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, Tập 2C.P. Wayne, 1804 |
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... thing a prey to the enemy ; and when we endeavoured to rally them , in hopes of regaining the ground , and what we had left upon it , it was with as little success as if we had attempted to have stopped the wild bears of the mountains ...
... thing a prey to the enemy ; and when we endeavoured to rally them , in hopes of regaining the ground , and what we had left upon it , it was with as little success as if we had attempted to have stopped the wild bears of the mountains ...
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... things ! We , but a few moments before , 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 ...
... things ! We , but a few moments before , 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 ...
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... things , he endeavoured to collect and arm the men who had abandoned their houses , and to remove their wives and children to a dis- tance from the scene of desolation and carnage exhibited on the frontiers ; he gave too , the most ...
... things , he endeavoured to collect and arm the men who had abandoned their houses , and to remove their wives and children to a dis- tance from the scene of desolation and carnage exhibited on the frontiers ; he gave too , the most ...
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... things , colonel Washington was deeply affected . " I see their situation , " said he , in a letter to the lieutenant governor , " I know their danger , and participate their sufferings , without having it in my power to give them ...
... things , colonel Washington was deeply affected . " I see their situation , " said he , in a letter to the lieutenant governor , " I know their danger , and participate their sufferings , without having it in my power to give them ...
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... things in that quarter . There , as well as to the north , continued incursions were made , and murders committed ; and there too , the principal defence of the country was intrusted to an ill regulated militia . The fatal conse ...
... things in that quarter . There , as well as to the north , continued incursions were made , and murders committed ; and there too , the principal defence of the country was intrusted to an ill regulated militia . The fatal conse ...
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