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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... thing like deception . He often talked with him on this subject , and that his lectures were not wasted , but sown on good ground , is evident from the following anecdote , which rests on the same authority as the one recorded above ...
... thing like deception . He often talked with him on this subject , and that his lectures were not wasted , but sown on good ground , is evident from the following anecdote , which rests on the same authority as the one recorded above ...
Page 236
... thing , but they also implied any thing , and that he should absolutely decline any letter directed to him as a private person , when it related to his public station . Colonel Patterson then said that General Howe would not urge his ...
... thing , but they also implied any thing , and that he should absolutely decline any letter directed to him as a private person , when it related to his public station . Colonel Patterson then said that General Howe would not urge his ...
Page 261
... thing . Instance New Jersey ! Witness Pennsylvania ! Could any thing but the river Delaware have saved Philadelphia ? Can any thing ( the exigency of the case indeed may justify it ) be more destructive to the recruiting service , than ...
... thing . Instance New Jersey ! Witness Pennsylvania ! Could any thing but the river Delaware have saved Philadelphia ? Can any thing ( the exigency of the case indeed may justify it ) be more destructive to the recruiting service , than ...
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