The Life of George Washington: Commander-in-chief of the American Army Through the Revolutionary War, and the First President of the United StatesPorter & Coates, 1808 - 560 páginas |
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... determined courage , which are essential to the officer . To his quick discernment and sound judgment the preservation of the defeated troops was , in a great measure , attributed ; and had his advice been previously adopted , probably ...
... determined courage , which are essential to the officer . To his quick discernment and sound judgment the preservation of the defeated troops was , in a great measure , attributed ; and had his advice been previously adopted , probably ...
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... the truth is yet hid from you , and you entertain notions very different from the reality of the case . However , I am determined to bear up under all these embarrassments , some time 24 [ 1757 , LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
... the truth is yet hid from you , and you entertain notions very different from the reality of the case . However , I am determined to bear up under all these embarrassments , some time 24 [ 1757 , LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
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... determined to direct his force against Ti- conderoga , he was again mortified by a disap- pointment . At the close of the year 1757 , General Aber- crombie was appointed to the supreme command in America , and General Forbes ...
... determined to direct his force against Ti- conderoga , he was again mortified by a disap- pointment . At the close of the year 1757 , General Aber- crombie was appointed to the supreme command in America , and General Forbes ...
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... determined to open the new road . That nothing in his power might be omit- ted to prevent the adoption of a scheme , which he thought would probably defeat the expedition , he addressed a letter to this officer , with the express design ...
... determined to open the new road . That nothing in his power might be omit- ted to prevent the adoption of a scheme , which he thought would probably defeat the expedition , he addressed a letter to this officer , with the express design ...
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... determine the profit or loss of any crop , and as- certain the respective advantages of particular modes of husbandry , He became one of the greatest landholders in North America . Besides other great and valuable tracts , his Mount Ver ...
... determine the profit or loss of any crop , and as- certain the respective advantages of particular modes of husbandry , He became one of the greatest landholders in North America . Besides other great and valuable tracts , his Mount Ver ...
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