Life of George Washington, Količina 3J. B. Lippincott & Company, 1873 |
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Stran vii
... sent a familiar and truthful picture of the Revolu- tion and the personages concerned in it , required much detail and copious citations , that the scenes might be placed in a proper light , and the charac- ters introduced might speak ...
... sent a familiar and truthful picture of the Revolu- tion and the personages concerned in it , required much detail and copious citations , that the scenes might be placed in a proper light , and the charac- ters introduced might speak ...
Stran ix
... sent dappoinment . Is pas entiful piece of the Revoir Feemed in it , required citations fiat fie ses light and the de themselves , and have ged fie aufuse 20 set and ingres for CONTENTS OF VOLUME III . - CHAPTER I. - Burke.
... sent dappoinment . Is pas entiful piece of the Revoir Feemed in it , required citations fiat fie ses light and the de themselves , and have ged fie aufuse 20 set and ingres for CONTENTS OF VOLUME III . - CHAPTER I. - Burke.
Stran xvi
... Sent to Washington by Governor Tryon - Resolves of Con- gras – Lacter of Washington to Tryon . — Rejoic- ing at Valley Fogs - The Mischianza . - - - CHAPTER XXXIII . - - · - 2-3 recte detached to keep Watch on Philadelphia . - Hts ...
... Sent to Washington by Governor Tryon - Resolves of Con- gras – Lacter of Washington to Tryon . — Rejoic- ing at Valley Fogs - The Mischianza . - - - CHAPTER XXXIII . - - · - 2-3 recte detached to keep Watch on Philadelphia . - Hts ...
Stran xvii
... sent to com- - mand in the South - CHAPTER XXXVIII . - - Winter Cantonments of the American Army . - Wash- ington at Middlebrook . — Plan of Alarm Signals for the Jerseys . - Lafayette's Project for an Invas- ion of Canada . Favored by ...
... sent to com- - mand in the South - CHAPTER XXXVIII . - - Winter Cantonments of the American Army . - Wash- ington at Middlebrook . — Plan of Alarm Signals for the Jerseys . - Lafayette's Project for an Invas- ion of Canada . Favored by ...
Stran 3
... sent to the Hessians captured at Trenton , and a surgeon and medicines to the wounded at Princeton ; and Washington's reply must have conveyed a reproof still more mortifying : No molestation , he assure i his lordship , would be ...
... sent to the Hessians captured at Trenton , and a surgeon and medicines to the wounded at Princeton ; and Washington's reply must have conveyed a reproof still more mortifying : No molestation , he assure i his lordship , would be ...
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affairs aide-de-camp Albany American appointment arms army Arnold arrived artillery attack batteries battle brave brigade British Burgoyne cabal camp campaign chevaux-de-frise Colonel command conduct Congress Conway Count D'Estaing Creek Delaware detachment division encamped endeavored enemy enemy's eral expedition fire flank fleet force ford Fort Edward Fort Mercer Fort Mifflin Fort Montgomery French garrison Gates give Greene gress Hamilton head-quarters Hessian Highlands Hill honor horse Hudson hundred Indians infantry ington Jerseys killed Lafayette land letter Lord main body Major-general marquis ment Mifflin miles military militia morning movement night Northern department officers Peekskill Philadelphia prisoners Putnam quarter rear received reconnoiter Red Bank reinforcements retreat Riedesel right wing river road royalists Schuyler sent ships side Sir Henry Clinton Skenesborough spirit Sullivan thousand Ticonderoga tion troops Tryon County Wash Washington Wayne whole Wilkinson woods wounded writes York
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Stran 306 - Every account," said he subsequently, in a letter to the President of Congress, "confirms the opinion I at first entertained that our troops retreated at the instant when victory was declaring herself in our favor. The tumult, disorder and even despair which, it seems, had taken place in the British army, were scarcely to be paralleled and, it is said, so strongly did the ideas of a retreat prevail that Chester was fixed on for their rendezvous. I can discover no other cause for not improving this...
Stran 456 - Nothing short of independence, it appears to me, can possibly do. A peace on other terms would, if I may be allowed the expression, be a peace of war. The injuries we have received from the British nation were so unprovoked, and have been so great and so many, that they can never be forgotten.
Stran 381 - ... makes me willing to close with the desire you express of burying them hereafter in silence, and, as far as future events will permit, oblivion. My temper leads me to peace and harmony with all men ; and it is peculiarly my wish to avoid any personal feuds or dissensions with those who are embarked in the same great national interest with myself, as every difference of this kind must, in its consequences, be very injurious. I am, sir,
Stran 51 - ... their abilities and their long and arduous services, they esteem most deserving. Their promoting junior officers to the rank of major-generals, I view as a very civil way of requesting my resignation, as unqualified for the office I hold. My commission was conferred unsolicited, and received with pleasure only as a means of serving my country. With equal pleasure I resign it, when I can no longer serve my country with honor. The person, who, void of the nice feelings of honor, will tamely condescend...
Stran 231 - On the next day (24th) he wrote also to General Gates. " This army has not been able to oppose General Howe•s with the success that was wished, and needs a reinforcement. I therefore request, if you have been so fortunate as to oblige General Burgoyne to retreat to Ticonderoga, or if you have not, and circumstances will admit, that you will order Colonel Morgan to join me again with his corps. I sent him up when I thought you materially wanted him ; and, if his services can be dispensed with now,...
Stran 379 - ... had, from what you say, and a concurrence of circumstances oblige me to give him but little credit for the qualifications of his heart, of which, at least, I beg leave to assume the privilege of being a tolerable judge. Were it necessary, more instances than one might be adduced from his...
Stran 479 - I yet can never consider the conduct I pursued, with respect to him, either wrong or improper, however I may regret that it may have been differently viewed by him, and that it excited his censure and animadversions.
Stran 20 - I wish, with all my heart, that Congress had gratified General Lee in his request. If not too late I wish they would do it still. I can see no possible evil that can result from it ; some good, I think, might. The request to see a gentleman or two came from the general, not from the commissioners ; there could have been no harm, therefore, in hearing what he had to say on any subject, especially as he had declared that his own personal interest was deeply concerned.
Stran 203 - I would not be conscious of the acts you " presume to impute to me, for the whole continent of America, " though the wealth of worlds was in its bowels and a paradise