The Life of George WashingtonMast, Crowell, Kirkpartick, 1896 - 335 strani |
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Stran 8
... soon called to exercise his arms on a sterner field . In 1346 , Edward and his son , the Black Prince , being absent with the armies in France , King David of Scotland invaded Northumberland with a powerful army . Queen Philippa , who ...
... soon called to exercise his arms on a sterner field . In 1346 , Edward and his son , the Black Prince , being absent with the armies in France , King David of Scotland invaded Northumberland with a powerful army . Queen Philippa , who ...
Stran 10
... soon called it into action . Spanish depredations on British commerce had recently provoked reprisals . Admiral Vernon , commander - in - chief in the West Indies , had accordingly captured Porto Bello , on the isthmus of Darien . The ...
... soon called it into action . Spanish depredations on British commerce had recently provoked reprisals . Admiral Vernon , commander - in - chief in the West Indies , had accordingly captured Porto Bello , on the isthmus of Darien . The ...
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... soon appreciated by his schoolmates ; he was referred to as an umpire in their disputes , and his decisions were never reversed . The attachment of Lawrence Washington to his brother George seems to have acquired additional strength and ...
... soon appreciated by his schoolmates ; he was referred to as an umpire in their disputes , and his decisions were never reversed . The attachment of Lawrence Washington to his brother George seems to have acquired additional strength and ...
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... soon made , and it was in the month of March ( 1748 ) , and just after he had completed his sixteenth year , that Washington set out on horseback on this surveying expedition , in company with George William Fairfax . Their route lay by ...
... soon made , and it was in the month of March ( 1748 ) , and just after he had completed his sixteenth year , that Washington set out on horseback on this surveying expedition , in company with George William Fairfax . Their route lay by ...
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... soon undressed ; but instead of being nestled between sheets in a comfortable bed , as at the maternal home or at Mount Vernon , he found himself on a couch of matted straw , under a threadbare blanket , swarming with unwelcome bed ...
... soon undressed ; but instead of being nestled between sheets in a comfortable bed , as at the maternal home or at Mount Vernon , he found himself on a couch of matted straw , under a threadbare blanket , swarming with unwelcome bed ...
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affairs aide-de-camp American appointed arms army Arnold arrived artillery attack baggage batteries Boston Braddock bridge brigade British brought Burgoyne camp campaign Captain capture Colonel colonies command commander-in-chief Congress Cornwallis council creek crossed Delaware detached dispatched encamped enemy expedition Fairfax fire fleet force Fort Cumberland Fort Duquesne Fort Edward French frontier garrison gave George George Croghan Governor Dinwiddie Greene guard half-king Hessians Hill horse House of Burgesses Hudson hundred Indians infantry ington island Jerseys Lafayette land letter Logstown Lord Lord Cornwallis Lord Loudoun meantime miles military militia morning Mount Vernon night o'clock officers Ohio orders party passed Peekskill Pennsylvania Philadelphia Point president province Putnam quarters rear received reconnoiter redoubt regiment reinforcements reply retired retreat returned river road Schuyler sent ships Sir Henry Clinton soldiers soon spirit thousand tion took town troops Virginia Washington wounded writes York