Memoirs of a Life, Chiefly Passed in Pennsylvania, Within the Last Sixty Years: With Occasional Remarks Upon the General Occurrences, Character and Spirit of that Eventful Period |
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... enemy . But this instance is equivocal . Whe- ther my father gave credit to the report or not , others might , and no doubt did believe it : It was also incumbent on him to be alert ; to inculcate that duty upon his men , and to inure ...
... enemy . But this instance is equivocal . Whe- ther my father gave credit to the report or not , others might , and no doubt did believe it : It was also incumbent on him to be alert ; to inculcate that duty upon his men , and to inure ...
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... enemy . Be- sides , to the calm incredulity of friend Church upon this occasion , we might perhaps safely add , a little both of the spirit of party and of quakerism . Tha people of his society , from principle averse to war , were ...
... enemy . Be- sides , to the calm incredulity of friend Church upon this occasion , we might perhaps safely add , a little both of the spirit of party and of quakerism . Tha people of his society , from principle averse to war , were ...
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... enemy would full surely make his attack , and by no other than this identical route , on the ci- tadel . Whether this illumination was merely in- tended to prevent surprise , or whether it was that the commander who enjoined it was ...
... enemy would full surely make his attack , and by no other than this identical route , on the ci- tadel . Whether this illumination was merely in- tended to prevent surprise , or whether it was that the commander who enjoined it was ...
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... enemy passing up the Hudson , on whose eastern bank it stood , on very commanding ground . On the opposite side of the river , Fort Lee , in the same view , was afterwards erected : and these , with the sinking of some hulks in the ...
... enemy passing up the Hudson , on whose eastern bank it stood , on very commanding ground . On the opposite side of the river , Fort Lee , in the same view , was afterwards erected : and these , with the sinking of some hulks in the ...
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... enemy , who it was confidently asserted , had made good a landing there , or in the neighborhood . The intelligence proved untrue , if such indeed had been received . But it is not improbable , that it was mere ly a contrivance of ...
... enemy , who it was confidently asserted , had made good a landing there , or in the neighborhood . The intelligence proved untrue , if such indeed had been received . But it is not improbable , that it was mere ly a contrivance of ...
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