Life of George Washington...J. Stockdale, 1808 - 560 Seiten |
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... effect , I am not sensible of it , as I endeavoured to give the subject all the consideration a matter of such importance required . True it is , and I can- not help acknowledging , that I have many dis- agreeable sensations on account ...
... effect , I am not sensible of it , as I endeavoured to give the subject all the consideration a matter of such importance required . True it is , and I can- not help acknowledging , that I have many dis- agreeable sensations on account ...
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... effect ; and the Americans laboured indefatigably to complete their works . On the contingence of an attack upon Dorches- ter Heights , by a strong force , it had been resolv- ed , that four thousand of the American troops , in boats ...
... effect ; and the Americans laboured indefatigably to complete their works . On the contingence of an attack upon Dorches- ter Heights , by a strong force , it had been resolv- ed , that four thousand of the American troops , in boats ...
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... effect it . His first care was to put an end to the intercourse , which to this time had been continued , between the town and the British ships in the harbour , by which they were supplied with every necessary ; and Tryon , the British ...
... effect it . His first care was to put an end to the intercourse , which to this time had been continued , between the town and the British ships in the harbour , by which they were supplied with every necessary ; and Tryon , the British ...
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... effects of this nature , which bad actually been produced . Many members of Congress , " he wrote , " in short the representatives of whole provinces , are still feeding themselves on the dainty food of re- conciliation ; and although ...
... effects of this nature , which bad actually been produced . Many members of Congress , " he wrote , " in short the representatives of whole provinces , are still feeding themselves on the dainty food of re- conciliation ; and although ...
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... effect exert-- ing himself to rally them , a very small body of the enemy appeared in sight , on which the men again broke , and a most dastardly route ensued . At this unfortunate moment , and only at this moment through his whole life ...
... effect exert-- ing himself to rally them , a very small body of the enemy appeared in sight , on which the men again broke , and a most dastardly route ensued . At this unfortunate moment , and only at this moment through his whole life ...
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