The American Revolution, Част 2, Том 2Longmans, Green, 1904 |
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... hand , while he scaled with the other . In some places only one man could get up at a time , who assisted the man in the rear with his vacant hand . The Hes- sians and Waldecks most deservedly received the highest praise for this action ...
... hand , while he scaled with the other . In some places only one man could get up at a time , who assisted the man in the rear with his vacant hand . The Hes- sians and Waldecks most deservedly received the highest praise for this action ...
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... hand- somely enough , renamed the fortress after the German commander , to whose soldiers it was generally admitted that the honours of the day had fallen . The ill fortune which pursued our foreign auxiliaries , on all subsequent ...
... hand- somely enough , renamed the fortress after the German commander , to whose soldiers it was generally admitted that the honours of the day had fallen . The ill fortune which pursued our foreign auxiliaries , on all subsequent ...
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... hand . A year later Charles Fox referred to Lord Cornwallis in the House of Commons , at a time when the two old friends had become politi- cal opponents . The name of such a man , ( said the orator , ) might make Parliament consent to ...
... hand . A year later Charles Fox referred to Lord Cornwallis in the House of Commons , at a time when the two old friends had become politi- cal opponents . The name of such a man , ( said the orator , ) might make Parliament consent to ...
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... hand , before ever the rear guard of the enemy had passed the river . There he was overtaken by a message informing him that General Howe refused to sanction any further aggressive movements until he himself ar- rived at the front with ...
... hand , before ever the rear guard of the enemy had passed the river . There he was overtaken by a message informing him that General Howe refused to sanction any further aggressive movements until he himself ar- rived at the front with ...
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... hands on . They made forced marches The enemy are Letter of up and down the river in pursuit of boats ; but in vain . at least twelve thousand strong , determined for Philadelphia . " an officer from Trenton ; American Archives ...
... hands on . They made forced marches The enemy are Letter of up and down the river in pursuit of boats ; but in vain . at least twelve thousand strong , determined for Philadelphia . " an officer from Trenton ; American Archives ...
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Страница 231 - From this pleasing subject he, I know not how or why, made a sudden transition to one upon which he was a violent aggressor; for he said, " I am willing to love all mankind, except an American ;" and his inflammable corruption bursting into horrid fire, he " breathed out threatenings and slaughter;" calling them " rascals, robbers, pirates," and exclaiming, he'd