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Page 40
Of all the difficulties which the Americans met in attempts towards establishing a
military force , nothing affected them so grievously , or was so hard to remedy as
gunpowder . For though they used the utmost diligence in collecting nitre , and all
...
Of all the difficulties which the Americans met in attempts towards establishing a
military force , nothing affected them so grievously , or was so hard to remedy as
gunpowder . For though they used the utmost diligence in collecting nitre , and all
...
Page 219
... This fupposed security as is usual with military people , increased the
licentiousness and laxness of discipline , which has been already taken notice of
, and produced an inattention to the possibility of a surprize , which upon no
principles of ...
... This fupposed security as is usual with military people , increased the
licentiousness and laxness of discipline , which has been already taken notice of
, and produced an inattention to the possibility of a surprize , which upon no
principles of ...
Page 274
These ideas of honour , which military men ofren are possessed of determine
them to pursuits , which , as philosophers , their minds can never ap . prove . It
has much the appearance of inconsistency , for men to disapprove of a war as ...
These ideas of honour , which military men ofren are possessed of determine
them to pursuits , which , as philosophers , their minds can never ap . prove . It
has much the appearance of inconsistency , for men to disapprove of a war as ...
Page 352
... the army in its last movements , whether from military necessity , or the vexation
and ill - temper incident to their situation , or the joint operation of both , having
burnt and destroyed many houses , and some of them buildings of great value .
... the army in its last movements , whether from military necessity , or the vexation
and ill - temper incident to their situation , or the joint operation of both , having
burnt and destroyed many houses , and some of them buildings of great value .
Page 396
Men in a military profeslion are not in gene . ral over nice in examining the truth of
government defcriptions ; they are its fervants , and reckon them . , felves obliged
to obey the mandates thereof implicitly . The several acts of severity which they ...
Men in a military profeslion are not in gene . ral over nice in examining the truth of
government defcriptions ; they are its fervants , and reckon them . , felves obliged
to obey the mandates thereof implicitly . The several acts of severity which they ...
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| Title | 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 2 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, James Murray |
| Author | James Murray |
| Publisher | Robson, 1780 |
| Original from | the Bavarian State Library |
| Digitized | 20 Apr 2012 |
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