 Why should they risk so much in defending a city, while the greater part of its inhabitants were plotting their destruction ? His advice was, that, when they could defend the city no longer, they should evacuate, and burn it, and retire from Manhattan...  Life of George Washington - Stran 328avtor: Washington Irving - 1885Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | United States. Department of Agriculture - 1913 - 1400 strani
...fruit growers attributed its occurrence to the cold, foggy weather which characterizes this valley during the latter part of July and the early part of August, just at the time the fruit is growing most rapidly. With this observation as a basis, experiments were... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services - 1963 - 1100 strani
...torpedo boats and coastal patrol vessels of the Kronshtadt class had been delivered to the Cuban Navy. During the latter part of July and the early part of August, an unusual number of Soviet ships unloaded cargo and passengers at Cuban ports. There were also reports... | |
 | 1910 - 1216 strani
...and there is no fairer way to test it than by a vote on an amendment of the constitution. Cholera, during the latter part of July and the early part of August, was epidemic in Russia, and continued to spread, many lives being sacrificed. The number of new cases,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 2005 - 417 strani
...now to keep them at New York but a mere point of honor; in the mean time, they endangered the ]oss of the army and its military stores. Why should they...At the beginning of August, the squadron with Sir Heury Clinton, recently repulsed at Charleston, anchored in the bay. "His coming." writes Colonel Reed,... | |
 | Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (U.S.) - 1953 - 592 strani
...height of the melt season caused the firn temperatures to rise to 0°C to a depth of nearly 150 cm during the latter part of July and the early part of August. It was during this period that the 1952-53 snow became very wet. (3) After 1 August, air temperatures... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services - 1963 - 1422 strani
...torpedo boats and coastal patrol vessels of the Kronshtadt class had been delivered to the Cuban Navy. During the latter part of July and the early part of August, an unusual number of Soviet ships unloaded cargo and passengers at Cuban ports. There were also reports... | |
 | Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas - 1923 - 582 strani
...excess of sales during July a year ago. The opening of the fall buying season at distributing centers during the latter part of July and the early part of August has greatly stimulated trade. Buyers from all sections of the district have made their appearance at... | |
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