The Life of Francis MarionH. G. Langley, 1845 - 347 стор. |
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... fight the enemy by day , and look after their little families , concealed in swamp or thicket , by night - he still contrived , -one knows not well how , to keep alive and bright the sacred fire of his country's liberties , at moments ...
... fight the enemy by day , and look after their little families , concealed in swamp or thicket , by night - he still contrived , -one knows not well how , to keep alive and bright the sacred fire of his country's liberties , at moments ...
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... fight was continued , not only without intermission , but seemingly without any decisive results on either side . But , at length , the patient resolution of the whites prevailed ; and , about two o'clock in the day , the field was ...
... fight was continued , not only without intermission , but seemingly without any decisive results on either side . But , at length , the patient resolution of the whites prevailed ; and , about two o'clock in the day , the field was ...
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... fight of Fort Sul- livan . They would have done as good service here . The resolution of the Province once adopted , it was communi- cated as well to the commanders of the British vessels , as to the officers of the fort . There was ...
... fight of Fort Sul- livan . They would have done as good service here . The resolution of the Province once adopted , it was communi- cated as well to the commanders of the British vessels , as to the officers of the fort . There was ...
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... fight . But the time was not yet . Indecisive in itself , this brief combat was of great importance in one point of view . It was the beginning of the game . The blow for which all parties had been waiting , was now fairly struck . The ...
... fight . But the time was not yet . Indecisive in itself , this brief combat was of great importance in one point of view . It was the beginning of the game . The blow for which all parties had been waiting , was now fairly struck . The ...
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... fighting for liberty and country . " The want of powder was severely felt . But for this , judging from the effects of the fire from the fort , the British Commodore must have struck , or his fleet must have been destroyed . So slow ...
... fighting for liberty and country . " The want of powder was severely felt . But for this , judging from the effects of the fire from the fort , the British Commodore must have struck , or his fleet must have been destroyed . So slow ...
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active advance American approach arms army artillery ASTOR HOUSE battle bayonet body brave bridge brigade British British army Camden camp Capt Captain Carolinians cavalry character Charleston Cherokees Colonel command Cornwallis courage defence detachment dispatched duties effect encampment enemy enemy's equally escape fell Ferry fight fire followed force Fort Moultrie Fort Prince George Fort Watson fortunate Francis Marion Gainey garrison Georgetown Governor Rutledge Greene Horry Horry's horse Huguenots hundred infantry James latter legion Lord Rawdon loyalists Major Mayham Memoirs ment miles military militia Moultrie movements NEW-YORK North object officers partisan party patriots Pedee Peter Horry plantation possession prepared present prisoners proceeded pursuit Rawdon regiment retreat river safety Santee Savannah secure seems soldiers soon South Carolina spirit Stewart success suffered Sumter superior swamp sword Tarleton thicket tion took Tories troops warfare Watson Weems Whigs wounded yielded
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Сторінка 51 - But when we came, according to orders, to cut down the fields of corn, I could scarcely refrain from tears. For who could see the stalks that stood so stately with broad green leaves and...
Сторінка 342 - I can lay my hand on my heart and say that, since I came to man's estate, I have never intentionally done wrong to any.
Сторінка 17 - After our arrival in Carolina we suffered every kind of evil. In about eighteen months our elder brother, unaccustomed to the hard labor we were obliged to undergo, died of a fever. Since leaving France we had experienced every kind of affliction, disease, pestilence, famine, poverty, hard labor. I have been for six months together without tasting bread, working the ground like a slave ; and I have even passed three or four years without always having it when I wanted it. God has done great things...
Сторінка 141 - Colonel Marion had so wrought on the minds of the people, partly by the terror of his threats and cruelty of his punishments, and partly by the promise of plunder, that there was scarce an inhabitant between the Santee and Pedee that was not in arms against us. Some parties had even crossed the Santee and carried terror to the gates of Charlestown.
Сторінка 343 - AND INDEPENDENCE, And secured to her the blessings of LIBERTY AND PEACE. This tribute of veneration and gratitude is erected in commemoration of the noble and disinterested virtues of the CITIZEN; and the gallant exploits of the SOLDIER; Who lived without fear, and died without reproach.
Сторінка 18 - Many of the French follow a Trade with the Indians, living very conveniently for that Interest. There is about seventy Families seated on this River, who live as decently and happily as any Planters in these Southward Parts of America. The French being a temperate, industrious People, some of them bringing very little of Effects, yet by their Endeavors and mutual Assistance amongst themselves ( which is highly to be commended ) , have outstripped our English, who brought with them larger Fortunes,...
Сторінка 52 - I say, without grief, could see these sacred plants sinking under our swords with all their precious load, to wither and rot untasted in their mourning fields? "I saw everywhere around the footsteps of the little Indian children, where they had lately played under the shade of their rustling corn.
Сторінка 116 - To an inquiry, whether the inhabitants were to be allowed to remain upon their plantations, he was answered in the negative. ' His Majesty,' said Ardesoif, ' offers you a free pardon, of which you are undeserving, for you all ought to be hanged ; but it is only on condition that you take up arms in his cause.
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Francis Marion: The Swamp Fox of the American Revolution Louis P. Towles Попередній перегляд недоступний - 2001 |