History of the American Revolution: With a Preliminary View of the Character and Principles of the Colonists, and Their Controversies with Great BritainN. Hickman, 1834 - 372 strani |
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... thousand indirect and direct sources , as the earth is formed for the benevolent pur- poses of vegetation , upon a barren rock . By slow attrition and progressive deposites of the elements , layer after layer accu- mulates . If human ...
... thousand indirect and direct sources , as the earth is formed for the benevolent pur- poses of vegetation , upon a barren rock . By slow attrition and progressive deposites of the elements , layer after layer accu- mulates . If human ...
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... thousand of the most con- scientious Presbyterian preachers were arbitrarily deprived of their livings , for refusing to subscribe to certain articles- of belief , sent great numbers of the most learned and pious ministers of that faith ...
... thousand of the most con- scientious Presbyterian preachers were arbitrarily deprived of their livings , for refusing to subscribe to certain articles- of belief , sent great numbers of the most learned and pious ministers of that faith ...
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... thousand miles from the pomp of courts , the seductive in- fluences of luxury , the ostentatious pretensions of fashion and wealth , the aristocracy and the peerage ; for the most part simple cultivators of the soil or hardy navigators ...
... thousand miles from the pomp of courts , the seductive in- fluences of luxury , the ostentatious pretensions of fashion and wealth , the aristocracy and the peerage ; for the most part simple cultivators of the soil or hardy navigators ...
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... with unexpected spirit , and far beyond their proportion of service , as part of the British nation . One year with another , they kept twenty- five thousand men in the field , during the whole 30 HISTORY OF THE CHAPTER III.
... with unexpected spirit , and far beyond their proportion of service , as part of the British nation . One year with another , they kept twenty- five thousand men in the field , during the whole 30 HISTORY OF THE CHAPTER III.
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... thousand men in the field , during the whole seven years , When the elder Pitt , in 1758 , called upon the colonial governors for the largest levies the population would allow , three colonies , Massachusetts , Connecticut , and New ...
... thousand men in the field , during the whole seven years , When the elder Pitt , in 1758 , called upon the colonial governors for the largest levies the population would allow , three colonies , Massachusetts , Connecticut , and New ...
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abandoned Admiral advance Ameri American army appointed arms Arnold arrived artillery attack battle Britain British army brought Burgoyne camp campaign captured Charleston Colonel colonies command Commander-in-chief commenced Commissioners common Congress Cornwallis Count D'Estaing court declaration defeat defence detachment determined direction duty effect encamped enemy England expedition Fayette force Fort Edward Fort Mifflin France Franklin French fleet garrison Governor Greene House hundred Independence Island Jersey king land legislature liberty Lord Lord John Cavendish Lord North Lord Rawdon measures ment miles military militia minister ministry nation negotiation North officers parliament party peace Philadelphia position prisoners province received reinforcements resolution retreat Rhode Island river sent ships Sir Henry Clinton South Carolina Spain spirit stamp act succor surrender taxes thousand tion took tories town treaty troops United vessels victory Virginia voted Washington whole wounded York