Life of George Washington, Količina 4G.P. Putnam, 1869 |
Iz vsebine knjige
Zadetki 1–5 od 68
Stran 9
... body of Yager cavalry , and a number of mounted Westchester refugees , with two three - pounders . The snow , being newly fallen , was deep ; the sleighs broke their way through it with difficulty . The troops at length abandoned them ...
... body of Yager cavalry , and a number of mounted Westchester refugees , with two three - pounders . The snow , being newly fallen , was deep ; the sleighs broke their way through it with difficulty . The troops at length abandoned them ...
Stran 14
... body , which became stern and unsparing censors of his conduct . He had not been many weeks in Philadelphia before he became attached to one of its reigning belles , Miss Margaret Shippen , daughter of Mr. Edward Shippen , in after ...
... body , which became stern and unsparing censors of his conduct . He had not been many weeks in Philadelphia before he became attached to one of its reigning belles , Miss Margaret Shippen , daughter of Mr. Edward Shippen , in after ...
Stran 17
... bodies was occasionally tinctured with needless acrimony . Arnold , in the course of January , had obtained permission from Washington to resign the com- mand of Philadelphia , but deferred to act upon it , until the charges against him ...
... bodies was occasionally tinctured with needless acrimony . Arnold , in the course of January , had obtained permission from Washington to resign the com- mand of Philadelphia , but deferred to act upon it , until the charges against him ...
Stran 18
... body and the assembly and council of Penn- sylvania . Arnold was at this time on the eve of marriage with Miss Shippen , and , thus cir- cumstanced , it must have been peculiarly galling to his pride to be kept under the odium of im ...
... body and the assembly and council of Penn- sylvania . Arnold was at this time on the eve of marriage with Miss Shippen , and , thus cir- cumstanced , it must have been peculiarly galling to his pride to be kept under the odium of im ...
Stran 24
... bodies are prone to be offended by the importunity of baffled claimants , and the patience of friends is seldom proof against the reiterated story of a man's prolonged difficulties . In the month of March , we find him intent on a new ...
... bodies are prone to be offended by the importunity of baffled claimants , and the patience of friends is seldom proof against the reiterated story of a man's prolonged difficulties . In the month of March , we find him intent on a new ...
Druge izdaje - Prikaži vse
Pogosti izrazi in povedi
advance aide-de-camp American André arms army Arnold arrived artillery attack baggage battle bridge British British army Camden camp campaign captured Catawba cavalry Charleston Chesapeake Colonel command commander-in-chief conduct Congress coöperate corps Count de Grasse Count de Rochambeau Creek crossed detachment dispatched dragoons effect encamped enemy enemy's eral favor fire forage force French fleet garrison Gates gave Governor Greene guard Hamilton head-quarters honor horses Hudson hundred infantry ington Island James River Jersey killed King's Lafayette land letter Lord Cornwallis Lord Rawdon lordship marquis Marquis de Lafayette ment miles military militia Morgan Mount Vernon mounted night North Carolina officers orders passed patriotism Pennsylvania prisoners quarters received regiment reinforcements retreat road Rochambeau sent ships side Sir Henry Clinton soldiers South Sumter Tallmadge Tarleton thousand tion took troops Virginia wagons Wash Washington Wayne West Point wounded writes York York Island Yorktown