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... 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 substitute for everything , and who have a contempt for ...
... 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 substitute for everything , and who have a contempt for ...
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... retreat , Washington alone emerged from that history of disaster with added glory . Again he comes before us as , above all things , the fighting man , hot - blooded and . fierce in action , and utterly indifferent to the danger which ...
... retreat , Washington alone emerged from that history of disaster with added glory . Again he comes before us as , above all things , the fighting man , hot - blooded and . fierce in action , and utterly indifferent to the danger which ...
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... retreat , Colonel Dunbar , stricken with panic , fled onward to Philadelphia , abandon- ing everything , and Virginia was left naturally in a state of great alarm . The assembly came to gether , and at last , thoroughly frightened ...
... retreat , Colonel Dunbar , stricken with panic , fled onward to Philadelphia , abandon- ing everything , and Virginia was left naturally in a state of great alarm . The assembly came to gether , and at last , thoroughly frightened ...
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... retreat and disaster . All these harassing difficulties crowded upon the commander - in - chief as soon as he arrived . To ap- preciate him it is necessary to understand these con- ditions and realize their weight and consequence ...
... retreat and disaster . All these harassing difficulties crowded upon the commander - in - chief as soon as he arrived . To ap- preciate him it is necessary to understand these con- ditions and realize their weight and consequence ...
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... retreat . It was a desperate undertaking , and a lesser man would have hesitated and been lost . He had to transport nine thousand men across a strait of strong tides and currents , and three quarters of a mile in width . It was ...
... retreat . It was a desperate undertaking , and a lesser man would have hesitated and been lost . He had to transport nine thousand men across a strait of strong tides and currents , and three quarters of a mile in width . It was ...
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