The History of the Rise, Progress, and Establishment, of the Independence of the United States of America: Including an Account of the Late War ; and of the Thirteen Colonies, from Their Origin to that Period, Band 2Author, 1788 |
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... tion of either led on immediately to a fresh engagement , the day would probably have been far more decifive . But the lofs of the peninfula damped the courage of the Americans , and the lofs of men depreffed the fpirits of the British ...
... tion of either led on immediately to a fresh engagement , the day would probably have been far more decifive . But the lofs of the peninfula damped the courage of the Americans , and the lofs of men depreffed the fpirits of the British ...
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... tion of the propofal , if really made , has greatly weak- ened the British army , and probably prevented the ruin of the American . The colonists may regret , that general Howe con- quered at Breed's - hill ; but had the provincials ...
... tion of the propofal , if really made , has greatly weak- ened the British army , and probably prevented the ruin of the American . The colonists may regret , that general Howe con- quered at Breed's - hill ; but had the provincials ...
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... tion . In that city and colony they would have had many more friends . There it is that the miniftry have their greatest influence . That would have been the fe- eureft place for the troops , and where they might have procured thofe ...
... tion . In that city and colony they would have had many more friends . There it is that the miniftry have their greatest influence . That would have been the fe- eureft place for the troops , and where they might have procured thofe ...
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... tion was never entered upon the minutes of congrefs , for ere that could be done , they received the account of the two restraining acts , which proved it's ruin * .. They refolved , " That in cafe any agent of the mi- niftry fhall ...
... tion was never entered upon the minutes of congrefs , for ere that could be done , they received the account of the two restraining acts , which proved it's ruin * .. They refolved , " That in cafe any agent of the mi- niftry fhall ...
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... tion , but flowed folely from the perfuafion , that one or more foreign powers will readily embrace the opportu- nity of a fixed breach between Great Britain and the colonies , to weaken the power of the first by affifting the laft ...
... tion , but flowed folely from the perfuafion , that one or more foreign powers will readily embrace the opportu- nity of a fixed breach between Great Britain and the colonies , to weaken the power of the first by affifting the laft ...
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