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... turning . He was one of Virginia's delegates to the first Continental Congress , and , although he said but little , he was regarded by all the representatives from the other colonies as the strongest man among them . There was ...
... turning . He was one of Virginia's delegates to the first Continental Congress , and , although he said but little , he was regarded by all the representatives from the other colonies as the strongest man among them . There was ...
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... turn . in wait at a game - lick , save with ears strained to hear the approach of some crawling red foe . He never crept up to a turkey he heard calling , with- exercising the utmost care to see that it was Indian ; for one of the ...
... turn . in wait at a game - lick , save with ears strained to hear the approach of some crawling red foe . He never crept up to a turkey he heard calling , with- exercising the utmost care to see that it was Indian ; for one of the ...
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... turn had awaited the blow he would have surely met defeat ; but he was a greater man than his antagonist , and he did what the other deemed impossible . Finding that Hamilton had sent home some of his troops and dispersed all his ...
... turn had awaited the blow he would have surely met defeat ; but he was a greater man than his antagonist , and he did what the other deemed impossible . Finding that Hamilton had sent home some of his troops and dispersed all his ...
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... turn against him . He accordingly arranged , just before he himself marched in , to send in the captured duck - hunter , conveying a warning to the Indians and the Cre- oles that he was about to attack the town , but that his only ...
... turn against him . He accordingly arranged , just before he himself marched in , to send in the captured duck - hunter , conveying a warning to the Indians and the Cre- oles that he was about to attack the town , but that his only ...
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... turn out , despite Washington's earnest appeals . All that remained upon was the little Conti- of the American Revolution nental army and the man who led it . Yet even in this dark hour Washington did not Nothing that he could do ...
... turn out , despite Washington's earnest appeals . All that remained upon was the little Conti- of the American Revolution nental army and the man who led it . Yet even in this dark hour Washington did not Nothing that he could do ...
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