Light-horse Harry LeeC. Scribner's Sons, 1931 - 350 strani |
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Stran 6
... fire to the college outhouse . With drums they paraded the local strumpets through the Princeton streets . They stole hens and turkeys from the villagers ' roosts and roasted them over the fires in their rooms to piece out their scanty ...
... fire to the college outhouse . With drums they paraded the local strumpets through the Princeton streets . They stole hens and turkeys from the villagers ' roosts and roasted them over the fires in their rooms to piece out their scanty ...
Stran 112
... fire by the banks of the Savannah on the left and by the entrenchment running at right angles from the river past the brick house , Lee be- gan digging a series of ditches between the fort and his quarters , planning to extend them ...
... fire by the banks of the Savannah on the left and by the entrenchment running at right angles from the river past the brick house , Lee be- gan digging a series of ditches between the fort and his quarters , planning to extend them ...
Stran 231
... fire with bayonets , when some of them , perish- ing , had crawled , endeavoring to remain unseen , toward it ; next day impounded in a waste house , and detained there five days , then removed to a newly built and damp room , without fire ...
... fire with bayonets , when some of them , perish- ing , had crawled , endeavoring to remain unseen , toward it ; next day impounded in a waste house , and detained there five days , then removed to a newly built and damp room , without fire ...
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CONTENTS | 8 |
CHAPTER PAGE I PRINCETON COMMENCEMENT 1773 I | 9 |
THE LEES OF VIRGINIA II | 11 |
Avtorske pravice | |
20 preostalih delov ni prikazanih
Pogosti izrazi in povedi
Alexandria American Ann Hill army arrived assault attack began British camp Captain cavalry Charleston Colonel Colonel Hamilton command Congress Democrats detachment dragoons enemy eral Federal Federalist fire Fort Motte Fort Watson France friends garrison ginia Governor Lee Greene's guard Hall Hanson Henry Lee honor hope horse hundred informed jail James Madison John land Lee's Legion infantry letter Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel Light-Horse Harry Lord Cornwallis Lord Rawdon loyalists Lucy Grymes Ludwell Major Lee Marion Matilda Meanwhile ment miles militia morning Motte muskets Nathanael Greene night North Northern Neck officers ordered party passed Patrick Henry Paulus Hook Philadelphia Pickens political Potomac President Washington prisoners regiment remained resolution returned Richard Bland Lee Richmond river road rode sent Shirley soldiers soon South Carolina stood Stratford Stricker Tarleton Thomas Jefferson tion treaty troops Virginia vote waiting Westmoreland County William wrote York young