Thrilling Incidents in American History: Being a Selection of the Most Important and Interesting EventsMiller, 1868 - 354 Seiten |
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... only as destructive to true religion , but also destructive to their civil government , and hazarding their ex- istence as a people . + Holmes ' Annals . + Winthrop's Journal gan there about half past five o'clock , P. M. 4 Earthquakes,
... only as destructive to true religion , but also destructive to their civil government , and hazarding their ex- istence as a people . + Holmes ' Annals . + Winthrop's Journal gan there about half past five o'clock , P. M. 4 Earthquakes,
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... o'clock , P. M. 66 While the heavens were serene , there was suddenly heard a roar like that of fire . The buildings were shaken with violence . The doors opened and shut themselves— the bells rang without being touched - the walls ...
... o'clock , P. M. 66 While the heavens were serene , there was suddenly heard a roar like that of fire . The buildings were shaken with violence . The doors opened and shut themselves— the bells rang without being touched - the walls ...
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... o'clock in the afternoon attacked the Indians in their fortress . The only entrance which appeared prac- ticable was over a log , or tree , which lay up five or six feet from the ground , and this opening was commanded by a sort of a ...
... o'clock in the afternoon attacked the Indians in their fortress . The only entrance which appeared prac- ticable was over a log , or tree , which lay up five or six feet from the ground , and this opening was commanded by a sort of a ...
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... o'clock , they entered the town through an unguarded point , and that they might invest every house at the same time , they divided into parties of six or seven men each . The inhabitants were in a profound sleep , and unalarmed , until ...
... o'clock , they entered the town through an unguarded point , and that they might invest every house at the same time , they divided into parties of six or seven men each . The inhabitants were in a profound sleep , and unalarmed , until ...
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... o'clock , the two armies , about equal in numbers , met face to face . Inattentive to the fire " The battle now commenced . of a body of Canadians and Indians , 1500 of whom Montcalm had stationed in the corn - fields and bushes , Wolfe ...
... o'clock , the two armies , about equal in numbers , met face to face . Inattentive to the fire " The battle now commenced . of a body of Canadians and Indians , 1500 of whom Montcalm had stationed in the corn - fields and bushes , Wolfe ...
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Seite 139 - ISLAND Stephen Hopkins William Ellery CONNECTICUT Roger Sherman Samuel Huntington William Williams Oliver Wolcott NEW YORK William Floyd Philip Livingston Francis Lewis Lewis Morris NEW JERSEY Richard Stockton John Witherspoon Francis Hopkinson John Hart Abraham Clark PENNSYLVANIA Robert Morris Benjamin Rush...
Seite 182 - With a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you ; I most devoutly wish that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy as your former ones have been glorious and honorable.
Seite 262 - I should arise and prepare myself, and slay my enemies with their own weapons. And immediately on the sign appearing in the heavens, the seal was removed from my lips, and I communicated the great work laid out for me to do, to four in whom I had the greatest confidence (Henry, Hark, Nelson, and Sam).
Seite 67 - Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday ; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth. Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab ; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.
Seite 263 - Jack, I knew, was only a tool in the hands of Hark. It was quickly agreed we should commence at home (Mr. J. Travis') on that night, and until we had armed and equipped ourselves, and gathered sufficient force, neither age nor sex was to be spared, (which was invariably adhered to.) We remained at the feast until about two hours in the night, when we went to the house and found Austin; they all went to the cider press and drank except myself.
Seite 206 - A philosophical apparatus offers to him all the secrets and mysteries of nature. Peace, tranquillity and innocence shed their mingled delights around him. And to crown the enchantment of the scene, a wife, who is said to be lovely even beyond her sex, and graced with every accomplishment that can render it irresistible, had blessed him with her love, and made him the father of several children.
Seite 209 - ... still to the west of them. The ridge on which they stood formed the dividing line between the waters of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
Seite 244 - Not less than seven directors shall constitute a board for the transaction of business, of whom the president shall always be one, except in case of sickness or necessary absence ; in which case his place may be supplied by any other director whom he, by writing, under his hand, shall depute for that purpose. And the director so deputed may do and transact all the necessary business, belonging to the office of the president of the said corporation, during the continuance of the sickness or necessary...
Seite 196 - Ancient and modern names are diminished before him. Greatness and guilt have too often been allied; but his fame is whiter than it is brilliant. The destroyers of nations stood abashed at the majesty of his virtues.
Seite 261 - I heard a loud noise in the heavens, and the Spirit instantly appeared to me and said the Serpent was loosened, and Christ had laid down the yoke he had borne for the sins of men, and that I should take it on and fight against the Serpent, for the time was fast approaching when the first should be last and the last should be first.