Life of George WashingtonSleepy Hollow Restorations, 1975 - 721 strani |
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... army throughout its series of perils and disasters , for there was no conceal- ing the impending danger . What must have been the feelings of the commander - in - chief as he considered his desperate position ? A small stream , fordable ...
... army throughout its series of perils and disasters , for there was no conceal- ing the impending danger . What must have been the feelings of the commander - in - chief as he considered his desperate position ? A small stream , fordable ...
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... army with unremit- ting zeal . His first care was to send relief to Gansevoort and his be- leaguered garrison . Eight hundred men were all he could spare from his army in its threatened state . A spirited and effective officer was ...
... army with unremit- ting zeal . His first care was to send relief to Gansevoort and his be- leaguered garrison . Eight hundred men were all he could spare from his army in its threatened state . A spirited and effective officer was ...
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... army , that this army will be sub- sisted by State supplies , and that taxation alone is adequate to our wants is in my opinion absurd . . . . An annual army . . . is . . . more expensive than a permanent body of men under good ...
... army , that this army will be sub- sisted by State supplies , and that taxation alone is adequate to our wants is in my opinion absurd . . . . An annual army . . . is . . . more expensive than a permanent body of men under good ...
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