The Library of Historic Characters and Famous Events of All Nations and All Ages, Volume 6Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Frank Weitenkampf, John Porter Lamberton F. Finley & Company, 1895 |
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... officer in the British army , and had served in the siege of Carthagena and in the West Indies under Admiral Vernon , regarding the British navy as a sure road to distinction , had obtained for George a midshipman's warrant , which he ...
... officer in the British army , and had served in the siege of Carthagena and in the West Indies under Admiral Vernon , regarding the British navy as a sure road to distinction , had obtained for George a midshipman's warrant , which he ...
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... officer in that engagement was either killed or wounded . On Washington devolved the conduct of the retreat , which he successfully accomplished . Braddock's defeat caused an ominous thrill throughout the whole of the American colonies ...
... officer in that engagement was either killed or wounded . On Washington devolved the conduct of the retreat , which he successfully accomplished . Braddock's defeat caused an ominous thrill throughout the whole of the American colonies ...
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... officers of thorough European training in military affairs , such as De Kalb and Charles Lee , was striving to form his poorly - equipped , insufficiently- provisioned troops into soldiers capable of meeting on equal terms the well ...
... officers of thorough European training in military affairs , such as De Kalb and Charles Lee , was striving to form his poorly - equipped , insufficiently- provisioned troops into soldiers capable of meeting on equal terms the well ...
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... officer . He took but little part in the debates , unless when they touched on matters concerning the army . The convention was in session four months , and its deliberations resulted in the present Constitution , the adop- tion of ...
... officer . He took but little part in the debates , unless when they touched on matters concerning the army . The convention was in session four months , and its deliberations resulted in the present Constitution , the adop- tion of ...
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... officers , with waving swords , led them to the charge : hidden beneath great trees , or concealed below the level of the earth , the muzzles of their pieces resting on the brink of the ravine , and shooting with a secure and steady aim ...
... officers , with waving swords , led them to the charge : hidden beneath great trees , or concealed below the level of the earth , the muzzles of their pieces resting on the brink of the ravine , and shooting with a secure and steady aim ...
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Page 44 - Happy in the confirmation of our independence and sovereignty, and pleased with the opportunity afforded the United States of becoming a respectable nation, I resign with satisfaction the appointment I accepted with diffidence. A diffidence in my abilities to accomplish so arduous a task, which however was superseded by a confidence in the rectitude of our cause, the support of the supreme Power of the Union, and the patronage of Heaven.
Page 118 - that the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the UNION be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation.
Page 68 - Honour, justice, and humanity forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom which we received from our gallant ancestors, and which our innocent posterity have a right to receive from us. We cannot endure the infamy and guilt of resigning succeeding generations to that wretchedness which inevitably awaits them, if we basely entail hereditary bondage upon them. Our cause is just. Our union is perfect. Our internal resources are great, and, if necessary, foreign assistance is undoubtedly attainable.
Page 281 - On a rock, whose haughty brow Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood, Robed in the sable garb of woe, With haggard eyes the poet stood; (Loose his beard and hoary hair Streamed like a meteor to the troubled air...
Page 69 - Creator hath graciously bestowed upon us, the arms we have been compelled by our enemies to assume, we will, in defiance of every hazard, with unabating firmness and perseverance, employ for the preservation of our liberties ; being with one mind resolved to die freemen rather than to live slaves.
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Page 68 - We are reduced to the alternative of choosing an unconditional submission to the tyranny of irritated ministers, or resistance by force. The latter is our choice. We have counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery.
Page 65 - But a reverence for our great Creator, principles of humanity, and the dictates of common sense, must convince all those who reflect upon the subject, that government was instituted to promote the welfare of mankind, and ought to be administered for the attainment of that end.
Page 37 - Union, at a time and place to be agreed upon, to take into consideration the trade of the United States ; to consider how far a uniform system in their commercial regulations may be necessary to their common interest and their permanent harmony ; and to report to the several States such an act, relative to this great object, as, when ratified by them, will enable the United States in Congress effectually to provide for the same.
Page 280 - Ode is founded on a tradition current in Wales, that Edward the First, when he completed the conquest of that country, ordered all the Bards that fell into his hands to be put to death.