Life of George Washington...J. Stockdale, 1808 - 560 Seiten |
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... occasion called upon the public theatre , statesmen and warriors , who , by the wise and honourable execution of the complicated duties of their new characters , surprised the world ; still from them , errors of inexperience were to be ...
... occasion called upon the public theatre , statesmen and warriors , who , by the wise and honourable execution of the complicated duties of their new characters , surprised the world ; still from them , errors of inexperience were to be ...
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Aaron Bancroft. by Congress , in the confident persuasion , that draughts on every occasion might be made from the militia , to oppose any force Britain could bring into the field ; and that the native patri- otism and bravery of the ...
Aaron Bancroft. by Congress , in the confident persuasion , that draughts on every occasion might be made from the militia , to oppose any force Britain could bring into the field ; and that the native patri- otism and bravery of the ...
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... occasion for troops another year ; and consequently of another inlistment , they would save money , and have in- finitely better troops , if they were , even at a bounty of twenty , thirty , or more dollars , to en- gage the men already ...
... occasion for troops another year ; and consequently of another inlistment , they would save money , and have in- finitely better troops , if they were , even at a bounty of twenty , thirty , or more dollars , to en- gage the men already ...
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... occasion , indulg- ed a confident expectation of the success of his plans ; and wished the meditated attack upon Dor- chester to be made , in the sanguine hope , that the complete conquest of the British troops in Boston would be its ...
... occasion , indulg- ed a confident expectation of the success of his plans ; and wished the meditated attack upon Dor- chester to be made , in the sanguine hope , that the complete conquest of the British troops in Boston would be its ...
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... occasion whatever from the enemy , by the Commander in Chief , or others , the commanders of the American army , but such as shall be directed to them in the character they respectively sus- tain . " An intercourse between the British ...
... occasion whatever from the enemy , by the Commander in Chief , or others , the commanders of the American army , but such as shall be directed to them in the character they respectively sus- tain . " An intercourse between the British ...
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