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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... wish to put shackles upon freemen , fill their ranks with , and place their confidence in , such miscreants . " To aid the cause , popular songs were composed and circulated through the camp , calculated to inspire the soldiery with the ...
... wish to put shackles upon freemen , fill their ranks with , and place their confidence in , such miscreants . " To aid the cause , popular songs were composed and circulated through the camp , calculated to inspire the soldiery with the ...
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... wishes prompt to , I request that Congress will be pleas- ed to revert to my situation , and do me the justice to believe that circumstances , and not want of inclination , are the cause of delay . " Early in January he accordingly ...
... wishes prompt to , I request that Congress will be pleas- ed to revert to my situation , and do me the justice to believe that circumstances , and not want of inclination , are the cause of delay . " Early in January he accordingly ...
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... wishes more earnestly to destroy the nest in Boston than I do ; no person would be willing to go greater lengths than I shall to accomplish it , if it shall be thought adviseable ; but if we have neither powder to bombard with , nor ice ...
... wishes more earnestly to destroy the nest in Boston than I do ; no person would be willing to go greater lengths than I shall to accomplish it , if it shall be thought adviseable ; but if we have neither powder to bombard with , nor ice ...
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... that I am indebted for that success which has procured me the only reward I wish to receive , the affection and esteem of my Countrymen . " CHAPTER III . General Washington marches the Army to New 70 [ 1726 " . LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
... that I am indebted for that success which has procured me the only reward I wish to receive , the affection and esteem of my Countrymen . " CHAPTER III . General Washington marches the Army to New 70 [ 1726 " . LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
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... wishes of Con- gress , the opinion of his general officers , and by the expectation of his country . The resolution being formed , he called into action all the re- sources in his power to effect it . His first care was to put an end to ...
... wishes of Con- gress , the opinion of his general officers , and by the expectation of his country . The resolution being formed , he called into action all the re- sources in his power to effect it . His first care was to put an end to ...
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