme. She offers several trifling objections, such as fond mothers are apt to suggest ;...
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