A Junior Class History of the United States: To which are Added the Declaration of Independence, and the Constitution of the United States, with Questions, Exercises, Copious Notes, Etc. ...E. Maynard, 1890 - 307 страница |
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... army on the shores of Mexico in 1519 ; and , in order to compel his men to think only of conquest , by cutting off all hope of return , he destroyed his ships . He then marched through the country to the capital , situated about two ...
... army on the shores of Mexico in 1519 ; and , in order to compel his men to think only of conquest , by cutting off all hope of return , he destroyed his ships . He then marched through the country to the capital , situated about two ...
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... army of about six hundred men , he set sail for the New World in 1538. After stopping at Cuba and leaving his wife to govern that island , he sailed to Florida , and in the summer of 1539 , commenced his march towards the fancied land ...
... army of about six hundred men , he set sail for the New World in 1538. After stopping at Cuba and leaving his wife to govern that island , he sailed to Florida , and in the summer of 1539 , commenced his march towards the fancied land ...
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... army from New York ; but it was not suc- cessful . These expeditions were under the command of Sir William Phipps , who was afterwards made governor of Mas- sachusetts . 11. Queen Anne's War . - Five years had scarcely elapsed since ...
... army from New York ; but it was not suc- cessful . These expeditions were under the command of Sir William Phipps , who was afterwards made governor of Mas- sachusetts . 11. Queen Anne's War . - Five years had scarcely elapsed since ...
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... army from a surprise by the Indians . 23. Thus he rashly pushed on till about ten miles from the fort , when the soldiers ' ears were suddenly assailed by the savage war - whoop , and a deadly fire was poured into their * Fifteen ...
... army from a surprise by the Indians . 23. Thus he rashly pushed on till about ten miles from the fort , when the soldiers ' ears were suddenly assailed by the savage war - whoop , and a deadly fire was poured into their * Fifteen ...
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... army . His escape was wonderful , for he had two horses shot Panic and disorder ensued ; the under him , and four balls passed through his coat . Braddock died on reaching the Great Meadows , forty miles from the scene of the disaster ...
... army . His escape was wonderful , for he had two horses shot Panic and disorder ensued ; the under him , and four balls passed through his coat . Braddock died on reaching the Great Meadows , forty miles from the scene of the disaster ...
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Страница 76 - The various terrors of that horrid shore; Those blazing suns that dart a downward ray, And fiercely shed intolerable day; Those matted woods where birds forget to sing.
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