Adventures and Achievements of Americans: A Series of Narratives Illustrating Their Heroism, Self-reliance, Genius and Enterprise |
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... clothing , which were a valuable ac- quisition to the army . It was at a most gloomy period of the war of independence when Hale departed from the American camp , on a secret mission that sent a thrill of terror through those who were ...
... clothing , which were a valuable ac- quisition to the army . It was at a most gloomy period of the war of independence when Hale departed from the American camp , on a secret mission that sent a thrill of terror through those who were ...
Page 39
... clothes , and went to painting . Fully conscious of the great importance of drawing with ana- tomical exactness , he took vast pains to attain it , and hired a strong - muscled blacksmith to sit for him as a model . His mother died when ...
... clothes , and went to painting . Fully conscious of the great importance of drawing with ana- tomical exactness , he took vast pains to attain it , and hired a strong - muscled blacksmith to sit for him as a model . His mother died when ...
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... clothes for this campaign , she said to me , ' My son , when I recollect the sufferings of your infancy , with your present feebleness of constitution , and anticipate the hardships and dangers to which you are about to be exposed , I ...
... clothes for this campaign , she said to me , ' My son , when I recollect the sufferings of your infancy , with your present feebleness of constitution , and anticipate the hardships and dangers to which you are about to be exposed , I ...
Page 63
... clothing , to keep me warm , without money , and in a deep and devious wilderness , the idea occurred , and the means were in my hands , of ending existence . The God of all goodness inspired other thoughts . One principal cause of ...
... clothing , to keep me warm , without money , and in a deep and devious wilderness , the idea occurred , and the means were in my hands , of ending existence . The God of all goodness inspired other thoughts . One principal cause of ...
Page 68
... clothing would admit . Provisions were in plenty , and particularly beef , which , though small in bulk , was of an excel- lent flavor . Being in a few days , as it were , domesticated in a respectable farmer's house , we now had ...
... clothing would admit . Provisions were in plenty , and particularly beef , which , though small in bulk , was of an excel- lent flavor . Being in a few days , as it were , domesticated in a respectable farmer's house , we now had ...
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