McGuffey's newly revised eclectic second reader : containing progressive lessons in reading and spelling. Revised and improved. (1848)
Engel, Irving, donor, McGuffey, William Holmes, 1800-1873, ed, Shepard, Edwin, stereotyper, Winthrop B. Smith & Co. publisher · Cincinnati: : Winthrop B. Smith & Co., publishers. · leaf 130
ce.He was a young man of vast fortune, and high rank.At a very early age he took a deep interest in the af-fairs of America. 2. He had heard of the struggles of our fathers in thewar of independence. When he learned of their trialsand sufferings, his noble spirit was stirred within him,and he… … 4. Then, said he, I will fit out a vessel myself;and he did so. At the time of his arrival, the pros-pects of our country were very dark. But when itwas known that La Fayette had come, with arms andmoney, the spirits of our troops revived. 5. Young La Fayette Avas Avelcomed b}^ GeneralWashington,…