Works: Complete in 27 Volumes. Life of George Washington. 2, Volumen21Putnam, 1856 - 596 páginas |
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... guard . Here the sentinel challenged , but suffered me to come up to him ; the whole guard , like the first , in the soundest sleep . With a penknife only I could have cut off both guards , and then have set fire to the block - house ...
... guard . Here the sentinel challenged , but suffered me to come up to him ; the whole guard , like the first , in the soundest sleep . With a penknife only I could have cut off both guards , and then have set fire to the block - house ...
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... Guards were stationed on the roads to pre- vent any one passing and giving the alarm in Montreal . Day dawned , but there was no signal of Major Brown having performed his part of the scheme . The enter- prise seems to have been as ill ...
... Guards were stationed on the roads to pre- vent any one passing and giving the alarm in Montreal . Day dawned , but there was no signal of Major Brown having performed his part of the scheme . The enter- prise seems to have been as ill ...
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... guard- ing the camps wherever they were most assailable ; and of throwing up batteries for the purpose . He had been embarrassed throughout the siege by the want of artil- lery and ordnance stores ; but never more so than at the present ...
... guard- ing the camps wherever they were most assailable ; and of throwing up batteries for the purpose . He had been embarrassed throughout the siege by the want of artil- lery and ordnance stores ; but never more so than at the present ...
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... guard - boats , and effected his escape to Three Rivers , where he embarked in a vessel for Quebec . After his departure the flotilla surrendered , and all those who had taken refuge on board were made prisoners of war . Among them was ...
... guard - boats , and effected his escape to Three Rivers , where he embarked in a vessel for Quebec . After his departure the flotilla surrendered , and all those who had taken refuge on board were made prisoners of war . Among them was ...
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... guard to escort her . She had declined the offer , not considering herself in danger . Lund Washington was equally free from appre- hensions on the subject . " Lord Dunmore , " writes he , " will hardly himself venture up this river ...
... guard to escort her . She had declined the offer , not considering herself in danger . Lund Washington was equally free from appre- hensions on the subject . " Lord Dunmore , " writes he , " will hardly himself venture up this river ...
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