The History of the Rise, Progress, and Establishment of the Independence of the United States of America, Band 4author, 1788 |
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... killed in vainly at- tempting to reduce them . The three regiments paraded under their officers ; but being called upon by the others to join them , and threatened with death in cafe of re- fufal , and actually fired on , they complied ...
... killed in vainly at- tempting to reduce them . The three regiments paraded under their officers ; but being called upon by the others to join them , and threatened with death in cafe of re- fufal , and actually fired on , they complied ...
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... killed each other , wherever they met , with as much relentless fury as beafts of prey . He regretted , that most people appeared to be in purfuit of revenge , private gain , or perfonal glory * . Morgan on the 27th detached Washington ...
... killed each other , wherever they met , with as much relentless fury as beafts of prey . He regretted , that most people appeared to be in purfuit of revenge , private gain , or perfonal glory * . Morgan on the 27th detached Washington ...
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... killed ; but the principal part fled to the fort , which Lee was not in a condition to befiege . While this enterprife was carrying on , the enemy aimed a blow at Morgan . Greene before he heard of Mor- gan's fuccefs , wrote to him on ...
... killed ; but the principal part fled to the fort , which Lee was not in a condition to befiege . While this enterprife was carrying on , the enemy aimed a blow at Morgan . Greene before he heard of Mor- gan's fuccefs , wrote to him on ...
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... killed or wounded in their defence . The greatest confufion now followed among the infan try . In the moment of it lieut . col . Howard called to them to lay down their arms , and promised them good quarters . Some hundreds accepted the ...
... killed or wounded in their defence . The greatest confufion now followed among the infan try . In the moment of it lieut . col . Howard called to them to lay down their arms , and promised them good quarters . Some hundreds accepted the ...
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... killed , wounded , or even infulted after he had furrendered . The Americans had only twelve men killed and fixty wounded . General Morgan , together with his officers and troops , have juftly obtained the univerfal applaufe of their ...
... killed , wounded , or even infulted after he had furrendered . The Americans had only twelve men killed and fixty wounded . General Morgan , together with his officers and troops , have juftly obtained the univerfal applaufe of their ...
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Seite 293 - Lawrence from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River; thence down along the middle of that river to the forty-fifth degree of north latitude...
Seite 297 - ... or persons for, or by reason of the part which he or they may have taken in the present war; and that no person shall, on that account, suffer any future loss or damage, either in his person, liberty or property ; and that those who may be in confinement on such charges, at the time of the ratification of the treaty in America, shall be immediately set at liberty, and the prosecutions so commenced be discontinued.
Seite 294 - Lawrence ; comprehending all islands within twenty leagues of any part of the shores of the United States, and lying between lines to be drawn due east from the points where the aforesaid boundaries between Nova Scotia on the one part and East Florida on the other, shall respectively touch the Bay of Fundy and the Atlantic Ocean ; excepting such islands as now are, or heretofore have been, within the limits of the said province of Nova Scotia.
Seite 351 - Almighty God hath created the mind free ; that all attempts to influence it by temporal punishments or burthens, or by civil incapacitations, tend only to beget habits of hypocrisy and meanness, and are a departure from the plan of the Holy author of our religion...
Seite 294 - Ocean: east by a line to be drawn along the middle of the River St. Croix from its mouth in the Bay of Fundy to its source, and from its source directly north to the aforesaid highlands, which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic Ocean, from those which fall into the River St. Lawrence...
Seite 316 - Filling a glass, he turned to them and said, "with a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you ; I most devoutly wish that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy, as your former ones have been glorious and honorable.
Seite 297 - ... his Britannic Majesty shall, with all convenient speed, and without causing any destruction, or carrying away any negroes or other property of the American inhabitants...
Seite 376 - Individuals entering into society must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest. The magnitude of the sacrifice must depend as well on situation and circumstance as on the object to be obtained. It is at all times difficult to draw with precision the line between those rights which must be surrendered and those which may be reserved...
Seite 293 - St. Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean, to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River...
Seite 376 - ... or injurious to others ; that it is liable to as few exceptions as could reasonably have been expected, we hope and believe ; that it may promote the lasting welfare of that country so dear to us all, and secure her freedom and happiness, is our most ardent wish...