10 Americans SpeakHuntington Library and Art Gallery, 1954 - 141 pages |
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... 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 the enemy with 200 boats had landed about feven ...
... 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 the enemy with 200 boats had landed about feven ...
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... object in view but the GOOD of ALL , have staked their OWN ALL upon a feemingly doubtful event . Yet it is folly to argue against determined hardness ; eloquence may ftrike the ear , and the language of forrow draw forth the tear of ...
... object in view but the GOOD of ALL , have staked their OWN ALL upon a feemingly doubtful event . Yet it is folly to argue against determined hardness ; eloquence may ftrike the ear , and the language of forrow draw forth the tear of ...
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... object , is only a trick of war : The cunning of the fox is as murderous as the violence of the wolfe ; and we ought to guard equally against both . Howe's first object is partly by threats and partly by promises , to terrify or feduce ...
... object , is only a trick of war : The cunning of the fox is as murderous as the violence of the wolfe ; and we ought to guard equally against both . Howe's first object is partly by threats and partly by promises , to terrify or feduce ...
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