The History of an Expedition Against Fort Du Quesne, in 1755 Under Major-General Edward Braddock, Том 6Winthrop Sargent Lippincott, Grambo, & Company, 1856 - Всего страниц: 423 Contains a history of Braddock's Campaign in 1755 against Fort Duquesne. |
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... English , that Charles Edward himself , then residing at Paris , could not view it without indignation . " If ever I ascend the throne of my ancestors , " he exclaimed , " Europe shall see me use my utmost endeavors to force France , in ...
... English , that Charles Edward himself , then residing at Paris , could not view it without indignation . " If ever I ascend the throne of my ancestors , " he exclaimed , " Europe shall see me use my utmost endeavors to force France , in ...
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... English trade and fisheries in that part of the world . The annoyance , therefore , of the New England people was extreme and well founded ; and at their earnest representations , the Home Government was finally instigated to adopt the ...
... English trade and fisheries in that part of the world . The annoyance , therefore , of the New England people was extreme and well founded ; and at their earnest representations , the Home Government was finally instigated to adopt the ...
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... English , everything considered , have made any very effectual opposition . But to adopt this route would have left too wide a margin for British enterprise . The warlike tribes seated between the Illinois and the Alleghanies- the broad ...
... English , everything considered , have made any very effectual opposition . But to adopt this route would have left too wide a margin for British enterprise . The warlike tribes seated between the Illinois and the Alleghanies- the broad ...
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... English dealers , or receiving in turn their commodities . The peltry traffic , so profitable to European commerce , had already to be pursued on the frontiers ; and it was not probable that the Indians would go thither to • - seek no ...
... English dealers , or receiving in turn their commodities . The peltry traffic , so profitable to European commerce , had already to be pursued on the frontiers ; and it was not probable that the Indians would go thither to • - seek no ...
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... English , in any difficulty that might occur . There is nothing the American aborigine learns more quickly than to abandon his rude native weapons of the chase - the bow or the flint - headed spear- for the fusil and gunpowder of the ...
... English , in any difficulty that might occur . There is nothing the American aborigine learns more quickly than to abandon his rude native weapons of the chase - the bow or the flint - headed spear- for the fusil and gunpowder of the ...
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Стр. 199 - Indians, who by constant practice, are dextrous in laying and executing them : and the slender line, near four miles long, which your army must make, may expose it to be attacked by surprise in its flanks, and to be cut like a thread into several pieces, which from their distance cannot come up in time to support each other.
Стр. 119 - To die, is landing on some silent shore, Where billows never break nor tempests roar : Ere well we feel the friendly stroke 'tis o'er. The wise through thought the insults of death defy ; The fools through blessed insensibility.
Стр. 121 - Braddock, you are a poor dog! Here, take my purse. If you kill me, you will be forced to run away, and then you will not have a shilling to support you.
Стр. 119 - Ere well we feel th' friendly stroke 'tis o'er. The wise through thought th' insults of death defy, The fools through blest insensibility. 'Tis what the guilty fear, the pious crave ; Sought by the wretch and vanquished by the brave. It eases lovers, sets the captive free, And though a tyrant, offers liberty.
Стр. 114 - This general was, I think, a brave man, and might probably have made a figure as a good officer in some European war. But he had too much self-confidence, too high an opinion of the validity of regular troops, and too mean a one of both Americans and Indians.
Стр. 142 - Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will even do according to thine anger, and according to thine envy which thou hast used out of thy hatred against them : and I will make myself known among them, when I have judged thee.
Стр. 59 - I heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound.
Стр. 142 - Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it, And say unto it, Thus saith the Lord GOD...
Стр. 67 - Lehigh rivers, extending in depth as far as a man could walk in a day and a half.