Life of George WashingtonSleepy Hollow Restorations, 1975 - 721 strani |
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... determined to pass a winter in the West Indies , taking with him George as a companion . They accordingly sailed for Barbadoes on the 28th of September , 1751. The physician there gave a favorable report of Lawrence's case and held out ...
... determined to pass a winter in the West Indies , taking with him George as a companion . They accordingly sailed for Barbadoes on the 28th of September , 1751. The physician there gave a favorable report of Lawrence's case and held out ...
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... determined to be impracticable to advance further with the army that season . Three prisoners , however , who were brought in , gave such an account of the weak state of the garrison at Fort Duquesne that it was determined to push ...
... determined to be impracticable to advance further with the army that season . Three prisoners , however , who were brought in , gave such an account of the weak state of the garrison at Fort Duquesne that it was determined to push ...
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... determined , there- fore , to evacuate the place as soon as possible . But now came on a humiliating perplexity . The troops , in embarking , would be ex- posed to a destructive fire . How was this to be prevented ? General Howe's pride ...
... determined , there- fore , to evacuate the place as soon as possible . But now came on a humiliating perplexity . The troops , in embarking , would be ex- posed to a destructive fire . How was this to be prevented ? General Howe's pride ...
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