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... hand , our arms and powder were laid up in safety , and divers earthen pipkins were put to boil with such varieties as the season would afford . Every body had something or other to defend and save them from the cold ; and my obligation ...
... hand , our arms and powder were laid up in safety , and divers earthen pipkins were put to boil with such varieties as the season would afford . Every body had something or other to defend and save them from the cold ; and my obligation ...
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... hands , some toward me , and some aloft to the unseen foe that galled them from the hills . The fire instantly ... hand put forth to receive it was that of Douglas . He flung down his sword , stamping with rage , and immediately ...
... hands , some toward me , and some aloft to the unseen foe that galled them from the hills . The fire instantly ... hand put forth to receive it was that of Douglas . He flung down his sword , stamping with rage , and immediately ...
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... hand has put him beneath God's own earth , free from the din of war , from the strife of man , and from the curse of sin forever . I remember so well when , during our stay in Winchester , the first summer of the war , while General ...
... hand has put him beneath God's own earth , free from the din of war , from the strife of man , and from the curse of sin forever . I remember so well when , during our stay in Winchester , the first summer of the war , while General ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 13 |
GEORGE MASON 17251792 | 17 |
JOHN RANDOLPH 17731833 | 19 |
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