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... duties of a large and laborious pastoral charge devolved upon the writer , the work has been prepared in great haste , but with conscien- tious care and fidelity to the facts of history and reliable traditions . I would gratefully ...
... duties of a large and laborious pastoral charge devolved upon the writer , the work has been prepared in great haste , but with conscien- tious care and fidelity to the facts of history and reliable traditions . I would gratefully ...
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... duties , to the careful study of matters pertaining to military art and tactics , especially of the higher mathematics which forms their basis . At the Hague he always moved in the best society and cultivated the friendship of the ...
... duties , to the careful study of matters pertaining to military art and tactics , especially of the higher mathematics which forms their basis . At the Hague he always moved in the best society and cultivated the friendship of the ...
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... duty , Bouquet always improved his leisure moments , by enlarging his acquisi- tions of knowledge . At Philadelphia he was a great favor- ite in the most intelligent circles and enjoyed the confiden- tial friendship of Chief Justice ...
... duty , Bouquet always improved his leisure moments , by enlarging his acquisi- tions of knowledge . At Philadelphia he was a great favor- ite in the most intelligent circles and enjoyed the confiden- tial friendship of Chief Justice ...
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... duty called . As re- marked by a friend of Franklin , Loudoun was like the figure of St. George , painted on the sign boards — always on horseback but never riding on . BOUQUET GOES TO PHILADELPHIA . Under the orders of Londoun Bouquet ...
... duty called . As re- marked by a friend of Franklin , Loudoun was like the figure of St. George , painted on the sign boards — always on horseback but never riding on . BOUQUET GOES TO PHILADELPHIA . Under the orders of Londoun Bouquet ...
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... duty , from Fort Pitt , Bedford , Lancaster , & c . , to his lady friend in Philadelphia , show how irksome a life of inactivity was to this man of action and of thought , and how Bouquet felt isolated among the rude soldiers and ...
... duty , from Fort Pitt , Bedford , Lancaster , & c . , to his lady friend in Philadelphia , show how irksome a life of inactivity was to this man of action and of thought , and how Bouquet felt isolated among the rude soldiers and ...
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Page 74 - And shall subscribe a profession of their Christian belief in these words — I, AB, profess faith in God the Father, and in Jesus Christ, his Eternal Son, the true God, and in the Holy Spirit, one God, blessed for evermore ; and do acknowledge the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be given by divine inspiration.
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Page 50 - Mingoes had closely Beset, and Attacked this Fort from the 27th July, to the First Instant, when they Quitted it to March against us. " The Boldness of those Savages is hardly Credible ; they had taken Post under the Banks of Both Rivers, Close to the Fort, where Digging Holes, they kept an Incessant Fire, and threw Fire Arrows: They are good Marksmen, and though our People were under Cover, they Killed one, & Wounded seven.
Page 45 - ... till they were totally dispersed. The left of the savages, which had not been attacked, were kept in awe by the remains of our troops, posted on the brow of the hill for that purpose; nor durst they attempt to support or assist their right, but being witness to their defeat, followed their example and fled.
Page 45 - Entice them to Come Close upon Us, or to Stand their Ground when Attacked. With this View two Companies of Light Infantry were Ordered within the Circle, and the Troops on their Right and Left opened their Files, and Filled up the Space that it might seem they were intended to Cover the Retreat; The Third Light Infantry Company, and the Grenadiers of the 42d, were Ordered to Support the two First Companys.
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Never Come to Peace Again: Pontiac's Uprising and the Fate of the British ... David Dixon Limited preview - 2005 |