Life of George Washington...J. Stockdale, 1808 - 560 Seiten |
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... appeared that the party had left the direct road , and had en- camped in a valley , a few miles to the west of the Great Meadows , as a place of concealment- Colonel Washington , under the guidance of the Indians , set out in a dark ...
... appeared that the party had left the direct road , and had en- camped in a valley , a few miles to the west of the Great Meadows , as a place of concealment- Colonel Washington , under the guidance of the Indians , set out in a dark ...
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... appeared to your Honour ; but this I know , and it is the highest consolation I am capable of feeling , that no man that ever was employed in a public capacity , has endeavoured to discharge the trnst reposed in him with greater honesty ...
... appeared to your Honour ; but this I know , and it is the highest consolation I am capable of feeling , that no man that ever was employed in a public capacity , has endeavoured to discharge the trnst reposed in him with greater honesty ...
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... appearance of glory which we once had in view , even that hope , that laudable ambition of serving our country and meriting its applause , are now no more ; all is dwindled into ease , sloth and fatal inactivity . In a word , all is ...
... appearance of glory which we once had in view , even that hope , that laudable ambition of serving our country and meriting its applause , are now no more ; all is dwindled into ease , sloth and fatal inactivity . In a word , all is ...
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... appeared still to favour the attempt , and , that an apprehension of danger to the town of Boston might not have an undue influence upon the operations of the army , had resolved , in Dec. 1775 , " That if General Wash- ington and his ...
... appeared still to favour the attempt , and , that an apprehension of danger to the town of Boston might not have an undue influence upon the operations of the army , had resolved , in Dec. 1775 , " That if General Wash- ington and his ...
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... appearance of powder , I shall be able to attempt any thing decisive , time only can determine . No person on earth wishes more earnestly to destroy the nest in Boston than I do ; no person would be willing to go greater lengths than I ...
... appearance of powder , I shall be able to attempt any thing decisive , time only can determine . No person on earth wishes more earnestly to destroy the nest in Boston than I do ; no person would be willing to go greater lengths than I ...
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