Life of George Washington, Količina 2B. Tauchnitz, 1856 |
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... Spirit · Comments of General Greene - CHAPTER VIII . Affairs in Canada - - - - - Capture of Fort Chamblee - Siege of St. Johns Maclean and his Highlanders Montgomery on the Treatment of Ethan Allen Repulse of Carleton- Capitulation of ...
... Spirit · Comments of General Greene - CHAPTER VIII . Affairs in Canada - - - - - Capture of Fort Chamblee - Siege of St. Johns Maclean and his Highlanders Montgomery on the Treatment of Ethan Allen Repulse of Carleton- Capitulation of ...
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... spirit of insubordination , which they mistook for independence . A chaplain of one of the regiments * has left on record a graphic sketch of this primitive army of the Revolution . " It is very diverting , " writes he , " to walk among ...
... spirit of insubordination , which they mistook for independence . A chaplain of one of the regiments * has left on record a graphic sketch of this primitive army of the Revolution . " It is very diverting , " writes he , " to walk among ...
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... spirit prevalent throughout the country . Plutarch and Cæsar's Commentaries became his delight . He applied himself to military studies , for which he was prepared by some knowledge of mathematics . His am- bition was to organize and ...
... spirit prevalent throughout the country . Plutarch and Cæsar's Commentaries became his delight . He applied himself to military studies , for which he was prepared by some knowledge of mathematics . His am- bition was to organize and ...
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... spirit has ex- ceeded their strength . " This apology was the more generous , coming from a Southerner ; for there was a disposition among the Sou- thern officers to regard the Eastern troops disparagingly . But Washington already felt ...
... spirit has ex- ceeded their strength . " This apology was the more generous , coming from a Southerner ; for there was a disposition among the Sou- thern officers to regard the Eastern troops disparagingly . But Washington already felt ...
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... spirits of the Revolution , and the only colonial governor who , at its commencement , proved true to the popular cause . He was now sixty - five years of age , active , zealous , devout , a patriot of the primitive New England stamp ...
... spirits of the Revolution , and the only colonial governor who , at its commencement , proved true to the popular cause . He was now sixty - five years of age , active , zealous , devout , a patriot of the primitive New England stamp ...
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affairs alarm American arms army Arnold arrived artillery attack battery boats Boston British camp Canada Canadians cannon cannonade Captain Carleton cause Clinton Colonel Colonel Reed colonies command commander-in-chief committee conduct Connecticut cross defence despatched detachment Dorchester Heights embarked encamped enemy enemy's Ethan Allen expedition fire fleet force Fort Constitution Fort Montgomery Fort Washington fortified garrison Gates George Clinton give Governor Governor Tryon Green Mountain Boys Greene guard guns head-quarters Hessians Highlands Hill honor Hudson hundred Indians inhabitants James Clinton Jerseys Johns King's Bridge land Lee's letter lieutenant Long Island miles military militia Montgomery Montreal morning night o'clock officers orders passed Philadelphia Point present President of Congress prisoners province Putnam quarters Quebec received regiment reinforcements retreat river Schuyler sent ships soldiers soon Sorel spirit Staten Island stationed Sullivan Sullivan's Island thousand Ticonderoga tion tories town troops Tryon Washington writes York