The Life of George Washington: With Curious Anecdotes, Equally Honourable to Himself, and Exemplary to His Young Countrymen ... Embellished with Six EngravingsJ. Allen, 1840 - 244 strani |
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Stran 41
... army . Too soon , alas ! the army came up ; and , entering the defile , moved along in silence , like sheep to the slaughter , little dreaming how close the bloody fates hovered around them . Thinking their prey now completely in their ...
... army . Too soon , alas ! the army came up ; and , entering the defile , moved along in silence , like sheep to the slaughter , little dreaming how close the bloody fates hovered around them . Thinking their prey now completely in their ...
Stran 95
... army depended on themselves , he gallantly determined , on the 7th of October , 1777 , to stake his all on the issue of a gen- eral battle . His army in high spirits , was formed within a mile of the American camp . Burgoyne , with the ...
... army depended on themselves , he gallantly determined , on the 7th of October , 1777 , to stake his all on the issue of a gen- eral battle . His army in high spirits , was formed within a mile of the American camp . Burgoyne , with the ...
Stran 114
... army , were now across the Delaware , with full stretch to the south , darkening the day with their clouds of rolling dust . Cornwallis saw that the day of his fall was at hand . He had done all that a brave ( would to God we could add ...
... army , were now across the Delaware , with full stretch to the south , darkening the day with their clouds of rolling dust . Cornwallis saw that the day of his fall was at hand . He had done all that a brave ( would to God we could add ...
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