George Washington, Band 1Houghton Mifflin, 1917 - 776 Seiten |
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... British dishes of beefsteak and tripe . He also mentioned being treated to a ticket to see the play of " George Barn- well , " on which he offered this cautious criticism : " The character of Barnwell and several others were said to be ...
... British dishes of beefsteak and tripe . He also mentioned being treated to a ticket to see the play of " George Barn- well , " on which he offered this cautious criticism : " The character of Barnwell and several others were said to be ...
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... British perfidy , and a M. Thomas celebrated the luckless Jumonville in a solemn epic poem in four books . French historians , relying on the account of the Canadian who escaped , adopted the same tone , and at a later day mourned over ...
... British perfidy , and a M. Thomas celebrated the luckless Jumonville in a solemn epic poem in four books . French historians , relying on the account of the Canadian who escaped , adopted the same tone , and at a later day mourned over ...
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... British Empire . But we learn from all this many things . It ap- pears that Washington was not merely a brave man , but one who loved fighting for its own sake . The whole expedition shows an arbitrary temper and the most reckless ...
... British Empire . But we learn from all this many things . It ap- pears that Washington was not merely a brave man , but one who loved fighting for its own sake . The whole expedition shows an arbitrary temper and the most reckless ...
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... British suprem- acy , which Braddock's defeat brought to Washing- ton and to the colonists , and which was never for- gotten . Could he have looked into the future , he would have seen also in this ill - fated expedition an epitome of ...
... British suprem- acy , which Braddock's defeat brought to Washing- ton and to the colonists , and which was never for- gotten . Could he have looked into the future , he would have seen also in this ill - fated expedition an epitome of ...
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... British officers and the shortcomings of the colonial government . As soon as Fort Duquesne had fallen he hurried home , re- signed his commission in the last week of Decem- ber , and was married on January 6 , 1759. It was a brilliant ...
... British officers and the shortcomings of the colonial government . As soon as Fort Duquesne had fallen he hurried home , re- signed his commission in the last week of Decem- ber , and was married on January 6 , 1759. It was a brilliant ...
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