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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... party , led by Lord Grandison , was beaten off , and its commander mortally wounded . Another , conducted by Lord Bellasis , met with a like fate . But Washington , with a less party , finding a place in the curtain weaker than the rest ...
... party , led by Lord Grandison , was beaten off , and its commander mortally wounded . Another , conducted by Lord Bellasis , met with a like fate . But Washington , with a less party , finding a place in the curtain weaker than the rest ...
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... party assembled the following day , soon after sunrise , and repaired to the field where the young Arabian was kept , at no great distance from the house . With some effort they contrived to pen him , and with still more effort to put a ...
... party assembled the following day , soon after sunrise , and repaired to the field where the young Arabian was kept , at no great distance from the house . With some effort they contrived to pen him , and with still more effort to put a ...
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... parties themselves and others . And therefore , inadvertence and precipi- tancy in things of great moment , and that require much delibe- ration , must needs be a very great folly , because the consequence of miscarriage in them is of ...
... parties themselves and others . And therefore , inadvertence and precipi- tancy in things of great moment , and that require much delibe- ration , must needs be a very great folly , because the consequence of miscarriage in them is of ...
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... party of French from Canada discovered the upper waters of the Mississippi River , at the spot at which it is joined by the Wisconsin ; and sailing down it as far as the Arkansas , they decided from its course that it emptied into the ...
... party of French from Canada discovered the upper waters of the Mississippi River , at the spot at which it is joined by the Wisconsin ; and sailing down it as far as the Arkansas , they decided from its course that it emptied into the ...
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... party being thus increased to eight , they proceeded on their way . They now en- tered on the great western wilderness , through which it was necessary to follow Indian trails or direct their course by the com- pass . Excessive rains ...
... party being thus increased to eight , they proceeded on their way . They now en- tered on the great western wilderness , through which it was necessary to follow Indian trails or direct their course by the com- pass . Excessive rains ...
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