The Americanism of Theodore Roosevelt: Selections from His Writings and Speeches, Volume 3Houghton Mifflin Company, 1923 - 317 pages |
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... lines of division between the colonies corresponded fairly well with the differences between the populations ; but after striking the foothills , though the political boundaries continued to go east and west , those both of ethnic and ...
... lines of division between the colonies corresponded fairly well with the differences between the populations ; but after striking the foothills , though the political boundaries continued to go east and west , those both of ethnic and ...
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... lines between them , if they were close together , being the tops of the ridges and the water- courses , especially the former . The buildings of each farm were usually at its lowest point , as if in the center of an amphitheater . Each ...
... lines between them , if they were close together , being the tops of the ridges and the water- courses , especially the former . The buildings of each farm were usually at its lowest point , as if in the center of an amphitheater . Each ...
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... lines and join the defenders within the walls . The bravest , the hardiest , the most reckless men of the border were there ; among them were Colonel Travis , the commander of the fort , and Bowie , the inventor of the famous bowie ...
... lines and join the defenders within the walls . The bravest , the hardiest , the most reckless men of the border were there ; among them were Colonel Travis , the commander of the fort , and Bowie , the inventor of the famous bowie ...
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... lines , and began a furious cannonade . His gunners were unskilled , however , and he had to serve the guns from a distance ; for when they were pushed nearer , the American rifle- men crept forward under cover , and picked off the ...
... lines , and began a furious cannonade . His gunners were unskilled , however , and he had to serve the guns from a distance ; for when they were pushed nearer , the American rifle- men crept forward under cover , and picked off the ...
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... line . Many of them had stacked their muskets and were lounging about , some playing cards , others cooking sup- per ... lines , and at a blow the Eleventh Corps became a horde of panic - struck fugitives . Some of the regiments resisted ...
... line . Many of them had stacked their muskets and were lounging about , some playing cards , others cooking sup- per ... lines , and at a blow the Eleventh Corps became a horde of panic - struck fugitives . Some of the regiments resisted ...
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