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victualler
littoral.
“to place before mankind the common sense of the subject, in terms so plain and firm as to command their assent.… It was intended to be an expression of the American mind.”
“The creed of equality did not give men equality, but invited them to claim it, invited them, not to know their place and keep it, but to seek and demand a better place.” The reader finished his oration,
Rubicon
Julius ceasar led people across this river
farriers.
abatis.
noisome
oakum boys toiled from first light to last in sheds,
Ticonderoga.
farriers.
gundalows
halyards.
sangfroid.
chevaux-de-frise
quays.
couture,
horologists
peruke
escutcheons
“It was also a new idea of honor, which was not defined by rank or status
or gender, but by a principle of human
dragoon
chivy
tumbrel
He had come within a chin whisker of losing the war on several occasions, demonstrating both misjudgment, notably during the defense of Fort Washington, and battlefield shortcomings, such as his failure to read the terrain or enemy intent on Long Island. His lieutenants had saved him from himself more than once, as when they resisted his proposal to launch a frontal assault at Boston. Such misjudgments and shortcomings would persist in coming campaigns. Yet
adroitly
