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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... . The leaders of popular opinion looked to him for advice ; the Congress for direction . While the war was raging he guided every movement , repressed all discontent , infused the breath of life into inert 4 PREFACE .
... . The leaders of popular opinion looked to him for advice ; the Congress for direction . While the war was raging he guided every movement , repressed all discontent , infused the breath of life into inert 4 PREFACE .
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... opinion , at the age of twenty - one , of the advantages and capabilities of a position , the import- ance of which soon became manifest to the French , who there , as we have already remarked , soon after erected Fort Du Quesne . The ...
... opinion , at the age of twenty - one , of the advantages and capabilities of a position , the import- ance of which soon became manifest to the French , who there , as we have already remarked , soon after erected Fort Du Quesne . The ...
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... opinion with respect to the practice of duelling , a practice suitable only to the dark ages in which it originated . This occurrence took place during an election for members of the House of Bur- gesses , the opposing candidates being ...
... opinion with respect to the practice of duelling , a practice suitable only to the dark ages in which it originated . This occurrence took place during an election for members of the House of Bur- gesses , the opposing candidates being ...
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... opinion was confirmed by a council of war ; and it was resolved to proceed immediately to the mouth of the Red Stone Creek , which enters the Monongahela about thirty - seven miles above the fort taken by the French , and there to ...
... opinion was confirmed by a council of war ; and it was resolved to proceed immediately to the mouth of the Red Stone Creek , which enters the Monongahela about thirty - seven miles above the fort taken by the French , and there to ...
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... opinion concerning the expedition . " I urged him , " says Washington in a letter to his younger brother , " in the warmest terms I was able , to push forward , if he even did it with a small but chosen band , with such artillery and ...
... opinion concerning the expedition . " I urged him , " says Washington in a letter to his younger brother , " in the warmest terms I was able , to push forward , if he even did it with a small but chosen band , with such artillery and ...
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