Life of George Washington, Band 4Lippincott, 1884 |
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... joined by Wayne and Steuben . Acts on the Aggressive . -Desperate Melée of Macpherson and Simcoe . - Cornwallis pursued to Jamestown Island . - Mad Anthony in a Morass . His Impetuous Valor . - Alertness of Lafayette . - Washington's ...
... joined by Wayne and Steuben . Acts on the Aggressive . -Desperate Melée of Macpherson and Simcoe . - Cornwallis pursued to Jamestown Island . - Mad Anthony in a Morass . His Impetuous Valor . - Alertness of Lafayette . - Washington's ...
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... joined by part of the garrison of that post , pushed on to Newark , surprised and captured a company stationed there , set fire to the academy , and returned without loss . The other detachment , consisting of one hun- dred dragoons and ...
... joined by part of the garrison of that post , pushed on to Newark , surprised and captured a company stationed there , set fire to the academy , and returned without loss . The other detachment , consisting of one hun- dred dragoons and ...
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... joined to the kind of dictatorship already confided to him , put Congress and the United States at his mercy ; that it was not expedient to expose a man of the highest virtues to such temptations . " " 1 The foregoing passage from a ...
... joined to the kind of dictatorship already confided to him , put Congress and the United States at his mercy ; that it was not expedient to expose a man of the highest virtues to such temptations . " " 1 The foregoing passage from a ...
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... joined by some militia infantry , and by Colonel William Washington , with such of his dragoons as had escaped at Monk's Corner . Cornwallis had com- mitted the country between Cooper and Wando Rivers to Tarleton's charge , with orders ...
... joined by some militia infantry , and by Colonel William Washington , with such of his dragoons as had escaped at Monk's Corner . Cornwallis had com- mitted the country between Cooper and Wando Rivers to Tarleton's charge , with orders ...
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... joined in a petition to General Lincoln , and prevailed upon him to offer a surrender on terms which had al- ready been offered and rejected . These terms were still granted , and the capitulation was signed on the 12th of May . The ...
... joined in a petition to General Lincoln , and prevailed upon him to offer a surrender on terms which had al- ready been offered and rejected . These terms were still granted , and the capitulation was signed on the 12th of May . The ...
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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.