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... , being in general only from four or five to nine or ten miles a day , The conftant fatigue and labour caufed many to fall fick , which added to their their difficulties , and provifions grew at length fo fcarce 1 8 ] HISTORY OF EUROPE .
... , being in general only from four or five to nine or ten miles a day , The conftant fatigue and labour caufed many to fall fick , which added to their their difficulties , and provifions grew at length fo fcarce 1 8 ] HISTORY OF EUROPE .
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... length ar- rived at the head of the river Chandiere , which running through Canada , falls into the river St. Lawrence , near Quebec . Their difficulties now were growing to an end , and they foon approached the inhabited parts of ...
... length ar- rived at the head of the river Chandiere , which running through Canada , falls into the river St. Lawrence , near Quebec . Their difficulties now were growing to an end , and they foon approached the inhabited parts of ...
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... length drew off his detachment into quar- ters of refreshment . In the mean time , Montgomery having found plenty of woollen manufactures , and other articles of wear , at Montreal , took that op- portunity of new - cloathing his troops ...
... length drew off his detachment into quar- ters of refreshment . In the mean time , Montgomery having found plenty of woollen manufactures , and other articles of wear , at Montreal , took that op- portunity of new - cloathing his troops ...
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... length furrendered prifoners of war . and few on either , whofe lofs would have been fo much regretted both in England and America . He is reprefented as a real and eager lover of liberty ; and having mar- ried a lady , and purchased an ...
... length furrendered prifoners of war . and few on either , whofe lofs would have been fo much regretted both in England and America . He is reprefented as a real and eager lover of liberty ; and having mar- ried a lady , and purchased an ...
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... length , under the form of an address , which was fraught with all the bitterness of recrimination , as well as with defenfive arguments , and an exa- mination of facts . The Houfe had now received the report of its Committee relative ...
... length , under the form of an address , which was fraught with all the bitterness of recrimination , as well as with defenfive arguments , and an exa- mination of facts . The Houfe had now received the report of its Committee relative ...
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