The Pictorial History of the American Revolution: With a Sketch of the Early History of the CountryR. Sears, 1845 - 428 Seiten |
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... nearly equals the stone itself in hardness . It appears to have been at some former period covered with a stucco of similar character to the cement with which the stone is held together . It is nearly twenty - five feet in height ; its ...
... nearly equals the stone itself in hardness . It appears to have been at some former period covered with a stucco of similar character to the cement with which the stone is held together . It is nearly twenty - five feet in height ; its ...
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... nearly half his troops by fighting and hardships . of various kinds ; the greater part of his horses too had perished , and all had been without shoes for more than a year for the want of iron . He now resolved to return to the ...
... nearly half his troops by fighting and hardships . of various kinds ; the greater part of his horses too had perished , and all had been without shoes for more than a year for the want of iron . He now resolved to return to the ...
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... nearly equal , enforced it in the most violent manner . He addressed them in opprobrious lan- guage ; hanged one of them with his own hands , and threatened others with the same fate . At length they rose in mutiny , put him to death ...
... nearly equal , enforced it in the most violent manner . He addressed them in opprobrious lan- guage ; hanged one of them with his own hands , and threatened others with the same fate . At length they rose in mutiny , put him to death ...
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... nearly as far south as the latitude of Virginia . Having fully weighed this project , he laid a memoir before the queen and council , who approved of the undertaking ; and in the beginning of 1584 her majesty granted , by letters patent ...
... nearly as far south as the latitude of Virginia . Having fully weighed this project , he laid a memoir before the queen and council , who approved of the undertaking ; and in the beginning of 1584 her majesty granted , by letters patent ...
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... nearly the whole coast of North Carolina . The valleys were finely wooded with cedars , around whose trunks wild vines hung in rich festoons ; and the grape seemed so native to the soil , that the clusters covered the ground , and ...
... nearly the whole coast of North Carolina . The valleys were finely wooded with cedars , around whose trunks wild vines hung in rich festoons ; and the grape seemed so native to the soil , that the clusters covered the ground , and ...
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afterward alarm American army appeared appointed arms arrived artillery assembly attack battle began boats body Boston Britain British army Burgoyne camp Captain Carolina carried Charleston coast Colonel colonies colonists Columbus command congress Count d'Estaing crown defence Delaware despatched detachment discovered enemy engaged England English expedition fire fleet force Fort Edward French garrison governor granted Helluland hostile hundred Indians inhabitants island killed king Lake Champlain Lake George land Lord Lord Baltimore Lord Cornwallis Lord Dunmore marched measures miles military militia morning natives North North river officers parliament party passed Penn Philadelphia Portrait possession prisoners proceeded proprietors province provisions received regiment reinforcements resolved retreat river royal sailed savages sent settlement settlers ships shore Sir Henry Clinton Skenesborough soldiers soon South South Carolina spirit Sullivan's Island Ticonderoga tion took town troops vessels Virginia voyage Washington woods wounded York