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... be requisite ; but he shall nevertheless retain his station in the said corps or army , and rise therein , in the same manner , as if he had never been appointed inspector . Regts . & Corps . There shall be allowed to 16 THE AMERICAN ARMY .
... be requisite ; but he shall nevertheless retain his station in the said corps or army , and rise therein , in the same manner , as if he had never been appointed inspector . Regts . & Corps . There shall be allowed to 16 THE AMERICAN ARMY .
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... never saw , Nor e'er were known by any painter yet . ' Till from all beauties thou extracts the grace , And from the sun the beams that gild the skies , Never presume to draw her beauteous face , Nor paint the radiant brightness of her ...
... never saw , Nor e'er were known by any painter yet . ' Till from all beauties thou extracts the grace , And from the sun the beams that gild the skies , Never presume to draw her beauteous face , Nor paint the radiant brightness of her ...
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... never marr'd it . It is the custom to bind a thread on one's finger for the sake of remembering any thing . A very ancient practice : for we read , Deut . vi . 9. " And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand , and they shall be ...
... never marr'd it . It is the custom to bind a thread on one's finger for the sake of remembering any thing . A very ancient practice : for we read , Deut . vi . 9. " And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand , and they shall be ...
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... never had the good fortune to be elected . He would now willingly live a private life , if he had any thing to live on ; but his fortune , which was at the first but small , has been entirely swal- lowed up in prosecuting ways and means ...
... never had the good fortune to be elected . He would now willingly live a private life , if he had any thing to live on ; but his fortune , which was at the first but small , has been entirely swal- lowed up in prosecuting ways and means ...
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... never attempt to dictate to my constituents , or to vote against what I know to be their wishes : and I hold it as the first principle of repuplicanism , that if any member of this house shall vote contrary to what he knows to be the ...
... never attempt to dictate to my constituents , or to vote against what I know to be their wishes : and I hold it as the first principle of repuplicanism , that if any member of this house shall vote contrary to what he knows to be the ...
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American Andromache appears army banks beautiful Bible boat boiler Brevets caciques called captain character chinampas Cholula Colonel command Cottagers of Glenburnie Covenanters dollars per month earth enemy engine English Evandale eyes favour feel French gentlemen give gold Granville Sharp hand heart heaven honour horses hundred inhabitants John July July 14 June 14 king labour land leagues letters Lieutenants Lord Maj bvt manner master means ment Mexico miles mind mineralogy Montezuma nature never observed officers Old Mortality opinion Pernambuco persons Phillips political PORT FOLIO present principles province Pyrrhus racter received Recife rendered residence respect river says sent slaves soon spirit thee thing thou thousand tion town translation United whole word writer Yellow Fever
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Página 259 - Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him ; But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half of our heavy task was done When the clock struck the hour for retiring; And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame...
Página 119 - Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us ; and to the hills, Cover us.
Página 259 - By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet nor in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow.
Página 433 - I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.