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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... Town - Can- made renewed - Commission to plunder - Bad Conduct the British Troops - The Embarkation - Entrance of the mericans into the City - The Refugees - Condition of Bos- in after the Evacuation - Troops sent to New York - Linger ...
... Town - Can- made renewed - Commission to plunder - Bad Conduct the British Troops - The Embarkation - Entrance of the mericans into the City - The Refugees - Condition of Bos- in after the Evacuation - Troops sent to New York - Linger ...
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... town and Gloucester invested - General Arrangements of the land and naval Forces - French Officers - Biographical Sketch of Lieutenant colonel Stevens - Position of the American Corps - Approach by Parallels - Cannonade and Bombard ...
... town and Gloucester invested - General Arrangements of the land and naval Forces - French Officers - Biographical Sketch of Lieutenant colonel Stevens - Position of the American Corps - Approach by Parallels - Cannonade and Bombard ...
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... town by that way . The assault was to be made by the Americans in two divi- sions , under Brigadiers Sullivan and Greene , the whole to be commanded by Major - general Putnam . Circumstances prevented the execution of the plan , and ...
... town by that way . The assault was to be made by the Americans in two divi- sions , under Brigadiers Sullivan and Greene , the whole to be commanded by Major - general Putnam . Circumstances prevented the execution of the plan , and ...
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... Town . Cannonade renewed . Commission to plunder . November , to evacuate Boston , but excused himself by pleading that the shipping was inad- equate . He was now obliged to leave with less , and , in addition to his troops , take with ...
... Town . Cannonade renewed . Commission to plunder . November , to evacuate Boston , but excused himself by pleading that the shipping was inad- equate . He was now obliged to leave with less , and , in addition to his troops , take with ...
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... town would doubtless have suffered all the horrors of sack and pillage . Early on Sunday morning , the embarkation of the British army and of the Loyalists com- menced . The garrison on Bunker Hill left it at about nine o'clock ...
... town would doubtless have suffered all the horrors of sack and pillage . Early on Sunday morning , the embarkation of the British army and of the Loyalists com- menced . The garrison on Bunker Hill left it at about nine o'clock ...
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Стр. 503 - 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. 548 - HERE WAS BURIED THOMAS JEFFERSON AUTHOR OF THE DECLARATION OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, OF THE STATUTE OF VIRGINIA FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, AND FATHER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: because by these, as testimonials that I have lived, I wish most to be remembered.
Стр. 249 - The Body Of Benjamin Franklin, Printer, (Like the cover of an old book, Its contents torn out, And stript of its lettering and gilding,) Lies here, food for worms. But the work shall not be lost, For it will, as he believed, appear once more, In a new and more elegant edition, Revised and corrected By THE AUTHOR.
Стр. 502 - Our petitions have been slighted ; our remonstrances have produced additional violence and insult; our supplications have been disregarded, and we have been spurned, with contempt, from the foot of the throne!
Стр. 278 - 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. 279 - Determined to keep open a market where MEN should be bought and sold, he has prostituted his negative for suppressing every legislative attempt to prohibit or to restrain this execrable commerce.
Стр. 502 - The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery ! Our chains are forged. Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable, and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come! It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry peace! peace!
Стр. 279 - 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. 279 - 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. 502 - 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.