Life of George Washington, Količina 2G. P. Putnam'S, 1863 |
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Stran 382
... Peekskill , so situated , with the road winding along the side of it , that ten men on the top , by rolling down stones , might prevent ten thousand from passing . " I believe , " said he , " nothing more need be done than to keep great ...
... Peekskill , so situated , with the road winding along the side of it , that ten men on the top , by rolling down stones , might prevent ten thousand from passing . " I believe , " said he , " nothing more need be done than to keep great ...
Stran 422
... Peekskill until the 30th of November . In a letter of that date to Washington , who had complained of his delay , he simply alleged difficulties , which he would explain when both had leisure . His scheme to entrap Rogers , the renegade ...
... Peekskill until the 30th of November . In a letter of that date to Washington , who had complained of his delay , he simply alleged difficulties , which he would explain when both had leisure . His scheme to entrap Rogers , the renegade ...
Stran 430
... Peekskill . He instantly writes to him to forward them , without loss of time , to Morristown : " I am in hopes , " adds he , " to reconquer ( if I may so express myself ) the Jerseys . It was really in the hands of the enemy before my ...
... Peekskill . He instantly writes to him to forward them , without loss of time , to Morristown : " I am in hopes , " adds he , " to reconquer ( if I may so express myself ) the Jerseys . It was really in the hands of the enemy before my ...
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