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Page 9
The table was a great clapboard set on four wooden legs ; there were three -
legged stools , and in the better sort of houses old - fashioned rocking - chairs .
The couch or bed was warmly covered with blankets , bear - skins , and deer -
hides .
The table was a great clapboard set on four wooden legs ; there were three -
legged stools , and in the better sort of houses old - fashioned rocking - chairs .
The couch or bed was warmly covered with blankets , bear - skins , and deer -
hides .
Page 10
At the 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 ...
At the 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 ...
Page 14
... proper accompanied him , and the others stayed at home , and even those who
went out came back if the fit seized them , or perchance followed the lead of an
insubordinate junior officer whom they liked better than they did his superior .
... proper accompanied him , and the others stayed at home , and even those who
went out came back if the fit seized them , or perchance followed the lead of an
insubordinate junior officer whom they liked better than they did his superior .
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But no man had ever crossed or explored that part of the continent which the
United States had just acquired ; a part far 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
...
But no man had ever crossed or explored that part of the continent which the
United States had just acquired ; a part far 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
...
Page 38
Like McClellan , he was able to perfect the discipline of his forces and to organize
them , and as a division commander he was better than McClellan , but he failed
even more signally when given a great independent command . He had under ...
Like McClellan , he was able to perfect the discipline of his forces and to organize
them , and as a division commander he was better than McClellan , but he failed
even more signally when given a great independent command . He had under ...
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| Title | The Americanism of Theodore Roosevelt: Selections from His Writings and Speeches Volume 3 of Publications of the Roosevelt Memorial Association Volume 272 of Riverside literature series Issue 3 of Roosevelt memorial association |
| Author | Theodore Roosevelt |
| Editor | John Ashby Lester |
| Compiled by | Hermann Hagedorn |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Company, 1923 |
| Length | 325 pages |
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