Life of George Washington, Količina 2G. P. Putnam'S, 1863 |
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Stran 109
... thing wanting was a supply of powder . One of the officers , writing of the un- usual mildness of the winter , observes : " Every thing thaws here except old Put . He is still as hard as ever , crying out for der - powder - powder . Ye ...
... thing wanting was a supply of powder . One of the officers , writing of the un- usual mildness of the winter , observes : " Every thing thaws here except old Put . He is still as hard as ever , crying out for der - powder - powder . Ye ...
Stran 167
... thing fit for the accommodation of a soldier , little is to be done ; and , what is mortifying , I know that I cannot stand justi- fied to the world without exposing my own weakness , and injur- ing the cause , by declaring my wants ...
... thing fit for the accommodation of a soldier , little is to be done ; and , what is mortifying , I know that I cannot stand justi- fied to the world without exposing my own weakness , and injur- ing the cause , by declaring my wants ...
Stran 183
... thing I could have conceived . The destruction of the stores at Dun- bar's camp , after Braddock's defeat , was but a faint image of what may be seen at Boston ; artillery carts cut to pieces in one place , gun carriages in another ...
... thing I could have conceived . The destruction of the stores at Dun- bar's camp , after Braddock's defeat , was but a faint image of what may be seen at Boston ; artillery carts cut to pieces in one place , gun carriages in another ...
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