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... given , as before mentioned , to brigadier general Draper . Nobody was more perfectly acquainted with the fervice in that part of the world ; and nobody had shewn greater zeal to forward it . It was impoffible to forget the merit he had ...
... given , as before mentioned , to brigadier general Draper . Nobody was more perfectly acquainted with the fervice in that part of the world ; and nobody had shewn greater zeal to forward it . It was impoffible to forget the merit he had ...
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... given time to the Spaniards to recover their fpirits , dismayed by the fudden appearance of an enemy on their coafts , which had been long unaccustomed to the a- larms of the war , they would have had leisure to clear away the build ...
... given time to the Spaniards to recover their fpirits , dismayed by the fudden appearance of an enemy on their coafts , which had been long unaccustomed to the a- larms of the war , they would have had leisure to clear away the build ...
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... given , all being occupied by their own diftrefs , and intent on their own prefervation . Some of the wounded perished by their own hands . A circumftance is related of this dreadful fcene , which is extremely ftriking , and ftrongly ...
... given , all being occupied by their own diftrefs , and intent on their own prefervation . Some of the wounded perished by their own hands . A circumftance is related of this dreadful fcene , which is extremely ftriking , and ftrongly ...
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... given a fenfible alarm to that people , if they had feen us formally cantoning out their whole country into regular eftablishments . It was in this idea that the royal proclamation of the 7th of Octo- ber 1763 , ftrictly forbids any pur ...
... given a fenfible alarm to that people , if they had feen us formally cantoning out their whole country into regular eftablishments . It was in this idea that the royal proclamation of the 7th of Octo- ber 1763 , ftrictly forbids any pur ...
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... given when this continent was little known and little valued . They were then scarce acquainted with any other western limits than the limits of America itself ; and they were prodigal of what they confidered as of no great impor- tance ...
... given when this continent was little known and little valued . They were then scarce acquainted with any other western limits than the limits of America itself ; and they were prodigal of what they confidered as of no great impor- tance ...
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