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 Washington |
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For , though others thought me great , I knew myself to be still the same , and in all things , besides the due execution of my place , my deportment was just the same as if I had been no such a man ; for first , I knew that I was but ...
For , though others thought me great , I knew myself to be still the same , and in all things , besides the due execution of my place , my deportment was just the same as if I had been no such a man ; for first , I knew that I was but ...
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In February , 1776 , having collected nearly seventeen thousand men , Washington thought it possible to destroy the British army in Boston , and in that way bring the war to a conclusion at one blow . « No man on earth , ” said he to ...
In February , 1776 , having collected nearly seventeen thousand men , Washington thought it possible to destroy the British army in Boston , and in that way bring the war to a conclusion at one blow . « No man on earth , ” said he to ...
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Instant retreat he considered impracticable , and thought the boldest course the most safe . With eight hundred men he made a brisk attack : and for some minutes the conflict was sharp and bloody . But Lafayette , discovering the ...
Instant retreat he considered impracticable , and thought the boldest course the most safe . With eight hundred men he made a brisk attack : and for some minutes the conflict was sharp and bloody . But Lafayette , discovering the ...
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