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... defign , we are prefented with a number of the beft - con- ducted and fevereft actions recorded in hiftory . We behold , in an unhappy contention between Eng- lishmen , the greatest exertions of military fkill , a valour which can never ...
... defign , we are prefented with a number of the beft - con- ducted and fevereft actions recorded in hiftory . We behold , in an unhappy contention between Eng- lishmen , the greatest exertions of military fkill , a valour which can never ...
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... defign was not ill formed . A very dark night , between the 6th and 7th of June , was fixed upon for the execution of the project . Seven fire - fhips were excellently prepared for the purpose . These were fupported by a crowd of row ...
... defign was not ill formed . A very dark night , between the 6th and 7th of June , was fixed upon for the execution of the project . Seven fire - fhips were excellently prepared for the purpose . These were fupported by a crowd of row ...
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... defign to other courts and states , which were much less interested in the subject . He had no objection to the elec- tion ; but he could not be indif- ferent as to the perfon in whofe hands , and under whofe govern- ment , these ...
... defign to other courts and states , which were much less interested in the subject . He had no objection to the elec- tion ; but he could not be indif- ferent as to the perfon in whofe hands , and under whofe govern- ment , these ...
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... defign , by a random fhot ; but the contrary was ftrongly urged by the Americans . Her husband's being particularly obnoxious at New York , from the active part which he had taken , in the fup- port of the American caufe , was brought ...
... defign , by a random fhot ; but the contrary was ftrongly urged by the Americans . Her husband's being particularly obnoxious at New York , from the active part which he had taken , in the fup- port of the American caufe , was brought ...
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... defign of attacking Springfield was given up , and the army re- turned to Elizabeth Town in the night . They were purfued by the enemy , as foon as day rofe , all the way to that place ; and they were now grown fo eager and confident ...
... defign of attacking Springfield was given up , and the army re- turned to Elizabeth Town in the night . They were purfued by the enemy , as foon as day rofe , all the way to that place ; and they were now grown fo eager and confident ...
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