Life of George Washington, Količina 2Bohn, 1856 |
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... boats . Fresh provisions and vegetables were consequently growing more and more scarce and extravagantly dear , and sickness began to prevail . " I have done and shall do every thing in my power to distress them , " writes he to his ...
... boats . Fresh provisions and vegetables were consequently growing more and more scarce and extravagantly dear , and sickness began to prevail . " I have done and shall do every thing in my power to distress them , " writes he to his ...
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... boat , quitted his post to go and awaken the guard , consisting of three men , in which he had no success . I walked up and came to another , a sergeant's guard . Here the sentinel challenged , but suffered me to come up to him ; the ...
... boat , quitted his post to go and awaken the guard , consisting of three men , in which he had no success . I walked up and came to another , a sergeant's guard . Here the sentinel challenged , but suffered me to come up to him ; the ...
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... boats and prepare for the enterprise , should it ultimately be or- dered by Congress . Schuyler was an authoritative man , and inherited from his Dutch ancestry a great love of order ; he was excessively annoyed , therefore , by the ...
... boats and prepare for the enterprise , should it ultimately be or- dered by Congress . Schuyler was an authoritative man , and inherited from his Dutch ancestry a great love of order ; he was excessively annoyed , therefore , by the ...
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... boats now ready could hold , taking with him two pieces of artillery ; with this force he set off down the lake . A letter to General Schuyler explained the cause of his sudden departure , and entreated him to follow on in a whale - boat ...
... boats now ready could hold , taking with him two pieces of artillery ; with this force he set off down the lake . A letter to General Schuyler explained the cause of his sudden departure , and entreated him to follow on in a whale - boat ...
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... boats , in co - operation with an attempt upon their lines at Roxbury . " The success of such an enterprise , " adds he , " depends , I well know , upon the Allwise Disposer of events , and it is not within the reach of human wisdom to ...
... boats , in co - operation with an attempt upon their lines at Roxbury . " The success of such an enterprise , " adds he , " depends , I well know , upon the Allwise Disposer of events , and it is not within the reach of human wisdom to ...
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