Life of George Washington, Količina 4G. P. Putnam's sons, 1887 |
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Stran 27
... cavalry , which he repulsed , and effected a retreat to Elizabethtown . Some few stragglers fell into the hands of the enemy , and many of his men were severely frostbitten . By way of retort , Knyphausen , on the 25th of January , sent ...
... cavalry , which he repulsed , and effected a retreat to Elizabethtown . Some few stragglers fell into the hands of the enemy , and many of his men were severely frostbitten . By way of retort , Knyphausen , on the 25th of January , sent ...
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... cavalry posted themselves on a neighbor- ing eminence , to prevent retreat or reinforcement , and the house was assailed . It made a brave resistance , and was aided by some of the yeomanry stationed in an ad- jacent orchard . The ...
... cavalry posted themselves on a neighbor- ing eminence , to prevent retreat or reinforcement , and the house was assailed . It made a brave resistance , and was aided by some of the yeomanry stationed in an ad- jacent orchard . The ...
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... cavalry perished . The scattered ships rejoined each other about the end of January , at Tybee Bay on Savannah River , where those that had sustained damage were repaired as speedily as possible . The loss of the cavalry horses was ...
... cavalry perished . The scattered ships rejoined each other about the end of January , at Tybee Bay on Savannah River , where those that had sustained damage were repaired as speedily as possible . The loss of the cavalry horses was ...
Stran 52
... cavalry and two hundred light troops outside , who were to hover about the enemy and prevent small parties from marauding . It was not until the 12th of March that Sir Henry Clinton effected his tardy approach , and took up a posi- tion ...
... cavalry and two hundred light troops outside , who were to hover about the enemy and prevent small parties from marauding . It was not until the 12th of March that Sir Henry Clinton effected his tardy approach , and took up a posi- tion ...
Stran 72
... cavalry . To their surprise , Tarleton charged them with his dragoons , routed them , took sev- eral prisoners , and , what was more acceptable , a num ber of horses , some of the militia , he says , " being ac coutred as cavaliers ...
... cavalry . To their surprise , Tarleton charged them with his dragoons , routed them , took sev- eral prisoners , and , what was more acceptable , a num ber of horses , some of the militia , he says , " being ac coutred as cavaliers ...
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Stran 472 - Having defended the standard of liberty in this new world, having taught a lesson useful to those who inflict and to those who feel oppression, you retire from the great theatre of action with the blessings of your fellow-citizens.
Stran 314 - It would have been a less painful circumstance to me to have heard that in consequence of your non-compliance with their request, they had burnt my house and laid the plantation in ruins. You ought to have considered yourself as my representative, and should have reflected on the bad example of communicating with the enemy, and making a voluntary offer of refreshments to them with a view to prevent a conflagration.
Stran 456 - States at large, and particularly for their brethren who have served in the field ; and finally, that he would most graciously be pleased to dispose us all to do justice, to love mercy, and to demean ourselves with that charity, humility, and pacific temper of mind, which were the characteristics of the Divine Author of our blessed religion, and without an humble imitation of whose example in these things, we can never hope to be a happy nation.
Stran 472 - You have conducted the great military contest with wisdom and fortitude, invariably regarding the rights of the civil power through all disasters and changes.
Stran 474 - ... scenes of public life, I am solacing myself with those tranquil enjoyments, of which the soldier, who is ever in pursuit of fame, the statesman, whose watchful days and sleepless nights are spent in devising schemes to promote the welfare of his own, perhaps the ruin of other countries, as if this globe was insufficient for us all, and the courtier, who is always watching the countenance of his prince, in hopes of catching a gracious smile, can have very little conception.
Stran 474 - ... strange as it may seem, it is nevertheless true, that it was not till lately I could get the better of my usual custom of ruminating, as soon as I waked in the morning, on the business of the ensuing day; and of my surprise at finding, after revolving many things in my mind, that I was no longer a public man, nor had anything to do with public transactions.
Stran 156 - General went up to see her, and she upbraided him with being in a plot to murder her child. One moment she raved,. another she melted into tears. Sometimes she pressed her infant to her bosom, and lamented its fate, occasioned by the imprudence of its father, in a manner that would have pierced insensibility itself. All the sweetness of beauty, all the loveliness of innocence, all the tenderness of a wife, and all the fondness of a mother showed themselves in her appearance and conduct.
Stran 429 - ... big with the greatest mischiefs that can befall my country. If I am not deceived in the knowledge of myself, you could not have found a person to whom your schemes are more disagreeable. At the same time, in justice to my own feelings, I nrast add, that no man possesses a more sincere wish to see ample justice done to the army than I do...
Stran 435 - On the following day another anonymous address was circulated, written in a more moderate tone, but to the same purport with the first, and affecting to construe the general orders into an approbation of the object sought; only changing the day appointed for the meeting.
Stran 434 - ... it may drive you from the field ; that the wound, often irritated and never healed, may at length become incurable ; and that the slightest mark of indignity from Congress now, must operate like the grave, and part you forever ; that, in any political event, the army has its alternative.