The History of an Expedition Against Fort Du Quesne, in 1755 Under Major-General Edward Braddock, Том 6Winthrop Sargent Lippincott, Grambo, & Company, 1856 - Всего страниц: 423 Contains a history of Braddock's Campaign in 1755 against Fort Duquesne. |
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... Canada and elsewhere , should not disturb or molest in any manner whatever the five Indian nations which are subject to Great Britain , nor its other American allies . " These articles were certainly incorporated into the treaty of Aix ...
... Canada and elsewhere , should not disturb or molest in any manner whatever the five Indian nations which are subject to Great Britain , nor its other American allies . " These articles were certainly incorporated into the treaty of Aix ...
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... Canadian neighbors ; and in such cases each party , on the showing of the other , is inevitably the aggressor . But the ... Canada and the colonists of New England . Under its ancient lords , this nursing - mother of privateers would be ...
... Canadian neighbors ; and in such cases each party , on the showing of the other , is inevitably the aggressor . But the ... Canada and the colonists of New England . Under its ancient lords , this nursing - mother of privateers would be ...
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... Canada were effectually sealed by the angry elements : supplies of troops or provisions - in fact , almost every intercourse whatever with Europe - were utterly shut out from its ports . The facility of water communi- cation between Canada ...
... Canada were effectually sealed by the angry elements : supplies of troops or provisions - in fact , almost every intercourse whatever with Europe - were utterly shut out from its ports . The facility of water communi- cation between Canada ...
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... Canada . Penetrated at once with the immense advantage that would result from an arrange- ment that should not only open the communication of Canada with the mother country during those seasons when all its natural outlets were closed ...
... Canada . Penetrated at once with the immense advantage that would result from an arrange- ment that should not only open the communication of Canada with the mother country during those seasons when all its natural outlets were closed ...
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... Canada , par F. X. Garneau , 192. Craig's Hist . of Pittsburg , 20 . 2 Vide Lord Albemarle's letter to Lord Holdernesse , respecting the case of John Patton , Luke Irwin , and Thomas Bourke . I. Entick , 45. The Marquis de la Jonquière ...
... Canada , par F. X. Garneau , 192. Craig's Hist . of Pittsburg , 20 . 2 Vide Lord Albemarle's letter to Lord Holdernesse , respecting the case of John Patton , Luke Irwin , and Thomas Bourke . I. Entick , 45. The Marquis de la Jonquière ...
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Стр. 119 - Ere well we feel th' friendly stroke 'tis o'er. The wise through thought th' insults of death defy, The fools through blest insensibility. 'Tis what the guilty fear, the pious crave ; Sought by the wretch and vanquished by the brave. It eases lovers, sets the captive free, And though a tyrant, offers liberty.
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