A History of Virginia from Its Discovery Till the Year 1781: With Biographical Sketches of All the Most Distinguished Characters that Occur in the Colonial, Revolutionary, Or Subsequent Period of Our HistoryJ. W. Campbell, 1813 - 310 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 129
... fugitives as they came up , but by a well directed fire to check the violence of the pursuers . Finding the enemy growing too strong to be withstood by his feeble force , he ordered his men according to previous agreement , to 129.
... fugitives as they came up , but by a well directed fire to check the violence of the pursuers . Finding the enemy growing too strong to be withstood by his feeble force , he ordered his men according to previous agreement , to 129.
الصفحة 133
... directed his . course to Williamsburg . The capture of Fort Du Quesne , as it was the means of restoring peace to the frontiers , diffused a general joy through the colony . The success of general Forbes induced the ministry * The ...
... directed his . course to Williamsburg . The capture of Fort Du Quesne , as it was the means of restoring peace to the frontiers , diffused a general joy through the colony . The success of general Forbes induced the ministry * The ...
الصفحة 171
... directed to be chosen " by both houses , as may be judged necessary " to be immediately appointed . The senate to " be first chosen by the people , to continue till " the last day of March next , and the other " officers until the end ...
... directed to be chosen " by both houses , as may be judged necessary " to be immediately appointed . The senate to " be first chosen by the people , to continue till " the last day of March next , and the other " officers until the end ...
الصفحة 176
... directing his march against the palace of Dunmore , whose seat he was so soon to oc- cupy , and on the ruin of whose power his own and his country's glory was shortly to be built . But when declaiming in the great councils of the nation ...
... directing his march against the palace of Dunmore , whose seat he was so soon to oc- cupy , and on the ruin of whose power his own and his country's glory was shortly to be built . But when declaiming in the great councils of the nation ...
الصفحة 203
... directed his march to Petersburg , which stands on the bank of the last mentioned stream , about twelve miles from its junction with the former . Virginia was at this time in a defenceless . situation ; all the regular force of the ...
... directed his march to Petersburg , which stands on the bank of the last mentioned stream , about twelve miles from its junction with the former . Virginia was at this time in a defenceless . situation ; all the regular force of the ...
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