The Life of George Washington: Commander-in-chief of the American Army Through the Revolutionary War, and the First President of the United StatesJohn Stochdale, 1808 - 560 páginas |
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... circumstances induced them for the time to wave dispute about rank , and to act under the orders of Colonel Washington . For the security of their stores he erected a small stockade , and then marched towards Fort du Quesne , to ...
... circumstances induced them for the time to wave dispute about rank , and to act under the orders of Colonel Washington . For the security of their stores he erected a small stockade , and then marched towards Fort du Quesne , to ...
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... circumstances of the in- habitants . " We are either insensible of danger until it breaks upon our heads , or else through mistaken notions of economy , evade the expence until the blow is struck , and then run into an extreme of ...
... circumstances of the in- habitants . " We are either insensible of danger until it breaks upon our heads , or else through mistaken notions of economy , evade the expence until the blow is struck , and then run into an extreme of ...
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... circumstances , and especially from the change in your Honour's conduct towards me , that some person as well inclined to detract , but better skilled in the art of detraction than the author of the above stupid scandal , has made free ...
... circumstances , and especially from the change in your Honour's conduct towards me , that some person as well inclined to detract , but better skilled in the art of detraction than the author of the above stupid scandal , has made free ...
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... circumstance , the gloomy predictions of Colonel Washington would have been verified , in the fai- lure of the expedition . The fort being repaired , was called Fort Pitt , in compliment to the pre - eminent British minister , under ...
... circumstance , the gloomy predictions of Colonel Washington would have been verified , in the fai- lure of the expedition . The fort being repaired , was called Fort Pitt , in compliment to the pre - eminent British minister , under ...
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... circumstances will admit . In the mean time , I have a sincere pleasure in observ- ing that there are materials for a good army ; a great number of able bodied men , active , zealous in the cause , and of unquestionable courage . " The ...
... circumstances will admit . In the mean time , I have a sincere pleasure in observ- ing that there are materials for a good army ; a great number of able bodied men , active , zealous in the cause , and of unquestionable courage . " The ...
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