Works: Complete in 27 Volumes. Life of George Washington. 2, Volumen21Putnam, 1856 - 596 páginas |
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... Spirit . - Comments of Gen- eral Greene ..... 113 CHAPTER VIII . Affairs in Canada . - Capture of Fort Chamblee . - Siege of St. John's . -Maclean and his Highlanders . - Montgomery on the Treatment of Ethan Allen . - Repulse of ...
... Spirit . - Comments of Gen- eral Greene ..... 113 CHAPTER VIII . Affairs in Canada . - Capture of Fort Chamblee . - Siege of St. John's . -Maclean and his Highlanders . - Montgomery on the Treatment of Ethan Allen . - Repulse of ...
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... spirit of insubordination , which they mistook for independence . A chaplain of one of the regiments * has left on record a graphic sketch of this primitive army of the Revolu- tion . " It is very diverting , " writes he , " to walk ...
... spirit of insubordination , which they mistook for independence . A chaplain of one of the regiments * has left on record a graphic sketch of this primitive army of the Revolu- tion . " It is very diverting , " writes he , " to walk ...
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... spirit prevalent throughout the country . Plu- tarch and Cæsar's Commentaries became his delight . He applied himself to military studies , for which he was pre- pared by some knowledge of mathematics . His ambition was to organize and ...
... spirit prevalent throughout the country . Plu- tarch and Cæsar's Commentaries became his delight . He applied himself to military studies , for which he was pre- pared by some knowledge of mathematics . His ambition was to organize and ...
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... spirit has exceeded their strength . " This apology was the more generous , coming from a Southerner ; for there was ... spirits of the Revolution , and the only colonial governor who , at its commencement , proved true to the popular ...
... spirit has exceeded their strength . " This apology was the more generous , coming from a Southerner ; for there was ... spirits of the Revolution , and the only colonial governor who , at its commencement , proved true to the popular ...
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... the public cause when it seems to lead to danger ; and have a most sovereign con- tempt for the man who can plan measures he has not the spirit to execute . " Washington has occasionally been represented as cold and reserved ;
... the public cause when it seems to lead to danger ; and have a most sovereign con- tempt for the man who can plan measures he has not the spirit to execute . " Washington has occasionally been represented as cold and reserved ;
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