Life of George WashingtonG.P. Putnam, 1861 |
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... kind , knowing how natural it was that these poor people should regard , with anxiety and distrust , every movement of two formidable powers thus pressing upon them from opposite sides , he managed , however , to answer them in such a ...
... kind , knowing how natural it was that these poor people should regard , with anxiety and distrust , every movement of two formidable powers thus pressing upon them from opposite sides , he managed , however , to answer them in such a ...
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... kind of island on the west fork of French Creek , about fifteen miles south of Lake Erie , and consisted of four houses , forming a hollow square , defended by bastions made of palisades twelve feet high , picketed , and pierced for ...
... kind of island on the west fork of French Creek , about fifteen miles south of Lake Erie , and consisted of four houses , forming a hollow square , defended by bastions made of palisades twelve feet high , picketed , and pierced for ...
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... kind ; as it is quite at variance with the general tenor of his character ; and as Horace Walpole is well known to have been a " great gossip dealer , " apt to catch up any idle rumor that would give piquancy to a paragraph , the story ...
... kind ; as it is quite at variance with the general tenor of his character ; and as Horace Walpole is well known to have been a " great gossip dealer , " apt to catch up any idle rumor that would give piquancy to a paragraph , the story ...
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... kind , raised in the colonies , under di- rection of the governors , were paid by the crown , and the officers had king's commissions ; such , doubtless , had Captain Mackay . " I should have been particularly obliged , " writes ...
... kind , raised in the colonies , under di- rection of the governors , were paid by the crown , and the officers had king's commissions ; such , doubtless , had Captain Mackay . " I should have been particularly obliged , " writes ...
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... kind , by giving Washington the name of Connotaucarius ; the mean- ing of which is not explained . William Fairfax , Washington's paternal adviser , had re- cently counselled him by letter , to have public prayers in his camp ...
... kind , by giving Washington the name of Connotaucarius ; the mean- ing of which is not explained . William Fairfax , Washington's paternal adviser , had re- cently counselled him by letter , to have public prayers in his camp ...
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