The United States of America: Their History from the Earliest Period; Their Industry, Commerce, Banking Transactions, and National Works; Their Institutions and Character, Political, Social, and Literary: with a Survey of the Territory, and Remarks on the Prospects and Plans of Emigrants, Band 2Oliver & Boyd, 1844 |
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... side , that the brightest gem was thus plucked from his crown , rendering it not worth the wearing , it must be acknowledged that there are few kings indeed whose feelings , in such circumstances , would not be somewhat intense ; and in ...
... side , that the brightest gem was thus plucked from his crown , rendering it not worth the wearing , it must be acknowledged that there are few kings indeed whose feelings , in such circumstances , would not be somewhat intense ; and in ...
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... side , we find it still main- tained by respectable authorities , that the purpose of se- paration was from the first deep and determined , though by a very dexterous policy the colonists contrived to throw upon the mother - country the ...
... side , we find it still main- tained by respectable authorities , that the purpose of se- paration was from the first deep and determined , though by a very dexterous policy the colonists contrived to throw upon the mother - country the ...
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... side of Canada . Considering New York , however , as the most probable and dangerous point , he had been dili- gently strengthening all its approaches . Having deter- mined also to make a stand for the defence of Long Island , he formed ...
... side of Canada . Considering New York , however , as the most probable and dangerous point , he had been dili- gently strengthening all its approaches . Having deter- mined also to make a stand for the defence of Long Island , he formed ...
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... side , viewed with triumph the complete success of his manœuvre , which achieved for him a de- cided military reputation . He was now advised by some to attack the enemy's lines , which he admits might have been carried , but with the ...
... side , viewed with triumph the complete success of his manœuvre , which achieved for him a de- cided military reputation . He was now advised by some to attack the enemy's lines , which he admits might have been carried , but with the ...
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... side , highly estimated its value , and insisted that the garrison , when hard pressed , could at any time be withdrawn . Howe , with an unusual boldness , determined to attempt the place by storm ; and , on the 16th November , the army ...
... side , highly estimated its value , and insisted that the garrison , when hard pressed , could at any time be withdrawn . Howe , with an unusual boldness , determined to attempt the place by storm ; and , on the 16th November , the army ...
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