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And now for several years Washington lived the life of a country gentleman. He had enough to do, taking care of his plantations, hunting foxes with his sport-loving neighbors, and sitting for a part of each year in the House of Burgesses at Williamsburg.
He was a tall man -- more than six feet in height. He had a commanding presence and a noble air, which plainly said: "This is no common man."