The Life of George Washington, Količina 2Putnam, 1856 |
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Stran 14
... present , was his secretary , Mr. Joseph Reed . With this gentleman he had formed an intimacy in the course of his visits to Philadelphia , to attend the sessions of the Continental Congress . Mr. Reed was an accomplished man , had ...
... present , was his secretary , Mr. Joseph Reed . With this gentleman he had formed an intimacy in the course of his visits to Philadelphia , to attend the sessions of the Continental Congress . Mr. Reed was an accomplished man , had ...
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... present exigency , placed as he was in a new and untried situation , and having to act with persons hitherto unknown to him . In military matters , it is true he had a shrewd counsellor in General Lee ; but Lee was a wayward character ...
... present exigency , placed as he was in a new and untried situation , and having to act with persons hitherto unknown to him . In military matters , it is true he had a shrewd counsellor in General Lee ; but Lee was a wayward character ...
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... present , was to force the ene- my to come out of Boston and try a decisive action . His lines had for some time cut off all communication of the town with the country , and he had caused the live stock within a considera- ble distance ...
... present , was to force the ene- my to come out of Boston and try a decisive action . His lines had for some time cut off all communication of the town with the country , and he had caused the live stock within a considera- ble distance ...
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... present in the hostile camps . General Lee , it will be recollected , had once served under General Burgoyne , in Portugal , and had won his brightest laurels when detached by that commander to surprise the Spanish camp , near the ...
... present in the hostile camps . General Lee , it will be recollected , had once served under General Burgoyne , in Portugal , and had won his brightest laurels when detached by that commander to surprise the Spanish camp , near the ...
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... present crisis , Lexington , Concord , and Charles- town can best declare . May that God , to whom you , too , appeal , judge between America and you . Under his providence , those who influence the councils of America , and all the ...
... present crisis , Lexington , Concord , and Charles- town can best declare . May that God , to whom you , too , appeal , judge between America and you . Under his providence , those who influence the councils of America , and all the ...
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