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, Том 2C.P. Wayne., 1804 |
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... believed to be a very arduous one . A great part of the country through which the envoy was to pass , was almost entirely unex- plored , and inhabited only by Indians , many of whom were hostile to the English , and others of doubtful ...
... believed to be a very arduous one . A great part of the country through which the envoy was to pass , was almost entirely unex- plored , and inhabited only by Indians , many of whom were hostile to the English , and others of doubtful ...
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... believed our numbers almost equal to the force of Canada ; they , only expected to annoy us . Yet contrary to all expectation , and human probability , and even to the common course of things , we were totally defeated , and have ...
... believed our numbers almost equal to the force of Canada ; they , only expected to annoy us . Yet contrary to all expectation , and human probability , and even to the common course of things , we were totally defeated , and have ...
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... believed he might now quit without dishonour ; and , about the close of the Resignation year , he resigned his commission as colonel of of colonel the first Virginia regiment , and commander in chief of all the troops raised in the ...
... believed he might now quit without dishonour ; and , about the close of the Resignation year , he resigned his commission as colonel of of colonel the first Virginia regiment , and commander in chief of all the troops raised in the ...
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... believed himself entitled to a large share of its advantages ; nor could he admit that , by crossing the Atlantic , his ances- tors had relinquished the essential rights of British subjects . The degree of authority which might right ...
... believed himself entitled to a large share of its advantages ; nor could he admit that , by crossing the Atlantic , his ances- tors had relinquished the essential rights of British subjects . The degree of authority which might right ...
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... believed sincerely to wound vitally the consti- tution of the country , and to destroy the most sacred principles of liberty . Combinations against its execution were every where formed ; and the utmost exertions were used to render as ...
... believed sincerely to wound vitally the consti- tution of the country , and to destroy the most sacred principles of liberty . Combinations against its execution were every where formed ; and the utmost exertions were used to render as ...
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