The Life of George Washington; with Curious Anecdotes, Equally Honourable to Himself, and Exemplary to His Young Countrymen. Embellished with Six EngravingsJ. Allen, 1837 - 228 Seiten |
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... command the admiration of every unpre judiced reader . AMONG the gentlemen in Williamsburgh , who had sense and virtue enough to appreciate the worth of Washington , one of the first was a Mr. Waller.— This gentleman , conversing on ...
... command the admiration of every unpre judiced reader . AMONG the gentlemen in Williamsburgh , who had sense and virtue enough to appreciate the worth of Washington , one of the first was a Mr. Waller.— This gentleman , conversing on ...
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... command.- With this little handful , he bravely pushed out into the wilderness , in quest of the enemy ; and at a place called the Little Meadows , came up with a party under one Jumonville . This officer was killed , and all his men ...
... command.- With this little handful , he bravely pushed out into the wilderness , in quest of the enemy ; and at a place called the Little Meadows , came up with a party under one Jumonville . This officer was killed , and all his men ...
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... command a Wolfe , if so unlucky as to be an American !!! In- censed at such an outrage on common justice , and the rights of his countrymen , Washington threw up his commission ; and retired to his plantation , Mount Vernon , lately ...
... command a Wolfe , if so unlucky as to be an American !!! In- censed at such an outrage on common justice , and the rights of his countrymen , Washington threw up his commission ; and retired to his plantation , Mount Vernon , lately ...
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... command devolved upon Colonel Dunbar , whose conduct proved him to be one of those pusillanimous hirelings , who flee when the wolf cometh . To attempt , by some gallant effort to recover what Braddock had lost , or to hang upon the ...
... command devolved upon Colonel Dunbar , whose conduct proved him to be one of those pusillanimous hirelings , who flee when the wolf cometh . To attempt , by some gallant effort to recover what Braddock had lost , or to hang upon the ...
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... command of Generals Howe and Pigot . By twelve o'clock they were all safely landed on the Charlestown side , near Bunker's - hill , the destined place of storm . An interesting scene is now about to open - for not only the British and ...
... command of Generals Howe and Pigot . By twelve o'clock they were all safely landed on the Charlestown side , near Bunker's - hill , the destined place of storm . An interesting scene is now about to open - for not only the British and ...
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