The Works of Washington Irving in Twelve Volumes, Band 10Putnam, 1881 |
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... writes Washington to one of his young friends at home , " but after walk- ing a good deal all the day I have lain down before the fire upon a little straw or fodder , or a bear skin , whichever was to be had , with man , wife , and ...
... writes Washington to one of his young friends at home , " but after walk- ing a good deal all the day I have lain down before the fire upon a little straw or fodder , or a bear skin , whichever was to be had , with man , wife , and ...
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... writes he to a friend , " where I must receive my final sentence , which at present Dr. Forbes will not pronounce . He leaves me , however , I think , like a criminal condemned , though not without hopes of reprieve . But this I am to ...
... writes he to a friend , " where I must receive my final sentence , which at present Dr. Forbes will not pronounce . He leaves me , however , I think , like a criminal condemned , though not without hopes of reprieve . But this I am to ...
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... writes he in his jourual , " I spent some time in viewing the rivers , and the land at the Fork , which I think extremely well situated for a fort , as it has the absolute command of both rivers . The land at the point is twenty or ...
... writes he in his jourual , " I spent some time in viewing the rivers , and the land at the Fork , which I think extremely well situated for a fort , as it has the absolute command of both rivers . The land at the point is twenty or ...
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... writes he , " ordered a plentiful store of liquor and provisions to be put on board our canoes , and appeared to be extremely complaisant , though he was exerting every arti fice which he could invent to set our Indians at variance with ...
... writes he , " ordered a plentiful store of liquor and provisions to be put on board our canoes , and appeared to be extremely complaisant , though he was exerting every arti fice which he could invent to set our Indians at variance with ...
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... writes he , " I would rather toil like a day laborer for a maintenance , if reduced to the necessity , than serve on such ignoble terms . " Parity of pay was indispensable to the dignity of the service . Other instances of false economy ...
... writes he , " I would rather toil like a day laborer for a maintenance , if reduced to the necessity , than serve on such ignoble terms . " Parity of pay was indispensable to the dignity of the service . Other instances of false economy ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
affairs alarm American arms army Arnold arrived artillery attack batteries boats Boston Braddock British camp campaign Canada Canadians cannon Captain Carleton cause Clinton Colonel colonies command commander-in-chief committee conduct Congress Connecticut council Crown Point defence detachment encamped enemy enemy's England Ethan Allen expedition Fairfax fire force Fort Cumberland Fort Duquesne Fort Washington French friends frontier Gage garrison Gates George George Clinton Governor Dinwiddie Green Mountain Boys guard guns half-king head-quarters Highlands honor horses House of Burgesses Hudson hundred Indians John King's Lake land letter Long Island Lord Lord Loudoun Massachusetts ment miles military militia Montgomery Montreal Mount Vernon mountains night officers Ohio orders party passed patriot prisoners province Putnam Quebec received redoubt Reed regiment reinforcements reply retreat river Schuyler sent Seth Warner ships soldiers spirit thousand Ticonderoga tion town troops Virginia Washington wounded writes York
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 415 - I should enjoy more real happiness in one month with you at home, than I have the most distant prospect of finding abroad, if my stay were to be seven times seven years. But as it has been a kind of destiny that has thrown me upon this service, I shall hope that my undertaking it is designed to answer some good purpose.
Seite 313 - Britain; and that the King's Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal and Commons of Great Britain in Parliament assembled, had, hath and of right ought to have, full power and authority to make laws and statutes of sufficient force and validity to bind the colonies and people of America, subjects of the Crown of Great Britain in all cases whatsoever.
Seite 365 - Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt. 5 Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the Lord chase them.
Seite 359 - County, were adopted, and Peyton Randolph, Richard Henry Lee, George Washington, Patrick Henry, Richard Bland, Benjamin Harrison, and Edmund Pendleton, were appointed delegates, to represent the people of Virginia in the General Congress.
Seite 388 - ... we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon, until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained ; we must fight ! I repeat it, Sir, we must fight ! An appeal to arms, and to the God of hosts, is all that is left us.
Seite 193 - As a remarkable instance of this, I may point out to the public that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal a manner for some important service to his country.
Seite 415 - You may believe me, my dear Patsy, when I assure you in the most solemn manner that, so far from seeking this appointment, I have used every endeavor in my power to avoid it, not only from my unwillingness to part with you and the family, but from a consciousness of its being a trust too great for my capacity...
Seite 370 - When your lordships look at the papers transmitted us from America, when you consider their decency, firmness, and wisdom, you cannot but respect their cause, and wish to make it your own.
Seite 318 - How far, then, their attention to our rights and privileges is to be awakened or alarmed, by starving their trade and manufactures, remains to be tried.
Seite 412 - Virginia who was among us and very well known to all of us, a gentleman whose skill and experience as an officer, whose independent fortune, great talents, and excellent universal character, would command the approbation of all America and unite the cordial exertions of all the Colonies better than any other person in the Union.