Life of George Washington, Količina 2G.P. Putnam, 1869 |
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... present , was his secretary , Mr. Joseph Read . With this gentleman he had formed an intimacy in the course of his visits to Philadelphia , to attend the sessions of the Con- tinental Congress . Mr. Reed was plished man , had studied ...
... present , was his secretary , Mr. Joseph Read . With this gentleman he had formed an intimacy in the course of his visits to Philadelphia , to attend the sessions of the Con- tinental Congress . Mr. Reed was plished man , had studied ...
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... present exigency , placed as he was in a new and untried situation , and having to act with persons hitherto unknown to him . In military affairs , it is true he had a shrewd counselor in General Lee ; but Lee was a way- ward character ...
... present exigency , placed as he was in a new and untried situation , and having to act with persons hitherto unknown to him . In military affairs , it is true he had a shrewd counselor in General Lee ; but Lee was a way- ward character ...
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... present in the hostile camps . General Lee , it will be recollected , had once served under General Burgoyne , in Portugal , and had won his brightest laurels when detached by that commander to surprise the Spanish camp , near the ...
... present in the hostile camps . General Lee , it will be recollected , had once served under General Burgoyne , in Portugal , and had won his brightest laurels when detached by that commander to surprise the Spanish camp , near the ...
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... present crisis , Lex- ington , Concord , and Charlestown can best declare . May that God , to whom you , too , appeal , judge between America and you . Under his providence , those who influence the councils of America , and all the ...
... present crisis , Lex- ington , Concord , and Charlestown can best declare . May that God , to whom you , too , appeal , judge between America and you . Under his providence , those who influence the councils of America , and all the ...
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... present circumstances I would not , for my right arm , act without or contrary to order . If my fond zeal for reducing the king's fortresses and destroying or imprisoning his troops in Can- ada be the result of enthusiasm , I hope and ...
... present circumstances I would not , for my right arm , act without or contrary to order . If my fond zeal for reducing the king's fortresses and destroying or imprisoning his troops in Can- ada be the result of enthusiasm , I hope and ...
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5th Series affairs alarm American arms army Arnold arrived artillery attack batteries boats Boston brave British camp Canada Canadians cannon cannonade Captain Carleton cause Colonel colonies command commander-in-chief committee Connecticut defense detachment embarked encamped enemy enemy's eral Ethan Allen expedition fire fleet force Fort Constitution Fort Washington fortified garrison Gates George Clinton Governor Green Mountain Boys Greene guard guns Harlem River head-quarters heights Hessians Highlands Hill honor Hudson hundred Indian ington James Clinton Jerseys John's King's Bridge Lake land letter Long Island Lord Stirling ment miles military militia Montgomery Montreal night officers pass Peekskill Point present President of Congress prisoners province Putnam Quebec received Reed regiment reinforcements retreat riflemen river Schuyler sent Seth Warner ships shore Sir Henry Clinton soldiers soon spirit Staten Island stationed thousand Ticonderoga tion tories town troops Trumbull Tryon vessels Wash Washington writes York
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Stran 277 - The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. 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 this continent to the other, from this time forward, forevermore.
Stran 278 - When I look back to the year 1761, and recollect the argument concerning writs of assistance in the superior court, which I have hitherto considered as the commencement of the controversy between Great Britain and America, and run through the whole period, from that time to this, and recollect the series of political events, the chain of causes and effects, I am surprised at the suddenness as well as greatness of this revolution. Britain has been filled with folly, and America with wisdom.
Stran 95 - Could I have foreseen what I have experienced and am likely to experience, no consideration upon earth should have induced me to accept this command.
Stran 501 - Voltaire has remarked that King William never appeared to full advantage but in difficulties and in action; the same remark may be made on General Washington, for the character fits him. There is a natural firmness in some minds which cannot be unlocked by trifles, but which, when unlocked, discovers a cabinet of fortitude...
Stran 503 - You can form no idea of the perplexity of my situation. No man, I believe, ever had a greater choice of evils, and less means to •extricate himself from them. However, under a full persuasion of the justice of our cause, I cannot entertain an idea that it will finally sink, though it may remain for some time under a cloud.
Stran 504 - It may be thought that I am going a good deal out of the line of my duty, to adopt these measures, or to advise thus freely. A character to lose, an estate to forfeit, the inestimable blessings of liberty at stake, and a life devoted, must be my excuse.
Stran 368 - ... opposed to troops regularly trained, disciplined and appointed, superior in knowledge and superior in arms), are timid and ready to fly from their own shadows.
Stran 94 - I am sorry to be necessitated to mention to you the egregious want of public spirit which prevails here. Instead of pressing to be engaged in the cause of their country, which I vainly flattered myself would be the case, I find we are most likely to be deserted in a most critical time Our situation is truly alarming, and of this General Howe is well apprised.
Stran 458 - This is a most unfortunate affair, and has given me great mortification ; as we have lost, not only two thousand men,2 that were there, but a good deal of artillery, and some of the best arms we had.
Stran 151 - I have been plunged in another. How it will end, God, in his great goodness, will direct. I am thankful for his protection to this time. We are told that we shall soon get the army completed, but I have been told so many things which have never come to pass, that I distrust everything.