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... failed to accomplish . Once more English troops ap- peared , and a large army was gathered . Then the old story began again , and Washington , whose prof- fered aid had been gladly received , chafed and worried all summer at the fresh ...
... failed to accomplish . Once more English troops ap- peared , and a large army was gathered . Then the old story began again , and Washington , whose prof- fered aid had been gladly received , chafed and worried all summer at the fresh ...
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... failed to do , that when men of the George Washington type fast and pray on account of political mis- doings , it is well for their opponents to look to it carefully . Meantime Boston had sent forth appeals to form a league among the ...
... failed to do , that when men of the George Washington type fast and pray on account of political mis- doings , it is well for their opponents to look to it carefully . Meantime Boston had sent forth appeals to form a league among the ...
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... failed ; but there was a grasp of conditions , a clearness of perception , and a com- prehensiveness about the plan , which stamp it as the work of a great soldier , who saw besides the military importance , the enormous political value ...
... failed ; but there was a grasp of conditions , a clearness of perception , and a com- prehensiveness about the plan , which stamp it as the work of a great soldier , who saw besides the military importance , the enormous political value ...
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... failed , that was suffi- cient for him , and he had other things besides him- self to consider . " We expect a bloody summer in New York and Canada , " he wrote to his brother , and even while the Canadian expedition was com- ing to 156 ...
... failed , that was suffi- cient for him , and he had other things besides him- self to consider . " We expect a bloody summer in New York and Canada , " he wrote to his brother , and even while the Canadian expedition was com- ing to 156 ...
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... failed , for good reason or bad , to do his duty . Gates was to march from Bristol with two thousand men , Ewing was to cross at Trenton , Putnam was to come up from Philadelphia , Griffin was to make a diversion against Donop . When ...
... failed , for good reason or bad , to do his duty . Gates was to march from Bristol with two thousand men , Ewing was to cross at Trenton , Putnam was to come up from Philadelphia , Griffin was to make a diversion against Donop . When ...
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