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 |
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Page 115
Finding that the nation was more and more disgusted with their proceedings ,
they wanted to turn the views of the people to some new object . Nothing is more
ready to attract the attention , and affect the minds of perfons of any feeling , than
...
Finding that the nation was more and more disgusted with their proceedings ,
they wanted to turn the views of the people to some new object . Nothing is more
ready to attract the attention , and affect the minds of perfons of any feeling , than
...
Page 134
... evils are sufferable , than to right them . felves by abolishing the forms to which
they are accufe tomed ; but , when a long train of abuses and usurpations ,
pursuing invariably the same object , evinces ą design to reduce them under
absolute ...
... evils are sufferable , than to right them . felves by abolishing the forms to which
they are accufe tomed ; but , when a long train of abuses and usurpations ,
pursuing invariably the same object , evinces ą design to reduce them under
absolute ...
Page 305
... and other necessary services , proceeded , in concert with the naval armament
, to invest Ticonderoga , which was the first object of their destination . Although
the rash and ill " conducted attempt made upon that place in the year 1758 , with
...
... and other necessary services , proceeded , in concert with the naval armament
, to invest Ticonderoga , which was the first object of their destination . Although
the rash and ill " conducted attempt made upon that place in the year 1758 , with
...
Page 353
Their first object was the reduction of the forts Montgomery and Clinton , which
tho ' of considerable strength , being at that time in a very unguarded flate , it was
determined to attempt by a coup de main . They were situated on either fide of a ...
Their first object was the reduction of the forts Montgomery and Clinton , which
tho ' of considerable strength , being at that time in a very unguarded flate , it was
determined to attempt by a coup de main . They were situated on either fide of a ...
Page 418
But if the honours of a military life are become their object , let them seek those
honours under the banners of their rightful sovereign , and in fighting the battles
of the uuited British empire , against our late mutual and na . tural enemies .
But if the honours of a military life are become their object , let them seek those
honours under the banners of their rightful sovereign , and in fighting the battles
of the uuited British empire , against our late mutual and na . tural enemies .
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