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, 1권Harper & bros., 1851 |
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... took advantage of this state of things , and while he excited the acquisitiveness of the nobles by reciting wonderful tales of the riches of Cipangi and Cathay , he eloquently portrayed to the queen the glorious prospect of extending ...
... took advantage of this state of things , and while he excited the acquisitiveness of the nobles by reciting wonderful tales of the riches of Cipangi and Cathay , he eloquently portrayed to the queen the glorious prospect of extending ...
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... took possession of the land in the name of the Spanish sovereigns , giving the island the title of San Salvador . ' With the most extravagant demonstrations of joy , his followers crowded around him . The most insolent in the mutinous ...
... took possession of the land in the name of the Spanish sovereigns , giving the island the title of San Salvador . ' With the most extravagant demonstrations of joy , his followers crowded around him . The most insolent in the mutinous ...
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... took formal possession in the name of the Spanish monarch ; but , feeling unauthorized to proceed to making conquests without a royal commission , he sailed for Spain to obtain one , after failing in his search after the Fountain of ...
... took formal possession in the name of the Spanish monarch ; but , feeling unauthorized to proceed to making conquests without a royal commission , he sailed for Spain to obtain one , after failing in his search after the Fountain of ...
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... took passage in one of those floating palaces which are the pride of the Hudson River . What a con- trast to the awkward contrivance the mere germ of the steam - boat of the present day- that gave such glory to Fulton , and astonished ...
... took passage in one of those floating palaces which are the pride of the Hudson River . What a con- trast to the awkward contrivance the mere germ of the steam - boat of the present day- that gave such glory to Fulton , and astonished ...
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... took sides with the friends of America as pure and holy in all their thoughts and actions , that we reluctantly yield to the conviction that they were ever actuated by motives less worthy and exalted than those of the loftiest ...
... took sides with the friends of America as pure and holy in all their thoughts and actions , that we reluctantly yield to the conviction that they were ever actuated by motives less worthy and exalted than those of the loftiest ...
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afterward Albany Allen Americans arms Arnold artillery attack bateaux battery battle beautiful Bemis's Heights boats Brant British army Burgoyne Burgoyne's camp Canada Canadians cannon Captain captured Carleton Colonel Columbus command Congress Creek Crown Point detachment Edward encamped enemy English erected expedition feet fire force Fort Edward Fort Schuyler Fort William Henry fortress Fraser French garrison Gates Gates's hills Hudson hundred Indians Island John's Johnson killed Lake Champlain Lake George land Lawrence Lieutenant Longueuil Major marched ment miles military militia Mohawk Montcalm Montgomery Montreal morning Mount Defiance Mount Independence Mountain nearly officers Oswego party passed patriots prisoners Putnam Quebec re-enforcement regiment Reidesel retreat returned Revolution river road Saratoga savages Schuyler Schuylerville sent shore side Sir William Johnson Skenesborough soldiers soon surrender thousand Ticonderoga Tories trees troops Tryon county valley vessels village voyage whole woods wounded York
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84 페이지 - 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.
438 페이지 - 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...
518 페이지 - 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.
518 페이지 - 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.
84 페이지 - 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...
84 페이지 - We do not know the worst; but we know that in three campaigns we have done nothing, and suffered much.
438 페이지 - ... 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.
550 페이지 - 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.
227 페이지 - 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.
475 페이지 - 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...