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Pàgina 67
... shore spread out before him , and to select his point of attack at pleasure . A powerful hostile fleet upon the ... shores . It becomes us , therefore , to inquire how the consequences of this state of things are to be best met and ...
... shore spread out before him , and to select his point of attack at pleasure . A powerful hostile fleet upon the ... shores . It becomes us , therefore , to inquire how the consequences of this state of things are to be best met and ...
Pàgina 68
... shores , we are called upon by every prudential consideration to do so . In the first place , though all wars in which we may be engaged will probably be defensive in their character , undertaken to repel or resent some injury , or to ...
... shores , we are called upon by every prudential consideration to do so . In the first place , though all wars in which we may be engaged will probably be defensive in their character , undertaken to repel or resent some injury , or to ...
Pàgina 69
... shore , would be useless in itself , and would expose to just cen- sure those who should project such a scheme . And , on the other hand , the government would , if possible , be still more censurable were our important mari- time ...
... shore , would be useless in itself , and would expose to just cen- sure those who should project such a scheme . And , on the other hand , the government would , if possible , be still more censurable were our important mari- time ...
Pàgina 74
... shore Harlæm river would be interposed between him and the city . On the Long Island side there would be no ... shores of the Mediterranean may enable us to form some conception of the arrangements that would be necessary to send across ...
... shore Harlæm river would be interposed between him and the city . On the Long Island side there would be no ... shores of the Mediterranean may enable us to form some conception of the arrangements that would be necessary to send across ...
Pàgina 99
... shore ; a tem- porary work on the Jersey shore , to be thrown up at the commencement of war , and floating obstructions placed in the channel , under the fire of these works , will effectually cover Philadelphia , the other important ...
... shore ; a tem- porary work on the Jersey shore , to be thrown up at the commencement of war , and floating obstructions placed in the channel , under the fire of these works , will effectually cover Philadelphia , the other important ...
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