 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
 | Ella Marie Powers, Thomas Minard Balliet - 1906 - 392 pages
...Where'er we turn, Thy glories shine, And all things fair and bright are Thine. ADDRESS TO THE ARMY. The 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... | |
 | Martin Ignatius Joseph Griffin - 1909 - 158 pages
...thousand men and Admiral Howe, his brother, with one hundred and fifty vessels, issued an Order stating: " The time is now near at hand which must probably determine...any property they can call their own ; whether their homes and farms are to be pillaged and destroyed, and they consigned to a state of wretchedness, from... | |
 | Martin Ignatius Joseph Griffin - 1909 - 418 pages
...thousand men and Admiral Howe, his brother, with one hundred and fifty vessels, issued an Order stating: " The time is now near at hand which must probably determine...any property they can call their own ; whether their homes and farms are to be pillaged and destroyed, and they consigned to a state of wretchedness, from... | |
 | Robert Haven Schauffler - 1910 - 368 pages
...little spark of celestial fire, conscience. WASHINGTON BEFORE THE BATTLE OF LONG ISLAND, AUGUST, 1776 The 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 effort will deliver them. The fate... | |
 | Joseph Charles Sindelar - 1910 - 196 pages
...Someone reads, or the impersonator recites, from WASHINGTON'S ADDRESS TO His TROOPS: '' The time is near at hand which must probably determine whether...Americans are to be freemen or slaves; whether they can have any property they can call their own; whether their houses are to be pillaged and destroyed... | |
 | Clarence Franklin Carroll - 1912 - 490 pages
...passage of water. WASHINGTON'S ADDRESS TO HIS TROOPS DELIVERED BEFORE THE BATTLE OF LONG ISLAND, 1776 The 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... | |
 | 1907 - 918 pages
...equal force and propriety have been addressed to our soldiers of the war of 1812. He said: "The time is near at hand which must probably determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves; whether they are to have any property they can call their own; whether their houses... | |
 | James O'Boyle - 1915 - 428 pages
...troops. The orders that he gave were soul-stirring. " The time," he says, " is now 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... | |
 | Robert Haven Schauffler - 1915 - 362 pages
...little spark of celestial fire, conscience. WASHINGTON BEFORE THE BATTLE OF LONG ISLAND, AUGUST, 1776 The 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 effort will deliver them. The fate... | |
 | Jasper Leonidas McBrien - 1916 - 302 pages
...Pickering. SCENE Ft. — Washington's Address to his Army. Washington and his army1 in camp on Long Island. The time is now near at hand, which must probably...whether Americans are to be freemen or slaves, whether their houses and farms are to be pillaged and destroyed, and themselves to be consigned to a state... | |
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