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. Compiled Under the Inspection of the Honourable Bushrod Washington, from Original Papers ... to which is Prefixed, an Introduction, Containing a Compendious View of the Colonies Planted by the English on the Continent of North America, from Their Settlement to the Commencement of that War which Terminated in Their Independence, 第 2 卷C.P. Wayne., 1804 |
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... appeared and immedi- ately commenced a furious attack upon the fort , where they were received with great in- trepidity . The Americans fought partly within the stockade , and partly in the surrounding ditch which was nearly filled with ...
... appeared and immedi- ately commenced a furious attack upon the fort , where they were received with great in- trepidity . The Americans fought partly within the stockade , and partly in the surrounding ditch which was nearly filled with ...
第 29 頁
... appeared and strengthened the dif- ferent posts . The country was now searched , and the best dispositions made to repel another invasion . The fort at Winchester was com- menced which , in honour of the general , who was ordered to ...
... appeared and strengthened the dif- ferent posts . The country was now searched , and the best dispositions made to repel another invasion . The fort at Winchester was com- menced which , in honour of the general , who was ordered to ...
第 36 頁
... appeared at Dickenson's fort , where the Indians ran down , caught several children that were playing under the walls , and had got to the gate before they were discovered . Was not Vass's fort surprised , and a good many souls lost in ...
... appeared at Dickenson's fort , where the Indians ran down , caught several children that were playing under the walls , and had got to the gate before they were discovered . Was not Vass's fort surprised , and a good many souls lost in ...
第 53 頁
... behind my back . " It is uncertain in what light my services may have appeared to your honour : but this I know , and it is the highest consolation I am 1757 . CHAP . I. capable of feeling , ' that no GEORGE WASHINGTON . 53.
... behind my back . " It is uncertain in what light my services may have appeared to your honour : but this I know , and it is the highest consolation I am 1757 . CHAP . I. capable of feeling , ' that no GEORGE WASHINGTON . 53.
第 65 頁
... appearance of glory which we once had in view .... that hope .... that laudable ambition of serving our country , and meriting its applause , are now no more ; all is dwindled into ease , sloth , and fatal inactivity . In a word , all ...
... appearance of glory which we once had in view .... that hope .... that laudable ambition of serving our country , and meriting its applause , are now no more ; all is dwindled into ease , sloth , and fatal inactivity . In a word , all ...
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