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... enemies who as- sailed him , and friends whom he loved , but in death as in life he seems to stand alone , above conflict and superior to malice . In his own country there is no dispute as to his greatness or his worth . English- men ...
... enemies who as- sailed him , and friends whom he loved , but in death as in life he seems to stand alone , above conflict and superior to malice . In his own country there is no dispute as to his greatness or his worth . English- men ...
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... enemy . Having impressed from the inhabitants , who were not bubbling over with pa- triotism , some horses and wagons , he set out on his toilsome march across the mountains . It was a wild and desolate region , and progress was ...
... enemy . Having impressed from the inhabitants , who were not bubbling over with pa- triotism , some horses and wagons , he set out on his toilsome march across the mountains . It was a wild and desolate region , and progress was ...
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... forth him- self with forty men to find the enemy . After a toilsome march they discovered their foes in camp . The French , surprised and surrounded , sprang to arms , the Virginians fired , there was a sharp ON THE FRONTIER . 71.
... forth him- self with forty men to find the enemy . After a toilsome march they discovered their foes in camp . The French , surprised and surrounded , sprang to arms , the Virginians fired , there was a sharp ON THE FRONTIER . 71.
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... enemy by themselves , but would by no means take advice from the Indians . He lay in one place from one full moon to the other , without making any forti- fications , except that little thing on the meadow ; whereas , had he taken ...
... enemy by themselves , but would by no means take advice from the Indians . He lay in one place from one full moon to the other , without making any forti- fications , except that little thing on the meadow ; whereas , had he taken ...
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... enemies , he still struggled forward . When forced to retreat he made a stand at the Meadows and offered bat tle in the open to his more numerous and more prudent foes , for he was one of those men who by nature regard courage as a ...
... enemies , he still struggled forward . When forced to retreat he made a stand at the Meadows and offered bat tle in the open to his more numerous and more prudent foes , for he was one of those men who by nature regard courage as a ...
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