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About the same time , if tradition may be trusted , the flags upon the conquering
Channel fleet of England were lowered to half - mast in token of grief the bier of a
man whose courage and genius contributed the most to free it from bondage ...
About the same time , if tradition may be trusted , the flags upon the conquering
Channel fleet of England were lowered to half - mast in token of grief the bier of a
man whose courage and genius contributed the most to free it from bondage ...
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They ranged from hedge parsons and Fleet chaplains , who had slunk away from
England to find a desirable obscurity in the new world , to divines of real learning
and genuine piety , who were the supporters of the college , and who would ...
They ranged from hedge parsons and Fleet chaplains , who had slunk away from
England to find a desirable obscurity in the new world , to divines of real learning
and genuine piety , who were the supporters of the college , and who would ...
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They had the best arms and cannon and gunpowder . They commanded the sea
with a strong fleet , and they were concentrated on the inside line , able to strike
with suddenness and overwhelming force at any point of widely extended posts .
They had the best arms and cannon and gunpowder . They commanded the sea
with a strong fleet , and they were concentrated on the inside line , able to strike
with suddenness and overwhelming force at any point of widely extended posts .
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Even while the British fleet still hung about the harbor he began to send troops to
New York to make ready for the next attack . He entered Boston in order to see
that every precaution was taken against the spread of the smallpox , and then ...
Even while the British fleet still hung about the harbor he began to send troops to
New York to make ready for the next attack . He entered Boston in order to see
that every precaution was taken against the spread of the smallpox , and then ...
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So they waited during that night and the two following days , while Washington
strengthened his intrenchments , brought over reinforcements , and prepared for
the worst . On the 29th it became apparent that there was a movement in the fleet
...
So they waited during that night and the two following days , while Washington
strengthened his intrenchments , brought over reinforcements , and prepared for
the worst . On the 29th it became apparent that there was a movement in the fleet
...
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| Titel | George Washington, Band 1 Bände 4-5 von American statesmen George Washington, Henry Cabot Lodge |
| Autor/in | Henry Cabot Lodge |
| Ausgabe | Neuauflage |
| Verlag | Houghton, Mifflin, 1917 |
| Original von | University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Digitalisiert | 15. Apr. 2009 |
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