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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Page 42
... attacked the fortress of Porto Bello . The Spa- nish governor was compelled to capitulate ; and Vernon , blowing up the fortifications , returned to Jamaica . During the next year , with thirty sail of the line and 15,000 sailors , he ...
... attacked the fortress of Porto Bello . The Spa- nish governor was compelled to capitulate ; and Vernon , blowing up the fortifications , returned to Jamaica . During the next year , with thirty sail of the line and 15,000 sailors , he ...
Page 47
... attack which threat- ened his life . The brothers were strongly attached to each other , and the office of cheering and nursing the invalid could not have been confided to better hands . The voyage , however , was made too late . The ...
... attack which threat- ened his life . The brothers were strongly attached to each other , and the office of cheering and nursing the invalid could not have been confided to better hands . The voyage , however , was made too late . The ...
Page 71
... attack , placing his men on the right and the Indians on the left . Advancing in this manner , they were soon discovered by the French , who ran to their arms and prepared for their defence . Washington then ordered his men to fire ...
... attack , placing his men on the right and the Indians on the left . Advancing in this manner , they were soon discovered by the French , who ran to their arms and prepared for their defence . Washington then ordered his men to fire ...
Page 74
... attack , complained that upon them alone was thrown the whole burden of repelling it ' ; and the English government was at length induced to recommend the meeting of a convention of delegates at Albany , to form a league with the Six ...
... attack , complained that upon them alone was thrown the whole burden of repelling it ' ; and the English government was at length induced to recommend the meeting of a convention of delegates at Albany , to form a league with the Six ...
Page 78
... attacked by a violent fever and pain in the head , which continued without intermission for nine days . On the 23d , the fever and pain began to abate . His illness was too violent to suffer him to ride on horseback , and he soon found ...
... attacked by a violent fever and pain in the head , which continued without intermission for nine days . On the 23d , the fever and pain began to abate . His illness was too violent to suffer him to ride on horseback , and he soon found ...
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