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... doors , so too were his pleasures . He loved the fresh open - air existence of the woods and fields , and there he found his one great amusement . He shot and fished , but did not care much for LOVE AND MARRIAGE . 109.
... doors , so too were his pleasures . He loved the fresh open - air existence of the woods and fields , and there he found his one great amusement . He shot and fished , but did not care much for LOVE AND MARRIAGE . 109.
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... cur- rent of details , difficult , vital , absolute in demand- ing prompt and vigorous solution , went on too . The existence of war made it necessary to settle our relations with our enemies , and that these rela- TAKING COMMAND . 141.
... cur- rent of details , difficult , vital , absolute in demand- ing prompt and vigorous solution , went on too . The existence of war made it necessary to settle our relations with our enemies , and that these rela- TAKING COMMAND . 141.
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... existence was the greatest victory of skill and endurance which the war could show , and that the question of success lay in its continuance . Leaving Philadelphia , Washington pushed on to the junction of the Brandywine and Christiana ...
... existence was the greatest victory of skill and endurance which the war could show , and that the question of success lay in its continuance . Leaving Philadelphia , Washington pushed on to the junction of the Brandywine and Christiana ...
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... existence of the army . Upon so interesting a subject I must speak plainly . General Conway's merit then as an officer , and his impor- tance in this army , exist more in his own imagina- tion than in reality . " This plain talk soon ...
... existence of the army . Upon so interesting a subject I must speak plainly . General Conway's merit then as an officer , and his impor- tance in this army , exist more in his own imagina- tion than in reality . " This plain talk soon ...
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... existence everything hinged , and when Howe got back to Philadelphia , there they were still existent , still coherent , hovering on his flank , cooping him up in his lines , and leaving him master of little more than the ground his men ...
... existence everything hinged , and when Howe got back to Philadelphia , there they were still existent , still coherent , hovering on his flank , cooping him up in his lines , and leaving him master of little more than the ground his men ...
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