Pictorial Life of George Washington: Embracing a Complete History of the Seven Years' War, the Revolutionary War, the Formation of the Federal Constitution, and the Administration of WashingtonLeary & Getz, 1857 - 588 pages |
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Page 300
... success of this expedition , Congress expressed their approbation both of its plan and execution , and voted their ... success , the British being sometimes repulsed , and sometimes partially success- ful in their attacks on the American ...
... success of this expedition , Congress expressed their approbation both of its plan and execution , and voted their ... success , the British being sometimes repulsed , and sometimes partially success- ful in their attacks on the American ...
Page 399
... success of Lieu- tenant - colonel Washington , in an attack on Clermont , eighteen miles from Camden , and station of Lieutenant - colonel Rugely of the British militia . The plan of attack was somewhat novel . Having no artillery , the ...
... success of Lieu- tenant - colonel Washington , in an attack on Clermont , eighteen miles from Camden , and station of Lieutenant - colonel Rugely of the British militia . The plan of attack was somewhat novel . Having no artillery , the ...
Page 518
... success was not to his adversa- ries either a stake lost , or a sweeping sentence of condemnation . It was not on the ground of the superiority of his own mind that he triumphed , but on the ground of the nature of things and of the ...
... success was not to his adversa- ries either a stake lost , or a sweeping sentence of condemnation . It was not on the ground of the superiority of his own mind that he triumphed , but on the ground of the nature of things and of the ...
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