Life of George Washington, Količina 2G. P. Putnam's sons, 1857 |
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Washington Irving. CHAPTER XVII . MONOTONOUS STATE OF AFFAIRS BEFORE BOSTON . - WASHINGTON ANXIOUS FOR ACTION . - EXPLOIT OF PUTNAM . - ITS DRAMATIC CONSEQUENCES . - THE FARCE OF THE BLOCKADE OF BOSTON . - AN ALARMING INTERRUPTION ...
Washington Irving. CHAPTER XVII . MONOTONOUS STATE OF AFFAIRS BEFORE BOSTON . - WASHINGTON ANXIOUS FOR ACTION . - EXPLOIT OF PUTNAM . - ITS DRAMATIC CONSEQUENCES . - THE FARCE OF THE BLOCKADE OF BOSTON . - AN ALARMING INTERRUPTION ...
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... Boston , stating the fears they had enter- tained of the destruction of the place , but that those fears had been quieted by General Howe's declaration that it should remain uninjured , provided his troops were unmolested while ...
... Boston , stating the fears they had enter- tained of the destruction of the place , but that those fears had been quieted by General Howe's declaration that it should remain uninjured , provided his troops were unmolested while ...
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... Boston , no electric shock- no sudden clap of thunder , -in a word the last trump could not have struck them with greater consternation . They were at their wits ' end , and conscious of their black ingratitude , choose to commit ...
... Boston , no electric shock- no sudden clap of thunder , -in a word the last trump could not have struck them with greater consternation . They were at their wits ' end , and conscious of their black ingratitude , choose to commit ...
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