Memoirs of Lieut.-General Scott, LL.D.Sheldon, 1864 - 653페이지 |
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Abolitionism aide-de-camp American arms army arrived article of war artillery autobiographer battalion batteries battle Battle of Chippewa boat brevet brigade Brigadier-General British Buffalo camp campaign Captain capture Carolina Charleston chief Chippewa citizens Colonel command Congress court Creek despatched detachment dinner distinguished duty early enemy enemy's eral field fire force Fort George frontier gallant George hand honor hostile Indians infantry instructions Jackson Jefferson Jesup labors Lady Lake Lake Ontario letter Lieutenant-Colonel Lieutenant-Colonel Scott Macomb Major Major-General Major-General Brown martial ment miles military militia Niagara officers Orleans party passed patriot peace persons Philadelphia President prisoners Queenstown rank reënforcements regiment reply Riall river Sackett's Harbor Secretary Secretary of War Senate senior sent Sir James Yeo soldier soon South South Carolina Subject Continued tactics tion treaty troops turn United victory Virginia volunteers Washington whole Wilkinson WINFIELD SCOTT wounded York
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83 페이지 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 Solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms Than reign in this horrible place.
286 페이지 - And whereas no man can be forejudged of life or limb, or subjected in time of peace to any kind of punishment within this realm by martial law, or in any other manner than by the judgment of his peers, and according to the known and established laws of this realm...
xvi 페이지 - History may be formed from permanent monuments and records ; but Lives can only be written from personal knowledge, which is growing every day less, and in a short time is lost for ever. What is known can seldom be immediately told; and when it might be told, it is no longer known. The delicate features of the mind, the nice discriminations of character, and the minute peculiarities of conduct, are soon obliterated...
241 페이지 - Lands intersected by a narrow frith Abhor each other. Mountains interposed Make enemies of nations, who had else Like kindred drops been mingled into one.
xx 페이지 - ... slightest particulars of the slightest transactions— all the things done and all the words uttered during the time of which it treats. The omission of any circumstance, however insignificant, would be a defect. If history were written thus, the Bodleian Library would not contain the occurrences of a week. What is told in the fullest and most accurate annals bears an infinitely small proportion to what is suppressed. The difference between the copious work of Clarendon and the account of the...
84 페이지 - Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. 1 am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech, I start at the sound of my own. The beasts that roam over the plain My form with indifference see, They are so unacquainted with man, Their tameness is shocking to me.
xvi 페이지 - Providence has distinguished with the abilities either of doing such actions as are worthy of being related, or of relating them in a manner worthy of being read ; but doubly happy are they who are blessed with both these uncommon talents...
221 페이지 - I am as free as nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran.
323 페이지 - The President of the United States has sent me, with a powerful army, to cause you, in obedience to the treaty of 1835, to join that part of your people who are already established in prosperity on the other side of the Mississippi. Unhappily, the two years which...
290 페이지 - That, from and after the passing of this act, the following shall be the rules and articles by which the armies of the United States shall be governed: ARTICLE 1.