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, Том 2Harper & Bros., 1852 - Всего страниц: 30 |
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... crossed the Penobscot in a canoe , and traveled through the wilderness to his home . Of his capture , sufferings , and escape , Dr. Dwight has given a long and interesting account in the second volume of his Travels in New England . For ...
... crossed the Penobscot in a canoe , and traveled through the wilderness to his home . Of his capture , sufferings , and escape , Dr. Dwight has given a long and interesting account in the second volume of his Travels in New England . For ...
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... crossed over to the stronger post of Fort Griswold , on Groton Hill . The city was thus left exposed to the enemy , whose great weapon of destruction was the torch . First , the stores upon the wharves were set on fire , and then the ...
... crossed over to the stronger post of Fort Griswold , on Groton Hill . The city was thus left exposed to the enemy , whose great weapon of destruction was the torch . First , the stores upon the wharves were set on fire , and then the ...
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... crossed that river , and surprised the Hessians at Trenton . The December 25 , ice prevented ; but they crossed the next day , and were stationed at Crosswicks 1776 . for a day or two . Mr. Howland was among those at Trenton who were ...
... crossed that river , and surprised the Hessians at Trenton . The December 25 , ice prevented ; but they crossed the next day , and were stationed at Crosswicks 1776 . for a day or two . Mr. Howland was among those at Trenton who were ...
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... crossed the Delaware and accomplished his brilliant achievement at Trenton . The squadron was commanded by Sir Peter Parker , and the land forces , consisting of about an equal number of British and Hessians , in all between eight and ...
... crossed the Delaware and accomplished his brilliant achievement at Trenton . The squadron was commanded by Sir Peter Parker , and the land forces , consisting of about an equal number of British and Hessians , in all between eight and ...
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... crossed from Tiverton in eighty - six flat - bottomed boats , ' prepared under the di- rection of the energetic ... crossing the slope near Rose Island , near Newport ; E , the American lines between Quaker and Turkey Hills and Butts's ...
... crossed from Tiverton in eighty - six flat - bottomed boats , ' prepared under the di- rection of the energetic ... crossing the slope near Rose Island , near Newport ; E , the American lines between Quaker and Turkey Hills and Butts's ...
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Стр. 496 - No, sir, she has none. They are meant for us: they can be meant for no other. They are sent over to bind and rivet upon us those chains which the British ministry have been so long forging.
Стр. 497 - Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
Стр. 272 - Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people. He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions to cause others to be elected ; whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise ; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
Стр. 496 - ... we must fight! I repeat it, Sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms, and to the God of hosts, is all that is left us.
Стр. 496 - There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone: it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.
Стр. 272 - He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitutions, and unacknowledged by our laws ; giving his assent to their acts of pretended legislation : For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us . For protecting them, by a mock trial, from punishment for any murders which they should commit on the inhabitants of these states ; For cutting off our trade with all parts of the world...
Стр. 273 - He has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating its most sacred rights of life and liberty in the persons of a distant people who never offended him, captivating and carrying them into slavery in another hemisphere, or to incur miserable death in their transportation thither.
Стр. 273 - For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world; For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent; For depriving us in many cases of the benefits of Trial by Jury; For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offenses...
Стр. 280 - He is at this time transporting large armies of foreign mercenaries to complete the works of death, desolation, and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of cruelty and perfidy, scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the head of a civilized nation.
Стр. 280 - He has refused, for a long time after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected ; whereby the legislative powers, incapable of annihilation, have returned to the people at large, for their exercise, the state remaining, in the mean time, exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.