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, Том 1Walton Book Company, 1930 |
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... enemy to become the assailants ? If the council should be of opinion that it was unadviseable to hazard an engagement , then he asked what measures could be taken with safety to the army , to annoy the enemy in his march , should he ...
... enemy to become the assailants ? If the council should be of opinion that it was unadviseable to hazard an engagement , then he asked what measures could be taken with safety to the army , to annoy the enemy in his march , should he ...
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... enemy ; we should not have been , the greatest part of the war , inferior to the enemy , indebted for our safety to their inactivity , enduring frequently the mortification of seeing inviting opportunities to ruin them , pass unimproved ...
... enemy ; we should not have been , the greatest part of the war , inferior to the enemy , indebted for our safety to their inactivity , enduring frequently the mortification of seeing inviting opportunities to ruin them , pass unimproved ...
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... enemy , that time alone can mature and point out the plan which ought to be pursued . That congress , therefore , can not , with a degree of confidence answerable to the magnitude of the object , decide on the practicability of their co ...
... enemy , that time alone can mature and point out the plan which ought to be pursued . That congress , therefore , can not , with a degree of confidence answerable to the magnitude of the object , decide on the practicability of their co ...
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