The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Forces, During the War which Established the Independence of His Country, and First President of the United States. Compiled Under the Inspection of the Honourable Bushrod Washington, from Original Papers ... to which is Prefixed, an Introduction, Containing a Compendious View of the Colonies Planted by the English on the Continent of North America, from Their Settlement to the Commencement of that War which Terminated in Their Independence, Band 2C.P. Wayne., 1804 |
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... hope no arguments are necessary to evince the necessity of altering them to a vigor- ous offensive war , in order to remove the cause . " But in the event that the assembly should still indulge that favourite scheme of protecting the ...
... hope no arguments are necessary to evince the necessity of altering them to a vigor- ous offensive war , in order to remove the cause . " But in the event that the assembly should still indulge that favourite scheme of protecting the ...
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... hope of better regulations under lord Loudoun , to whom I look for the future fate of Virginia , " Not long after this letter was written , lord Loudoun arrived in Virginia , and in addition to his character as commander in chief , he ...
... hope of better regulations under lord Loudoun , to whom I look for the future fate of Virginia , " Not long after this letter was written , lord Loudoun arrived in Virginia , and in addition to his character as commander in chief , he ...
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... hope of 1757 . being enabled to act offensively against the French on the Ohio . Lord Loudoun had determined to direct all his efforts against the enemy in the northern parts of the continent , and to leave in aid of the middle and ...
... hope of 1757 . being enabled to act offensively against the French on the Ohio . Lord Loudoun had determined to direct all his efforts against the enemy in the northern parts of the continent , and to leave in aid of the middle and ...
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... hope , that he should be in some degree distinguished by the commander in chief , and placed in situations which would enable him to render essential service to his country , and at the same time , to reap those laurels for which he had ...
... hope , that he should be in some degree distinguished by the commander in chief , and placed in situations which would enable him to render essential service to his country , and at the same time , to reap those laurels for which he had ...
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... hope .... that laudable ambition of serving our country , and meriting its applause , are now no more ; all is dwindled into ease , sloth , and fatal inactivity . In a word , all is lost , if the ways of men in power , like certain ways ...
... hope .... that laudable ambition of serving our country , and meriting its applause , are now no more ; all is dwindled into ease , sloth , and fatal inactivity . In a word , all is lost , if the ways of men in power , like certain ways ...
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