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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... measures , " he observed in a letter to the lieutenant governor , " are evidently insufficient for the security and safety of the country , I hope no arguments are necessary to evince the necessity of altering them to a vigor- ous ...
... measures , " he observed in a letter to the lieutenant governor , " are evidently insufficient for the security and safety of the country , I hope no arguments are necessary to evince the necessity of altering them to a vigor- ous ...
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... measures , as partial and selfish ; and all my sincerest endeavours for the service of my country , perverted to the worst purposes . My orders are dark , doubtful , and uncertain . To day approved , to - morrow condemned ; left to act ...
... measures , as partial and selfish ; and all my sincerest endeavours for the service of my country , perverted to the worst purposes . My orders are dark , doubtful , and uncertain . To day approved , to - morrow condemned ; left to act ...
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... pursue different measures , and laboured to convince them by all the reasoning I was capable of offering , of the impossibility of covering so extensive a frontier from Indian incursions , without more CHAP . I. 42 THE LIFE OF.
... pursue different measures , and laboured to convince them by all the reasoning I was capable of offering , of the impossibility of covering so extensive a frontier from Indian incursions , without more CHAP . I. 42 THE LIFE OF.
Seite 44
... measures to prevent it are neglected as they hitherto have been . " This statement was probably presented by colonel Washington in person , who was per- mitted , during the winter , to visit lord Loudoun in Philadelphia , where that ...
... measures to prevent it are neglected as they hitherto have been . " This statement was probably presented by colonel Washington in person , who was per- mitted , during the winter , to visit lord Loudoun in Philadelphia , where that ...
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... to them . For I cannot forbear repeating again , that while we pursue defensive measures , we pursue inevitable ruin the loss of the country being the he 1757 . inevitable and fatal consequence of them . CHAP 48 THE LIFE OF.
... to them . For I cannot forbear repeating again , that while we pursue defensive measures , we pursue inevitable ruin the loss of the country being the he 1757 . inevitable and fatal consequence of them . CHAP 48 THE LIFE OF.
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