Life of George Washington, Band 4Lippincott, 1884 |
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... Point . Greene resigns the Office of Quartermaster - general . . 77 CHAPTER VIII . - North Carolina . - Difficulties of its Invasion . - Charac- ter of the People and Country . - Sumter , his Char- acter and Story . - Rocky Mount ...
... Point . Greene resigns the Office of Quartermaster - general . . 77 CHAPTER VIII . - North Carolina . - Difficulties of its Invasion . - Charac- ter of the People and Country . - Sumter , his Char- acter and Story . - Rocky Mount ...
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... Point . - Insidious At- tempts to shake the Confidence of Washington in his Officers . Plan to entrap Arnold . -Character of Sergeant Champe . - Court of Inquiry into the Conduct of Gates . — Greene appointed to the South- ern ...
... Point . - Insidious At- tempts to shake the Confidence of Washington in his Officers . Plan to entrap Arnold . -Character of Sergeant Champe . - Court of Inquiry into the Conduct of Gates . — Greene appointed to the South- ern ...
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... Point to the island . His approach was discovered ; the troops took ref- uge in the works , which were too strongly situated to be attacked ; a channel remaining open through the ice across the bay , a boat was dispatched to New York ...
... Point to the island . His approach was discovered ; the troops took ref- uge in the works , which were too strongly situated to be attacked ; a channel remaining open through the ice across the bay , a boat was dispatched to New York ...
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... Point , surprised the picket - guard at Elizabethtown , and captured two majors , two captains , and forty - two privates . This , likewise , was effected without loss . The disgraceful part of the expedition was the burning of the town ...
... Point , surprised the picket - guard at Elizabethtown , and captured two majors , two captains , and forty - two privates . This , likewise , was effected without loss . The disgraceful part of the expedition was the burning of the town ...
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... point to this scandal He occupied one of the finest houses in the city ; set up a splendid establishment ; had his carriage and four horses and a train of domestics ; gave expensive entertainments , and indulged in a lux- ury and parade ...
... point to this scandal He occupied one of the finest houses in the city ; set up a splendid establishment ; had his carriage and four horses and a train of domestics ; gave expensive entertainments , and indulged in a lux- ury and parade ...
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Seite 471 - Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of action, and bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life.
Seite 435 - If this then be your treatment, while the swords you wear are necessary for the defence of America, what have you to expect from peace, when your voice shall sink, and your strength dissipate by division ; when those very swords, the instruments and companions, of your glory, shall be taken from your sides, and no remaining mark of military distinction left but your wants, infirmities, and scars...
Seite 427 - With a mixture of great surprise and astonishment, I have read with attention the sentiments you have submitted to my perusal. Be assured, Sir, no occurrence in the course of the war...
Seite 463 - ... country, and his prayers to the God of armies. May ample justice be done them here, and may the choicest of Heaven's favors, both here and hereafter, attend those who, under the Divine auspices, have secured innumerable blessings for others. With these wishes, and this benediction, the commander-in-chief is about to retire from service. The curtain of separation will soon be drawn, and the military scene to him will be closed for ever.
Seite 428 - Let me conjure you, then, if you have any regard for your country, concern for yourself or posterity, or respect for me, to banish these thoughts from your mind, and never communicate, as from yourself or any one else, a sentiment of the like nature.
Seite 310 - It would have been a less painful circumstance to me to have heard that in consequence of your non-compliance with their request, they had burnt my house and laid the plantation in ruins. You ought to have considered yourself as my representative, and should have reflected on the bad example of communicating with the enemy, and making a voluntary offer of refreshments to them with a view to prevent a conflagration.
Seite 434 - A country willing to redress your wrongs, cherish your worth, and reward your services ? A country courting your return to private life, with tears of gratitude and smiles of admiration, longing to divide with you that independency which your gallantry has given, and those riches which your wounds have preserved? Is this the case? Or is it rather a country, that tramples upon your rights, disdains your cries, and insults your distresses...
Seite 537 - ... my sensibility, and increase my regret at parting from the enjoyments of private life. All that now remains for me is to commit myself and you to the...
Seite 430 - I see such a number of men, goaded by a thousand stings of reflection on the past, and of anticipation on the future, about to be turned into the world, soured by penury, and what they call the ingratitude of the public, involved in debts, without one farthing of money to carry them home, after having spent the flower of their days, and many of them their patrimonies, in establishing the freedom and independence of their country...
Seite 518 - That the property of the United States, has been protected from the confiscations of Britain by the joint exertions of all, and therefore ought to be the common property of all. And he that attempts opposition to this creed is an enemy to equity and justice, and ought to be swept from off the face of the earth.