Lights and Shadows of American History, Частина 2John Allen, 1844 - 320 стор. |
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... dead bodies of the inhabi- tants were lying piled in heaps upon each other . Two leagues lower down , the river began to assume a new character ; it expanded to a breadth so immense , that one bank could not be seen from the opposite ...
... dead bodies of the inhabi- tants were lying piled in heaps upon each other . Two leagues lower down , the river began to assume a new character ; it expanded to a breadth so immense , that one bank could not be seen from the opposite ...
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... dead for a consid- erable time , within half musket shot of the vessel . Two of the men fired their muskets at her ... river and a good harbor opposite the cape , not more then eight leagues distant , they sent off another exploring ...
... dead for a consid- erable time , within half musket shot of the vessel . Two of the men fired their muskets at her ... river and a good harbor opposite the cape , not more then eight leagues distant , they sent off another exploring ...
Сторінка 272
... Dead River , met an old Norridgewock Indian , the last of his tribe , who had his wigwam in that neigh- borhood . The crafty savage , being probably in the interest of the British , contrived to terrify them with bugbear stories , and ...
... Dead River , met an old Norridgewock Indian , the last of his tribe , who had his wigwam in that neigh- borhood . The crafty savage , being probably in the interest of the British , contrived to terrify them with bugbear stories , and ...
Сторінка 273
... river , for- merly stood the Indian village where the celebrated missionary Rasle lived twenty - six years , and ... Dead River , one of the head streams of the Kennebec . They had yet fifteen days ' provi- sion remaining , and Arnold ...
... river , for- merly stood the Indian village where the celebrated missionary Rasle lived twenty - six years , and ... Dead River , one of the head streams of the Kennebec . They had yet fifteen days ' provi- sion remaining , and Arnold ...
Сторінка 274
... Dead River on the 16th of October . The ponds were stocked with abundance of fine salmon trout , which afforded a most welcome supply of food after this laborious march ... stream of the Dead River , which , 274 ARNOLD S MARCH TO QUEBEC .
... Dead River on the 16th of October . The ponds were stocked with abundance of fine salmon trout , which afforded a most welcome supply of food after this laborious march ... stream of the Dead River , which , 274 ARNOLD S MARCH TO QUEBEC .
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Сторінка 289 - Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand, and my heart, to this vote.
Сторінка 293 - Publish it from the pulpit: religion will approve it, and the love of religious liberty will cling round it, resolved to stand with it or fall with it. Send it to the public halls; proclaim it there; let them hear it who heard the first roar of the enemy's cannon; let them see it who saw their brothers and their sons fall on the field of Bunker Hill and in the streets of Lexington and Concord, and the very walls will cry out in its support.
Сторінка 208 - Ireland, king, defender of the faith, &c. — having undertaken, for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith, and honor of our king and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia...
Сторінка 207 - Besides, what could they see but a hideous and desolate wilderness, full of wild beasts and wild men — and what multitudes there might be of them they knew not.
Сторінка 208 - IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN. We whose names are underwritten, the loyal subjects of our dread sovereign lord King James, by the grace of God of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, king, defender of the faith, etc.
Сторінка 295 - The day is passed. The 4th of July, 1776, will be a memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival.
Сторінка 252 - Nathan Palmer, a lieutenant in your King's service, was taken in my camp as a Spy — he was tried as a Spy — he was condemned as a Spy — and you may rest assured, Sir, he shall be hanged as a Spy." " I have the honour to be, &c. "ISRAEL PUTNAM. rt His Excellency Governor TRYON.
Сторінка 282 - Some boast of being friends to government ; I am a friend to righteous government, to a government founded upon the principles of reason and justice; but I glory in publicly avowing my eternal enmity to tyranny.
Сторінка 295 - I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of the continent to the other, from this time forward forevermore.
Сторінка 282 - Whether it be lawful to resist the Supreme Magistrate, if the Commonwealth cannot otherwise be preserved...