10 Americans SpeakHuntington Library and Art Gallery, 1954 - 141 pages |
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... enemy directs his force against the particular object , which fuch forts are raised to defend . Such was our fituation and condition at fort Lee on the morning of the 20th of November , when an officer arrived with information , that ...
... enemy directs his force against the particular object , which fuch forts are raised to defend . Such was our fituation and condition at fort Lee on the morning of the 20th of November , when an officer arrived with information , that ...
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... enemy back . Voltaire has remarked , that king William never appeared to full advantage but in difficulties and in action ; the fame remark may be made on General Washington , for the character fits him . There is a natural firmnefs in ...
... enemy back . Voltaire has remarked , that king William never appeared to full advantage but in difficulties and in action ; the fame remark may be made on General Washington , for the character fits him . There is a natural firmnefs in ...
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John Edwin Pomfret. sary retaliation on decrees of her enemy , pro- claiming a general blockade of the British isles , at a time when the naval force of that enemy dared not to issue from his own ports She was reminded , without effect ...
John Edwin Pomfret. sary retaliation on decrees of her enemy , pro- claiming a general blockade of the British isles , at a time when the naval force of that enemy dared not to issue from his own ports She was reminded , without effect ...
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