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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... took possession . When this was effected , the British and Tories had all left Boston , and the fleet that was to convey them away was anchored in Nantasket Roads , where it remained ten days . ' A detachment of Americans entered the ...
... took possession . When this was effected , the British and Tories had all left Boston , and the fleet that was to convey them away was anchored in Nantasket Roads , where it remained ten days . ' A detachment of Americans entered the ...
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... took post on Moon Island , Hoff's Neck , and at Point Anderton . A large force also collected at Pettick's Island , and Hull ; and a detachment with two eighteen pounders and a thirteen inch mortar took post on Long Island . Shots were ...
... took post on Moon Island , Hoff's Neck , and at Point Anderton . A large force also collected at Pettick's Island , and Hull ; and a detachment with two eighteen pounders and a thirteen inch mortar took post on Long Island . Shots were ...
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... took decided ground against ministers . Chatham was very ill , and could not leave his country seat . The Duke of Grafton , one of the minority , was bold in his denunciations , and in the course of an able speech declared that he had ...
... took decided ground against ministers . Chatham was very ill , and could not leave his country seat . The Duke of Grafton , one of the minority , was bold in his denunciations , and in the course of an able speech declared that he had ...
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... took Indians into the bird as hostages . They took fresh water for their consumption at a neighboring spring , and while procuring it , the Indians fell upon and murdered some of them . During the affray , thunder and lightning issued ...
... took Indians into the bird as hostages . They took fresh water for their consumption at a neighboring spring , and while procuring it , the Indians fell upon and murdered some of them . During the affray , thunder and lightning issued ...
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... took possession of the house on the evening after the evacuation , but all was desolation , the enemy having broken or carried away every article the family had left there . " Tonomy Hill is said to be the highest land upon the island ...
... took possession of the house on the evening after the evacuation , but all was desolation , the enemy having broken or carried away every article the family had left there . " Tonomy Hill is said to be the highest land upon the island ...
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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.