Braddock: A Story of the French and Indian WarsFunk & Wagnall's Company, 1893 - 470 pages |
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... England had not fully appreciated her colonies in America , nor had the colonies a just appreciation of themselves . The long wars of the French and Indians with Ameri- cans and English were a school in which the hardy colonists were ...
... England had not fully appreciated her colonies in America , nor had the colonies a just appreciation of themselves . The long wars of the French and Indians with Ameri- cans and English were a school in which the hardy colonists were ...
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... England privateer along at the rate of ten knots an hour . The officers and sailors usually made a sort of holiday of this sacred day . After breakfast it was common to muster the entire crew on the spar- deck , dressed as the fancy of ...
... England privateer along at the rate of ten knots an hour . The officers and sailors usually made a sort of holiday of this sacred day . After breakfast it was common to muster the entire crew on the spar- deck , dressed as the fancy of ...
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... England privateer Elizabeth . The times were never peaceful , for even while nations were smiling on each other and holding out the olive branch , as did England and France , their vessels were at sea waging a warfare little better than ...
... England privateer Elizabeth . The times were never peaceful , for even while nations were smiling on each other and holding out the olive branch , as did England and France , their vessels were at sea waging a warfare little better than ...
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... England were anything but pleasant . The Earl of Bellamont , reached Boston as governor of Massachusetts in 1699. The encroach- ments of the French , who had outgeneraled the English in securing the control of the mouth of the ...
... England were anything but pleasant . The Earl of Bellamont , reached Boston as governor of Massachusetts in 1699. The encroach- ments of the French , who had outgeneraled the English in securing the control of the mouth of the ...
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... England privateer , and the whole scene grew indescribably confused and horrible . It was like some terrible thunder - storm , whose deafening roar was attended with incessant streaks of light- ning , carrying death in every flash , and ...
... England privateer , and the whole scene grew indescribably confused and horrible . It was like some terrible thunder - storm , whose deafening roar was attended with incessant streaks of light- ning , carrying death in every flash , and ...
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