A Reply to the Strictures of Lord Mahon and Others on the Mode of Editing the Writings of WashingtonJ. Bartlett, 1852 - 35 páginas |
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Página 21 - ... stroke endeavor to cut this army in pieces and secure the collection of arms and stores which, they well know, we shall not be able soon to replace.