Life of George Washington, Količina 2G. P. Putnam's sons, 1857 |
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... Highlands before the general's . residence . Their captains informed him that New York had been attacked on the preceding afternoon . They had seen the cannonade from a distance , and judged from the subsequent firing that the enemy's ...
... Highlands before the general's . residence . Their captains informed him that New York had been attacked on the preceding afternoon . They had seen the cannonade from a distance , and judged from the subsequent firing that the enemy's ...
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Washington Irving. HUDSON RIVER AND THE HIGHLANDS . 321 stretching points , or high beetling promontories , but af- fording ample sea - room and safe anchorage . Then come the redoubtable Highlands , that strait , fifteen miles in length ...
Washington Irving. HUDSON RIVER AND THE HIGHLANDS . 321 stretching points , or high beetling promontories , but af- fording ample sea - room and safe anchorage . Then come the redoubtable Highlands , that strait , fifteen miles in length ...
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... Highlands . The Committee of Safety wrote , on the spur of the moment , to Washington . " Nothing , " say they , " can be more alarming than the present situation of our State . We are daily getting the most authentic intelligence of ...
... Highlands . The Committee of Safety wrote , on the spur of the moment , to Washington . " Nothing , " say they , " can be more alarming than the present situation of our State . We are daily getting the most authentic intelligence of ...
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