Memoirs of the Mother and Wife of WashingtonDerby, Miller,, 1850 - Всего страниц: 248 Martha Dandridge was born in New Kent County, Virginia, in 1732. She married Colonel Daniel Parke Custis, son of John Custis of Arlington, at the age of seventeen. They had three children. The oldest son died at a young age and his father died soon after. She married George Washington in 1759 and they made their home at Mount Vernon, Fairfox County, Virginia. She died in 1802. |
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... graceful air , and elegant and imposing form . He is also described as having been in- spired with great cheerfulness and animation , while momentarily courting the aërial graces . The French gentlemen who participated in the pleasures ...
... graceful air , and elegant and imposing form . He is also described as having been in- spired with great cheerfulness and animation , while momentarily courting the aërial graces . The French gentlemen who participated in the pleasures ...
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... with the just , discriminating , and graceful eulogy expressed in the following eloquent passage from the pen of the same accurate and accomplished author : - " The weighty charge of five young children , the 66 MEMOIR OF.
... with the just , discriminating , and graceful eulogy expressed in the following eloquent passage from the pen of the same accurate and accomplished author : - " The weighty charge of five young children , the 66 MEMOIR OF.
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... chosen abode of refined and graceful hospitality , and its fair and gentle mistress once more assumed her place in the elegant and distinguished circle , to the attractions of which her presence had for- merly made 106 MEMOIR OF.
... chosen abode of refined and graceful hospitality , and its fair and gentle mistress once more assumed her place in the elegant and distinguished circle , to the attractions of which her presence had for- merly made 106 MEMOIR OF.
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... graceful form , her bright , expressive face , and the far more potent magic of her suave and benignant manners , her noble and disciplined intellect . And he , the vic- tor - crowned , -now himself subdued , -awaited his fate at the ...
... graceful form , her bright , expressive face , and the far more potent magic of her suave and benignant manners , her noble and disciplined intellect . And he , the vic- tor - crowned , -now himself subdued , -awaited his fate at the ...
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... graceful drapery of the blue hills of the " sunny South , " and. * How little did the writer imagine , when penning this order , that not many years later , his walls would be adorned by a portrait of the Great Frederick , sent him by ...
... graceful drapery of the blue hills of the " sunny South , " and. * How little did the writer imagine , when penning this order , that not many years later , his walls would be adorned by a portrait of the Great Frederick , sent him by ...
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