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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... event further than was necessary to dis- play the principal character . He has made Judge Marshall his leading authority for facts , and has in some measure followed him in the order of events . The histories of the war by Doctors ...
... event further than was necessary to dis- play the principal character . He has made Judge Marshall his leading authority for facts , and has in some measure followed him in the order of events . The histories of the war by Doctors ...
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... event , made it fully to appear that he did not understand the import of the word ; but during his presidency , an enemy had the audacity to call him , upon the strength of this capitulation , an assassin . * The killed and wounded in ...
... event , made it fully to appear that he did not understand the import of the word ; but during his presidency , an enemy had the audacity to call him , upon the strength of this capitulation , an assassin . * The killed and wounded in ...
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... event , he observes , " No words can tell how much they will be missed . " He was at length ordered to collect the Virginia troops at Winchester , and to hold them in readi- ness for active service . At this late moment , when the ...
... event , he observes , " No words can tell how much they will be missed . " He was at length ordered to collect the Virginia troops at Winchester , and to hold them in readi- ness for active service . At this late moment , when the ...
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... event should happen , unfavourable to my reputation , I beg it may be remembered by every gentleman in the room , that I this day declare , with the utmost sincerity , I do not think myself equal to the command I am honoured with . I ...
... event should happen , unfavourable to my reputation , I beg it may be remembered by every gentleman in the room , that I this day declare , with the utmost sincerity , I do not think myself equal to the command I am honoured with . I ...
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... event of this magnitude would unite and animate the colonies , and convince Great Britain , that America was determined in her opposition to the measures of parliament . Un- der these impressions he often reconnoitred the enemy , and ...
... event of this magnitude would unite and animate the colonies , and convince Great Britain , that America was determined in her opposition to the measures of parliament . Un- der these impressions he often reconnoitred the enemy , and ...
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The Life of George Washington: Commander-in-chief of the ..., Volumes 1-2 Aaron Bancroft Visualização integral - 1860 |
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