The Pictorial Field-book of the Revolution: Or, Illustrations, by Pen and Pencil, of the History, Biography, Scenery, Relics, and Traditions of the War for Independence, Band 1Harper & bros., 1851 |
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... soon sweep away every tangible vestige of the Revolution , and that it was time the limner was abroad . I knew that , like stars at dawn which had beamed brightly through a long night , the men of old were fast fading away , and that ...
... soon sweep away every tangible vestige of the Revolution , and that it was time the limner was abroad . I knew that , like stars at dawn which had beamed brightly through a long night , the men of old were fast fading away , and that ...
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... soon shall wing her way . Men shall descry another hemisphere , Since to one common center all things tend . So earth , by curious mystery divine 1 Life and Voyages of Columbus . 2 Calpe and Abila , or Gibraltar , on the Spanish , and ...
... soon shall wing her way . Men shall descry another hemisphere , Since to one common center all things tend . So earth , by curious mystery divine 1 Life and Voyages of Columbus . 2 Calpe and Abila , or Gibraltar , on the Spanish , and ...
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... soon as possible , it is become highly necessary that the most speedy junction of the two armies should be effected [ the forces from Can- ada and those of General Howe at New York ] ; and , therefore , as the security and good ...
... soon as possible , it is become highly necessary that the most speedy junction of the two armies should be effected [ the forces from Can- ada and those of General Howe at New York ] ; and , therefore , as the security and good ...
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... soon winning back those laurels which , by the late reverses and the events of the last campaign , had been , in a measure , stripped from his brow . But secret enemies had been for some time plotting his disgrace by poisoning the minds ...
... soon winning back those laurels which , by the late reverses and the events of the last campaign , had been , in a measure , stripped from his brow . But secret enemies had been for some time plotting his disgrace by poisoning the minds ...
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... soon drove the Americans back . Captain Van Swearingen and Lieutenant Morris , with twenty privates , fell into the hands of the British . For a moment , on finding himself almost alone , Morgan felt that his corps was ruined ; but his ...
... soon drove the Americans back . Captain Van Swearingen and Lieutenant Morris , with twenty privates , fell into the hands of the British . For a moment , on finding himself almost alone , Morgan felt that his corps was ruined ; but his ...
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Seite 84 - If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms — never — never — never.
Seite 438 - Faith, etc., having undertaken for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith, and honor of our King and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia, do, by these presents, solemnly and mutually, in the presence of God, and of one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic...
Seite 518 - To conclude, my Lords: if the Ministers thus persevere in misadvising and misleading the King, I will not say that they can alienate the affections of his subjects from his crown; but I will affirm that they will make the crown not worth his wearing. I will not say that the King is betrayed; but I will pronounce that the kingdom is undone.
Seite 518 - I trust it is obvious to your lordships that all attempts to impose servitude upon such men, to establish despotism over such a mighty continental nation must be vain, must be fatal. We shall be forced ultimately to retract; let us retract while we can, not when we must.
Seite 84 - You may swell every expense, and every effort, still more extravagantly ; pile and accumulate every assistance you can buy or borrow ; traffic and barter with every little pitiful German prince that sells and sends his subjects to the shambles...
Seite 84 - We do not know the worst; but we know that in three campaigns we have done nothing, and suffered much.
Seite 438 - ... to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Seite 550 - I must declare and avow, that in all my reading and observation — and it has been my favorite study — I have read Thucydides and have studied and admired the master states of the world — that for solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication of difficult circumstances, no nation or body of men can stand in preference to the general congress at Philadelphia.
Seite 227 - THE thoughts are strange that crowd into my brain, While I look upward to thee. It would seem As if God poured thee from His hollow hand, And hung His bow upon thine awful front; And spoke in that loud voice, which seemed to him Who dwelt in Patmos for his Saviour's sake, The sound of many waters ; and had bade Thy flood to chronicle the ages back, And notch His centuries in the eternal rocks.
Seite 475 - He made an administration, so checkered and speckled ; he put together a piece of joinery, so crossly indented and whimsically dove-tailed ; a cabinet so variously inlaid ; such a piece of diversified Mosaic ; such a tesselated pavement without cement ; here a bit of black stone, and there a bit of white ; patriots and courtiers, king's friends and republicans ; whigs and tories ; treacherous friends and open enemies ; that it was indeed a very curious show ; but utterly unsafe to touch, and unsureto...