The Life of George Washington: Commander-in-chief of the American Army Through the Revolutionary War, and the First President of the United StatesPorter & Coates, 1808 - 560 páginas |
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... , have been consulted ; but he trusts that greater liberty has not been taken with any of them than is fair and honourable . The few facts which have not before been published , were received immediately from confidential friends of ...
... , have been consulted ; but he trusts that greater liberty has not been taken with any of them than is fair and honourable . The few facts which have not before been published , were received immediately from confidential friends of ...
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... liberty of representing my conduct to your Ho- nour , with such ungentlemanly freedom as the let- ter implies ? Your condescension herein will be ac- knowledged a singular favour . " Soon after this transaction , Mr. Dinwiddie left the ...
... liberty of representing my conduct to your Ho- nour , with such ungentlemanly freedom as the let- ter implies ? Your condescension herein will be ac- knowledged a singular favour . " Soon after this transaction , Mr. Dinwiddie left the ...
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... liberty , and possessed the resolution and bravery of hardy yeomanry ; but they could not easily be brought to submit to the rigid rules of military subordination and discipline . The authority of Congress and of different colonies ...
... liberty , and possessed the resolution and bravery of hardy yeomanry ; but they could not easily be brought to submit to the rigid rules of military subordination and discipline . The authority of Congress and of different colonies ...
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... liberty and safety . " The British army , at this time , commanded by General Gage , was strongly posted in three divi- sions ; on Bunker's Hill , a mile from the ferry of Charles's River , on Cop's Hill , in Boston , and on Roxbury ...
... liberty and safety . " The British army , at this time , commanded by General Gage , was strongly posted in three divi- sions ; on Bunker's Hill , a mile from the ferry of Charles's River , on Cop's Hill , in Boston , and on Roxbury ...
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... liberty and pro- perty are at stake ; when our country is in dan- ger of being a melancholy scene of bloodshed and desolation ; when our towns are laid in ashes ; innocent women and children driven from their peaceful habitations ...
... liberty and pro- perty are at stake ; when our country is in dan- ger of being a melancholy scene of bloodshed and desolation ; when our towns are laid in ashes ; innocent women and children driven from their peaceful habitations ...
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