The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Forces, During the War which Established the Independence of His Country, and First President of the United States. Comp. Under the Inspection of the Honourable Bushrod Washington, from Original Papers ...J. Crissy, 1832 |
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... influence in unbridling the revengeful passions of the royalists , and letting loose the spirit of slaughter which was brooding in their bosoms . The disposition to retaliate to the full extent of their power , if not to commit original ...
... influence in unbridling the revengeful passions of the royalists , and letting loose the spirit of slaughter which was brooding in their bosoms . The disposition to retaliate to the full extent of their power , if not to commit original ...
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... influence , he commanded young men of equal spirit and intelligence , formed under the eye of Washington , and trained in the school furnished in the severe service of the north , to all the hardships and dangers of war . A peculiar ...
... influence , he commanded young men of equal spirit and intelligence , formed under the eye of Washington , and trained in the school furnished in the severe service of the north , to all the hardships and dangers of war . A peculiar ...
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... influence of the Commander - in - chief in aid of its requisi- tions . But no exertions on the part of America alone could expel the invading army . A superiority at sea was indispensable to the success of offensive operations against ...
... influence of the Commander - in - chief in aid of its requisi- tions . But no exertions on the part of America alone could expel the invading army . A superiority at sea was indispensable to the success of offensive operations against ...
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... influence the councils of the English cabinet on the question of peace ; and these ap- prehensions increased the uneasiness with which all intelligent men con- templated the state of the American finances . er . It was then in ...
... influence the councils of the English cabinet on the question of peace ; and these ap- prehensions increased the uneasiness with which all intelligent men con- templated the state of the American finances . er . It was then in ...
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... influence . The dispositions manifested by congress itself were so unfriendly to the half pay establishment as to extinguish the hope that any funds the go- vernment might acquire , would be applied to that object . Since the pas- sage ...
... influence . The dispositions manifested by congress itself were so unfriendly to the half pay establishment as to extinguish the hope that any funds the go- vernment might acquire , would be applied to that object . Since the pas- sage ...
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