The Americanism of Theodore Roosevelt: Selections from His Writings and Speeches, Volume 3Houghton Mifflin Company, 1923 - 317 pages |
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... better sort of houses old - fashioned rocking - chairs . The couch or bed was warmly covered with blankets , bear - skins , and deer - hides . These clearings lay far apart from one another in the wilderness . Up to the door - sills of ...
... better sort of houses old - fashioned rocking - chairs . The couch or bed was warmly covered with blankets , bear - skins , and deer - hides . These clearings lay far apart from one another in the wilderness . Up to the door - sills of ...
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... better houses there was metheglin or small beer , cider , cheese , and biscuits . Tea was so lit- tle known that many of the backwoods people were not aware it was a beverage and at first attempted to 10 THE AMERICANISM OF ROOSEVELT.
... better houses there was metheglin or small beer , cider , cheese , and biscuits . Tea was so lit- tle known that many of the backwoods people were not aware it was a beverage and at first attempted to 10 THE AMERICANISM OF ROOSEVELT.
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... an insubordinate junior officer whom they liked better than they did his superior . There was no compulsion to perform military duties beyond dread of being disgraced in the eyes of the neighbors , 14 THE AMERICANISM OF ROOSEVELT.
... an insubordinate junior officer whom they liked better than they did his superior . There was no compulsion to perform military duties beyond dread of being disgraced in the eyes of the neighbors , 14 THE AMERICANISM OF ROOSEVELT.
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... better fitted to be the home of our stock than the regions to the north , or south . It was the explorations of Lewis and Clark , and not those of Mackenzie on the north or of the Spaniards in the south , which were to bear fruit ...
... better fitted to be the home of our stock than the regions to the north , or south . It was the explorations of Lewis and Clark , and not those of Mackenzie on the north or of the Spaniards in the south , which were to bear fruit ...
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... better than McClel- lan , but he failed even more signally when given a great independent command . He had under him 120,000 men when , toward the end of April , he prepared to attack Lee's army , which was but half as strong . The ...
... better than McClel- lan , but he failed even more signally when given a great independent command . He had under him 120,000 men when , toward the end of April , he prepared to attack Lee's army , which was but half as strong . The ...
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