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... death of Montgomery , the command of the American army devolved upon Arnold , whofe wound rendered him , for the pre- fent , unequal to fo arduous a tafk . Their perfeverance was , however , aftonishing in their circumftances . They had ...
... death of Montgomery , the command of the American army devolved upon Arnold , whofe wound rendered him , for the pre- fent , unequal to fo arduous a tafk . Their perfeverance was , however , aftonishing in their circumftances . They had ...
Page 93
... death , indeed , he con- tinued for fome time firm on his former ground ; and did not join in that defection from the mino- rity which immediately followed that event . But he began at length to flacken in oppofition . He fell in with ...
... death , indeed , he con- tinued for fome time firm on his former ground ; and did not join in that defection from the mino- rity which immediately followed that event . But he began at length to flacken in oppofition . He fell in with ...
Page 118
... death , obliges the un- happy men who fhall be made cap- tives in this predatory war to bear arms against their families , kin- dred , friends , and country ; and after being plundered themselves , 66 to become accomplices in plunder ...
... death , obliges the un- happy men who fhall be made cap- tives in this predatory war to bear arms against their families , kin- dred , friends , and country ; and after being plundered themselves , 66 to become accomplices in plunder ...
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... death of the King of Por- tugal , and the removal of his fa- vourite and prime minifter from the government of that country , which he had long ruled with an unbounded , and to the nobility a most dreaded sway , both of which happened ...
... death of the King of Por- tugal , and the removal of his fa- vourite and prime minifter from the government of that country , which he had long ruled with an unbounded , and to the nobility a most dreaded sway , both of which happened ...
Page 187
... death to foreigners to hold any fhare in , what is called , the trade to the Indies , will be most wifely and defervedly abrogated . If thefe and fimilar measures are purfued even to a moderate extent , they will 葡 A new academy has ...
... death to foreigners to hold any fhare in , what is called , the trade to the Indies , will be most wifely and defervedly abrogated . If thefe and fimilar measures are purfued even to a moderate extent , they will 葡 A new academy has ...
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