A History of the Life and Services of Captain Samuel Dewees: A Native of Pennsylvania, and Soldier of the Revolutionary and Last Wars. Also, Reminiscences of the Revolutionary Struggle...and Late War with Great Britain. In All of which He was Patriotically EngagedRobert Neilson, 1844 - 360 стор. |
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... rolling clouds ! they hear the sound . Of pealing thunders ! while her martial form Lightens tremendous in the gathering storm ! They breathe that buoyant mountain atmosphere , And kindling in their eyes those lights appear , — Those ...
... rolling clouds ! they hear the sound . Of pealing thunders ! while her martial form Lightens tremendous in the gathering storm ! They breathe that buoyant mountain atmosphere , And kindling in their eyes those lights appear , — Those ...
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... rolling , Which treacherous kings confederate raise ; The dogs of war , let loose , are howling , And lo ! our fields and cities blaze . And shall we basely view the ruin , While lawless force with guilty stride , Spreads desolation far ...
... rolling , Which treacherous kings confederate raise ; The dogs of war , let loose , are howling , And lo ! our fields and cities blaze . And shall we basely view the ruin , While lawless force with guilty stride , Spreads desolation far ...
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... roll before he had served nine months , to serve General Wahington in a more hazardous relation , he could not obtain it ; though he thought his circumstances and his claims for consideration were as great as any soldier's . He then ...
... roll before he had served nine months , to serve General Wahington in a more hazardous relation , he could not obtain it ; though he thought his circumstances and his claims for consideration were as great as any soldier's . He then ...
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... roll Are to of the army , and engage in a secret service at the haz- ard of your life , for which I promise you forty dollars a month ?? U I am willing to serve my country in any way you may think best . " Call here precisely at seven o ...
... roll Are to of the army , and engage in a secret service at the haz- ard of your life , for which I promise you forty dollars a month ?? U I am willing to serve my country in any way you may think best . " Call here precisely at seven o ...
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... roll of the drum would boom across the night , the CAPTAIN SAMUEL DEWEES . 87 neigh of a horse would float from the opposite shore , or the crash of the jamming ice would be heard like far off thunder . The cannoneers beneath me were ...
... roll of the drum would boom across the night , the CAPTAIN SAMUEL DEWEES . 87 neigh of a horse would float from the opposite shore , or the crash of the jamming ice would be heard like far off thunder . The cannoneers beneath me were ...
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