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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... peaceful habitations , exposed to the rigours of an inclement season , to depend , perhaps , on the hand of charity for support ; when calamities like these are staring us in the face , and a brutal enemy are threatening us , and every ...
... peaceful habitations , exposed to the rigours of an inclement season , to depend , perhaps , on the hand of charity for support ; when calamities like these are staring us in the face , and a brutal enemy are threatening us , and every ...
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... peace of mind , will risk them upon militia . " " Before I knew of the late resolutions of Con- gress , which you did me the honour to inclose in your letter of the 24th , and before I was 1776 . 107 LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
... peace of mind , will risk them upon militia . " " Before I knew of the late resolutions of Con- gress , which you did me the honour to inclose in your letter of the 24th , and before I was 1776 . 107 LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
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... peace with the commissioners , and took protection from the officers of the crown ; and more discovered the inclination to do it when opportunity should present . General Howe supposed New Jersey restored to the British government , and ...
... peace with the commissioners , and took protection from the officers of the crown ; and more discovered the inclination to do it when opportunity should present . General Howe supposed New Jersey restored to the British government , and ...
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... peace with us upon almost any terms ; but I shall be much mistaken if they do not now , from the present state of our currency , dissentions and other circumstances , push matters to the utmost extremity . Nothing I am sure will prevent ...
... peace with us upon almost any terms ; but I shall be much mistaken if they do not now , from the present state of our currency , dissentions and other circumstances , push matters to the utmost extremity . Nothing I am sure will prevent ...
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... peaceful dreams , that the hour of deli verance was not far distant ; for that however unwilling Great Britain might be to yield the point , it would not be in her power to continue the contest . But alas ! these prospects , flattering ...
... peaceful dreams , that the hour of deli verance was not far distant ; for that however unwilling Great Britain might be to yield the point , it would not be in her power to continue the contest . But alas ! these prospects , flattering ...
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