An Impartial History of the Present War in America: Containing an Account of Its Rise and Progress, the Political Springs Thereof with Its Various Successes and Disappointments on Both Sides, Volume 2Robson, 1780 |
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... honour and character were tarnifhed . .. The Houfe had now received the report of its com mittee concerning the caufe of the late difturbance , backed with the difpofition of a number of British merchants , who were refident in ...
... honour and character were tarnifhed . .. The Houfe had now received the report of its com mittee concerning the caufe of the late difturbance , backed with the difpofition of a number of British merchants , who were refident in ...
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... honour and juftice of the Bri- tish nation ; their efforts in our favour have been hi- therto ineffectual . When the reafonings on both fides are impartially confidered , it must be allowed that fides HISTORY OF A. D. 1776 . them. They ...
... honour and juftice of the Bri- tish nation ; their efforts in our favour have been hi- therto ineffectual . When the reafonings on both fides are impartially confidered , it must be allowed that fides HISTORY OF A. D. 1776 . them. They ...
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... honour and every thing facred for his fecurity . If nothing could pre- vail , they requested that he would grant a commiffion for paffing fuch bills as he approved . This was the laft addrefs of the Houfe of Burgeffes to his Excel ...
... honour and every thing facred for his fecurity . If nothing could pre- vail , they requested that he would grant a commiffion for paffing fuch bills as he approved . This was the laft addrefs of the Houfe of Burgeffes to his Excel ...
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... honour and benefit , and in which at length every drop of water and every ne- ceffary was purchafed , at the price and the rifque of blood . During this ftate of hoftility , Dunmore procured a few foldiers from different parts , with ...
... honour and benefit , and in which at length every drop of water and every ne- ceffary was purchafed , at the price and the rifque of blood . During this ftate of hoftility , Dunmore procured a few foldiers from different parts , with ...
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... honours of war , and with the respect that was due to his merit , as well as to the gallantry which fignalized his last moments . The English prifoners were treated with great great kindness : but the Americans who had joined the ३० ...
... honours of war , and with the respect that was due to his merit , as well as to the gallantry which fignalized his last moments . The English prifoners were treated with great great kindness : but the Americans who had joined the ३० ...
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