The Story-life of Washington: A Life-history in Five Hundred True Stories, Selected from Original Sources and Fitted Together in OrderJohn C. Winston Company, 1911 - 709 Seiten |
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... wounds , such stiff , sore wounds , George after long weeks of starvation and misery , and cold and wet - that you tried your best and were beaten - not a little beating , but a terrible disheartening , humiliating defeat . Such as your ...
... wounds , such stiff , sore wounds , George after long weeks of starvation and misery , and cold and wet - that you tried your best and were beaten - not a little beating , but a terrible disheartening , humiliating defeat . Such as your ...
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... wounded . Lawrence Washington returned home in the autumn of 1742 , the campaigns in the West Indies being ended , and Admiral Vernon and General Wentworth being recalled to England . It was the intention of Lawrence to rejoin his ...
... wounded . Lawrence Washington returned home in the autumn of 1742 , the campaigns in the West Indies being ended , and Admiral Vernon and General Wentworth being recalled to England . It was the intention of Lawrence to rejoin his ...
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... Wounds , and if others Mention them Change if you can the Discourse tell not your Dreams , but to your intimate Friend Break not a Jest where none take pleasure in mirth Laugh not aloud , nor at all without Occasion , deride no man's ...
... Wounds , and if others Mention them Change if you can the Discourse tell not your Dreams , but to your intimate Friend Break not a Jest where none take pleasure in mirth Laugh not aloud , nor at all without Occasion , deride no man's ...
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... a quarter of an hour before the enemy was routed . We killed Mr. de Jumonville , the Commander of that party , as also nine others ; we wounded one and made twenty - one prisoners , among whom were M. la 126 THE STORY - LIFE OF WASHINGTON.
... a quarter of an hour before the enemy was routed . We killed Mr. de Jumonville , the Commander of that party , as also nine others ; we wounded one and made twenty - one prisoners , among whom were M. la 126 THE STORY - LIFE OF WASHINGTON.
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... wounded they broke in wild rout and fled . Of the regular troops , seven hundred , and of the officers , who showed the utmost bravery , sixty - two out of the eighty - six , were killed or wounded . Two hundred Frenchmen and six ...
... wounded they broke in wild rout and fled . Of the regular troops , seven hundred , and of the officers , who showed the utmost bravery , sixty - two out of the eighty - six , were killed or wounded . Two hundred Frenchmen and six ...
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Seite 215 - Having thus imparted to you my sentiments, as they have been awakened by the occasion which brings us together, I shall take my present leave ; but not without resorting once more to the benign Parent of the human race, in humble supplication, that since He has been pleased to favor the American people with opportunities for deliberating in perfect tranquillity, and dispositions for deciding with unparalleled unanimity on a form of Government for the security of their union, and the advancement of...
Seite 16 - To overrun them with the mercenary sons of rapine and plunder ; devoting them and their possessions to the rapacity of hireling cruelty ! If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms — never — never — never...
Seite 265 - He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
Seite 316 - I am just going. Have me decently buried, and do not let my body be put into the vault in less than three days after I am dead.
Seite 55 - Read no letters, books, or papers in company ; but, when there is a necessity for doing it, you must ask leave. Come not near the books or writings of any one so as to read them, unless desired, nor give your opinion of them unasked ; also, look not nigh when another is writing a letter.
Seite 214 - MR. STRAHAN, You are a member of parliament, and one of that majority which has doomed my country to destruction. — You have begun to burn our towns, and murder our people. — Look upon your hands! — They are stained with the blood of your relations ! — You and I were long friends: — You are now my enemy, — and I am • Yours, B. FRANKLIN.
Seite 198 - You talk, my good sir, of employing influence to appease the present tumults in Massachusetts. I know not where that influence is to be found, or, if attainable, that it would be a proper remedy for the disorders. Influence is not government. Let us have a government by which our lives, liberties, and properties will be secured, or let us know the worst at once.
Seite 275 - The General is sorry to be informed, that the foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing, a vice heretofore little known in an American army...
Seite 314 - Doctor, I die hard, but I am not afraid to go. I believed, from my first attack, that I should not survive it. My breath cannot last long.
Seite 215 - ... but not without resorting once more to the benign Parent of the human race, in humble supplication, that since He has been pleased to favor the American people, with opportunities for deliberating in perfect tranquillity, and dispositions for deciding with unparalleled unanimity on a form of government, for the security of their union, and the advancement of their happiness; so His divine blessing may be equally conspicuous in the enlarged views, the temperate consultations, and the wise measures...