Lives of the Presidents of the United States: With Biographical Notices of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence, Sketches of the Most Remarkable Events in the History of the Country, from Its Discovery to the Present Time, and a General View of Its Present ConditionN. Watson & Company, 1833 - 508 sivua |
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... occasion to avail ourselves , we take this opportunity of noticing our repeated obligations . It is idle , in a work of this description , to pretend to originality , and unfair not to acknowledge the sources to which we have been ...
... occasion to avail ourselves , we take this opportunity of noticing our repeated obligations . It is idle , in a work of this description , to pretend to originality , and unfair not to acknowledge the sources to which we have been ...
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... occasion the British officers behaved with admirable bravery , but the common soldiers broke into confusion in spite of every effort to rally them , and fled like sheep before hounds . The three Virginia com- panies , on the contrary ...
... occasion the British officers behaved with admirable bravery , but the common soldiers broke into confusion in spite of every effort to rally them , and fled like sheep before hounds . The three Virginia com- panies , on the contrary ...
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... occasion met with the approbation of this body , and they resolved , " that he had acted with the dignity becoming his character . " The British general was very anxious to obtain an interview with the commander - in- chief , but was ...
... occasion met with the approbation of this body , and they resolved , " that he had acted with the dignity becoming his character . " The British general was very anxious to obtain an interview with the commander - in- chief , but was ...
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... occasion they found them- selves encompassed with difficulties and dangers , from which their valor could not extricate them . They exaggerated the adroitness and military dis- cipline of the enemy , and in every movement were ...
... occasion they found them- selves encompassed with difficulties and dangers , from which their valor could not extricate them . They exaggerated the adroitness and military dis- cipline of the enemy , and in every movement were ...
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... occasion , and contrasted it with the cowardly conduct of the troops the day before . He called upon the whole army to remember and imitate this brave example . He gave out on the next day " Leitch , " for the parole . In filling the ...
... occasion , and contrasted it with the cowardly conduct of the troops the day before . He called upon the whole army to remember and imitate this brave example . He gave out on the next day " Leitch , " for the parole . In filling the ...
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Adams Admiral afterwards American appointed arms army arrived Assembly attack body Boston Britain British called Captain Carolina character chief citizens Colonel colonies Columbus command commenced committee Congress Constitution Continental Congress continued council Court Declaration of Independence declared defence delegates discharge duties elected enemy England English executive favor fire force Fort Strother France French friends Governor Hispaniola honor House hundred immediately independence Indians island Jackson James Monroe Jefferson John Adams land Legislature liberty March Maryland Massachusetts measures ment miles military militia Minister Missouri Monroe nation native New-York occasion party passed patriotism peace Pennsylvania Philadelphia political present President received resolution respect retired river sailed Samuel Adams seat Secretary Secretary of War Senate sent ships soldiers soon South Carolina Spain spirit Tennessee thousand tion took town treaty troops Union United vessels Virginia votes Washington whole