 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 W. Lincoln - 1836 - 530 pages
...deserted his ranks in time of battle should be immediately shot down. " The time," he observed, " is now at hand, which must probably determine whether Americans...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... | |
 | John Marshall - 1836 - 534 pages
...time," say his orders issued soon after the ' arrival of General Howe, " 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... | |
 | Edward Charles M'Guire - 1836 - 432 pages
...an expected attack from the combined forces of the enemy, the following order was issued, July2d: " The time is now near at hand which must probably determine,...whether they are to have any property they can call thek own ; whether their houses and farms are to be pillaged and destroyed, and they consigned to a... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1834 - 580 pages
...attack was shortly expected from the combined forces of the enemy, the following order was issued. " The time is now near at hand, which must probably...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... | |
 | 1839 - 580 pages
...of the commander-in-chief became redoubled beneath his clear eye and serene brow. Ho was everywhere, knowing no repose, the indefatigable guardian of the...be pillaged and destroyed, and they confined to a •täte of wretchedness from which no human efforts will probably deliver them. The fate of unborn... | |
 | Robert W. Lincoln - 1842 - 684 pages
...deserted his ranks in time of battle should be immediately shot down. " The time," he observed, " is now at hand, which must probably determine whether Americans...houses and farms are to be pillaged and destroyed, and themselves consigned to a state of wretchedness, from which no human eiforts will deliver them. The... | |
 | Robert W. Lincoln - 1842 - 610 pages
...deserted his ranks in time of battle should be immediately shot down. " The time," he observed, " is now at hand, which must probably determine whether Americans...be freemen or slaves ; whether they are to have any projierty they can call their own ; whether their houses and farms are to be pillaged and destroyed,... | |
 | James Kirke Paulding - 1842 - 304 pages
...that a battle was to be fought ere long, and that its issue would, in all probability, de iUAIN 5090 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... | |
 | John Frost - 1845 - 458 pages
...it. MORRIS. 26. GEN. WASHINGTON TO HIS TROOPS, (DELIVERED BEFORE THE BATTLE OF LONG ISLAND, 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... | |
 | George Washington - 1847 - 576 pages
...attack was shortly expected from the combined forces of the enemy, the following order was issued. " The time is now near at hand, which must probably...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... | |
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