Life of George Washington, Količina 1Putnam, 1876 - 790 strani |
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Stran 23
... spirit up the Ohio Indians against the English . This they hoped to effect through the agency of one Captain Joncaire , a veteran diplomatist of the wilder- ness , whose character and story deserve a passing notice . He had been taken ...
... spirit up the Ohio Indians against the English . This they hoped to effect through the agency of one Captain Joncaire , a veteran diplomatist of the wilder- ness , whose character and story deserve a passing notice . He had been taken ...
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... spirit of union was wanting . Some pleaded a want of military funds ; some questioned the justice of the cause ; some declined taking any hostile step that might involve them in a war , unless they should have direct orders from the ...
... spirit of union was wanting . Some pleaded a want of military funds ; some questioned the justice of the cause ; some declined taking any hostile step that might involve them in a war , unless they should have direct orders from the ...
Stran 37
... spirit of independence . High as were the powers vested in the colonial government of Virginia , of which , though but lieutenant - governor , he had the actual control ; they were counterbalanced by the power in- herent in the people ...
... spirit of independence . High as were the powers vested in the colonial government of Virginia , of which , though but lieutenant - governor , he had the actual control ; they were counterbalanced by the power in- herent in the people ...
Stran 42
... spirit leads him into all parties , and has brought him acquainted with all parts of the country . Add to this a perfect knowledge of the Indian tongue , and great influence with the Indians . " After the departure of the prisoners , he ...
... spirit leads him into all parties , and has brought him acquainted with all parts of the country . Add to this a perfect knowledge of the Indian tongue , and great influence with the Indians . " After the departure of the prisoners , he ...
Stran 43
... spirit . " Alluding in a postscript to the late affair , he adds : " I fortunately escaped without any wound ; for the right wing , where I stood , was exposed to , and received , all the enemy's fire ; and it was the part where the man ...
... spirit . " Alluding in a postscript to the late affair , he adds : " I fortunately escaped without any wound ; for the right wing , where I stood , was exposed to , and received , all the enemy's fire ; and it was the part where the man ...
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