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answered by the servant that it was not 

 his custom to go to any one's house to 

 take measure for shoes. The General, 

 being told that, mounted his horse, and 

 went to the shoe-maker to be measured. 



It may be worthy the reader's notice to 

 observe what regularity does ; since there 

 cannot be any other particular reason given 

 for General Washington's superior powers, 

 than his correctness, that made him able to 

 govern that wild country: for it was the opi- 

 nion of many of his most intimate friends, 

 that his intellects were not brighter than 

 thoseof many other men. To me he ap- 

 peared a mild friendly man, in company ra- 

 ther reserved, in private speaking with can- 

 dor. His behaviour to me was such, that I 

 shall ever revere his name. Before he died, 

 General Washington himself, with his 

 own hands, closed his eyes and mouth. 



General Washington lived a great man, 

 and died the same. He rode into his plan- 

 tation in the fore part of the day, came 

 home, and died about eleven o'clock at 



