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... circumstances , the sys- tem which you are pursuing seems to be ex- tremely proper . It would add no good purpose to take a position near the enemy while you are so far inferior in force . If they can be kept in check by the light ...
... circumstances , the sys- tem which you are pursuing seems to be ex- tremely proper . It would add no good purpose to take a position near the enemy while you are so far inferior in force . If they can be kept in check by the light ...
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... Circumstances of his Capture . W E have now to enter upon a sad epi- sode of our revolutionary history- the treason of Arnold . Of the mili- tary skill , daring enterprise , and indomitable courage of this man , ample evi- dence has ...
... Circumstances of his Capture . W E have now to enter upon a sad epi- sode of our revolutionary history- the treason of Arnold . Of the mili- tary skill , daring enterprise , and indomitable courage of this man , ample evi- dence has ...
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... circumstances of Arnold were daily becoming more desperate . Debts were accumulating , and creditors becoming more and more importunate , as his means to satisfy them decreased . The public reprimand he had received was rankling in his ...
... circumstances of Arnold were daily becoming more desperate . Debts were accumulating , and creditors becoming more and more importunate , as his means to satisfy them decreased . The public reprimand he had received was rankling in his ...
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... communication , which Arnold might use without exciting her suspicion . Various circumstances connected with this nefarious negotiation , argue lightness of mind VOL . VI . - 3 and something of debasing alloy on the part of André.
... communication , which Arnold might use without exciting her suspicion . Various circumstances connected with this nefarious negotiation , argue lightness of mind VOL . VI . - 3 and something of debasing alloy on the part of André.
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... circumstances of the case . It was about sunset when André and Smith , attended by a negro servant of the latter , crossed from King's Ferry to Verplanck's Point . After proceeding about eight miles on the road toward White Plains ...
... circumstances of the case . It was about sunset when André and Smith , attended by a negro servant of the latter , crossed from King's Ferry to Verplanck's Point . After proceeding about eight miles on the road toward White Plains ...
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