General de Kalb |
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She gave me his address , and in half an hour I had come to the end of my search . This fine French gentleman , also an octogenarian , told me it was his father who had permitted Doniol to use the letters . After an hour of conversation ...
She gave me his address , and in half an hour I had come to the end of my search . This fine French gentleman , also an octogenarian , told me it was his father who had permitted Doniol to use the letters . After an hour of conversation ...
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Convinced of the inadequacy of the French maritime defense , de Kalb gave considerable thought to methods by which France might thwart the ever - growing power of her rival England . When in 1744 , in an effort to force the British to ...
Convinced of the inadequacy of the French maritime defense , de Kalb gave considerable thought to methods by which France might thwart the ever - growing power of her rival England . When in 1744 , in an effort to force the British to ...
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Many years later Lee wrote in his Memoirs : No man surpassed this gentleman in simplicity and conde- scension * which gave to his comportment a cast of amiability , extremely ingratiating , exciting confidence and esteem .
Many years later Lee wrote in his Memoirs : No man surpassed this gentleman in simplicity and conde- scension * which gave to his comportment a cast of amiability , extremely ingratiating , exciting confidence and esteem .
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