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Henry Cabot Lodge. of showing his contempt for them . The colonists on their side , especially in Pennsylvania , gave him , unfortunately , only too much ground for irritation and disgust . They were delighted to see this bril- liant ...
Henry Cabot Lodge. of showing his contempt for them . The colonists on their side , especially in Pennsylvania , gave him , unfortunately , only too much ground for irritation and disgust . They were delighted to see this bril- liant ...
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... side , and an unseen enemy poured in a deadly fire . Washington begged Braddock to throw his men into the woods , but all in vain . Fight in platoons they must , or not at all . The result was that they did not fight at all . They ...
... side , and an unseen enemy poured in a deadly fire . Washington begged Braddock to throw his men into the woods , but all in vain . Fight in platoons they must , or not at all . The result was that they did not fight at all . They ...
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... side was done by the Virginians , " the raw American mili- tia , " who , spread out as skirmishers , met their foes on their own ground , and were cut off almost to a man . Washington at the outset flung himself head- long into the ...
... side was done by the Virginians , " the raw American mili- tia , " who , spread out as skirmishers , met their foes on their own ground , and were cut off almost to a man . Washington at the outset flung himself head- long into the ...
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... side of life , and having seen what Washington was , and what he did as a fighting man , let us try to know him in the equally important and far more attractive domain of private and domestic life . CHAPTER IV . LOVE AND MARRIAGE ...
... side of life , and having seen what Washington was , and what he did as a fighting man , let us try to know him in the equally important and far more attractive domain of private and domestic life . CHAPTER IV . LOVE AND MARRIAGE ...
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... side rode his two aides , likewise in buff and blue , and behind came his servants , dressed in the Washington colors of white and scarlet and wearing hats laced with silver . Thus accoutred , they all rode on together to the North ...
... side rode his two aides , likewise in buff and blue , and behind came his servants , dressed in the Washington colors of white and scarlet and wearing hats laced with silver . Thus accoutred , they all rode on together to the North ...
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