 THE time is now near at hand which must probably determine whether Americans are to be freemen or slaves ; whether they are to have any property they can call their own ; whether their houses and farms are to be pillaged and destroyed, and themselves...  American Monthly Knickerbocker - Page 2781839Full view - About this book
 | Robert Kidd - 1857 - 492 pages
...people ! VICTOR HUGO. CX XVIII.— TO THE AMERICAN TROOPS BEFORE THE BATTLE OF LONG ISLAND, 1776. 1. THE time is now near at hand which must probably determine...they are to have any property they can call their own ; and whether their houses and farms are to be pillaged and destroyed, and themselves consigned to... | |
 | Aaron Bancroft - 1857 - 472 pages
...observed, " \a now at hand, which must probably determine whether Americans are to be free men or slave* . whether they are to have any property they can call their own ; whether their houses und farms are to be pillaged and destroyed, and themselves consigned to a etate of wretchedness, from... | |
 | Robert Kidd - 1857 - 486 pages
...Americans are to be freemen or slaves; whether they are to have any property they can call their own ; and whether their houses and farms are to be pillaged and destroyed, and themselves consigned to a state of wretchedness from which no human efforts will deliver them. The... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1858 - 566 pages
...TROOPS BEFORE THE BATTLE OF IX)N(1 ISLAND, 177» General George Washington. Born, 1732 ; died, 1799. THE time is now near at hand which must probably determine...they can call their own ; whether their houses and forms are to be pillaged and destroyed, and themselves consigned to a state of wretchedness from which... | |
 | 1859 - 370 pages
...discharge, and that is all I desire. GENERAL WASHINGTON TO HIS TROOPS PREVIOUS TO THE BATTLE OF LONG ISLAND. THE time is now near at hand, which must probably...houses and farms are to be pillaged and destroyed, and themselves consigned to a state of wretchedness, from which no human efforts will deliver them. The... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1860 - 872 pages
...encouraging appeals. " The time is now near at hand," he said, in general orders on the second of July, " which must probably determine whether Americans are...and farms are to be pillaged and destroyed, and they consigned to a state of wretchedness, from which no human efforts will probably deliver them. The fate... | |
 | Orator - 1864 - 186 pages
...GEORGE WASHINGTON. Born J732. Died 1789. ADDRESS TO HIS TROOPS REFOKE THE BATTLE OF Lose ISLAXD, 1776. THE time is now near at hand, which must probably...houses and farms are to be pillaged and destroyed, and themselves consigned to a state of wretchedness, from which no human efforts will deliver them. The... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1870 - 900 pages
...encouraging appeals. " The time is now near at hand," he said, in general orders on the second of July, " which must probably determine whether Americans are...and farms are to be pillaged and destroyed, and they consigned to a state of wretchedness, from which no human efforts will probably deliver them. The fate... | |
 | John Dudley Philbrick - 1875 - 584 pages
...be reversed. TF Meagher. XVI. ADDRESS TO THE AMERICAN TROOPS BEFORE THE BATTLE OF LONG ISLAND. HHHE time is now near at hand, which must probably determine...houses and farms are to be pillaged and destroyed, and themselves consigned to a state of wretchedness from which no human efforts will deliver them. The... | |
 | Robert Templeman Craighill - 1880 - 370 pages
...even partial success in the impending conflict. " The time," he says, "is now near at hand, which must determine whether Americans are to be freemen or slaves...houses and farms are to be pillaged and destroyed, and themselves consigned to a state of wretchedness from which no human efforts will deliver them. The... | |
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