The Life of George Washington, Količina 3Cosimo, Inc., 1. avg. 2005 - 412 strani Author Washington Irving believed this, his monumental biography of America's first great military hero and president, to be his finest literary achievement. Indeed, it is a masterful work, a superlative life of George Washington, and stood as a definitive text long after its 1860 publication.Volume III covers the arrival of supporting troops from Europe in the midst of the Revolution, Washington's appeals to the colonial governments for financial assistance, and the expansion of the war into the Southern states.WASHINGTON IRVING (1783-1859) was born in New York City to Scottish immigrant parents. Considered by some the "Father of American Literature," Irving is best known for his short stories, including "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle," but he also produced an extensive bibliography of essays, poems, travel books, and biographies. |
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... Military Reforms proposed by Wash- ington - Congress Jealous of Military Power - Committee of Three sent to confer with Washington - Losses by Depreciation of the Currency to be made good to the Troops - Arrival of Lafayette- Scheme for ...
... Military Reforms proposed by Wash- ington - Congress Jealous of Military Power - Committee of Three sent to confer with Washington - Losses by Depreciation of the Currency to be made good to the Troops - Arrival of Lafayette- Scheme for ...
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... military survey , but they considered it impracticable , from the extreme difficul- ty of the mountain passes . It is in defiance of difficulties , how- ever , that surprises are apt to be attempted , and the most signal have been ...
... military survey , but they considered it impracticable , from the extreme difficul- ty of the mountain passes . It is in defiance of difficulties , how- ever , that surprises are apt to be attempted , and the most signal have been ...
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... military stores of all kinds . When the British troops marched forth to deposit their arms at the appointed place , Colonel Wilkinson , the adjutant general , was the only American soldier to be seen . Gates had ordered his troops to ...
... military stores of all kinds . When the British troops marched forth to deposit their arms at the appointed place , Colonel Wilkinson , the adjutant general , was the only American soldier to be seen . Gates had ordered his troops to ...
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... military maxim , never to leave a garrisoned castle in the rear . His objection unluckily prevailed . A flag was sent with a summons to surrender . A young Virginian , Lieutenant Smith volunteered to be the bearer . As he was advancing ...
... military maxim , never to leave a garrisoned castle in the rear . His objection unluckily prevailed . A flag was sent with a summons to surrender . A young Virginian , Lieutenant Smith volunteered to be the bearer . As he was advancing ...
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... military historian , a contemporary , observes : " In this action the Americans acted upon the offensive ; and though repulsed with loss , showed themselves a formidable adversary , capable of charging with resolution and retreating ...
... military historian , a contemporary , observes : " In this action the Americans acted upon the offensive ; and though repulsed with loss , showed themselves a formidable adversary , capable of charging with resolution and retreating ...
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CHAPTER XXIV | 209 |
CHAPTER XXV | 217 |
CHAPTER XXVI | 225 |
Washington applies to the State Legislatures for AidSubscriptions | 233 |
CHAPTER XXVIII | 241 |
CHAPTER XXIX | 252 |
CHAPTER XXX | 267 |
CHAPTER XXXI | 274 |
More Trouble about the Conway LetterCorrespondence between Lord | 90 |
Committee of ArrangementReforms in the ArmyScarcity in | 97 |
Fortifications of the HudsonProject to Surprise Sir Henry Clinton | 107 |
CHAPTER XIII | 116 |
Preparations to Evacuate PhiladelphiaWashington calls a Council | 122 |
Correspondence between Lee and Washington relative to the Affair | 135 |
Arrival of a French FleetCorrespondence of Washington and | 142 |
CHAPTER XVII | 154 |
CHAPTER XVIII | 162 |
CHAPTER XIX | 171 |
Expedition Against PenobscotNight Surprisal of Paulus HookWash | 180 |
CHAPTER XXI | 189 |
Arnold in Command of PhiladelphiaUnpopular MeasuresArnolds | 195 |
CHAPTER XXIII | 203 |
Greene takes Command at West PointInsidious Attempts to shake | 291 |
Rigorous Measures of Cornwallis in South CarolinaFerguson Sent | 302 |
MarionHis characterBye namesHauntsTarleton in quest of | 310 |
Hostile Embarkations to the SouthArnold in CommandNecessitous | 317 |
CHAPTER XXXVII | 327 |
CHAPTER XXXVIII | 333 |
Greene joins Morgan on the CatawbaAdopts the Fabian PolicyMove | 341 |
CHAPTER XL | 348 |
Arnold at Portsmouth in VirginiaExpeditions sent against himIn | 362 |
CHAPTER XLII | 372 |
Movements and Countermovements of Cornwallis and Lafayette | 381 |
Greenes Retrograde Operation in South CarolinaAppears before Cam | 387 |
Washington Disappointed as to ReinforcementsFrench Armament | 394 |
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Stran 75 - I can assure those gentlemen, that it is a much easier and less distressing thing to draw remonstrances in a comfortable room by a good fireside, than to occupy a cold, bleak hill, and sleep under frost and snow, without clothes or blankets. However, although they seem to have little feeling for the naked and distressed soldiers, I feel superabundantly for them, and, from my soul, I pity those miseries, which it is neither in my power to relieve or prevent.
Stran 79 - Sir, a letter which I received last night contained the following paragraph. "In a letter from General Conway to General Gates, he says, heaven has been determined to save your country, or a weak general and bad counsellors would have ruined it.
Stran 262 - In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways. 7 The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.
Stran 35 - The fortune of war, General Gates, has made me your prisoner," to which the conqueror, returning a courtly salute, promptly replied, "I shall always be ready to bear testimony, that it has not been through any fault of your excellency.
Stran 331 - you have kept me waiting at the head of the stairs these ten minutes. I must tell you, sir, you treat me with disrespect." I replied, without petulancy, but with decision, " I am not conscious of it, sir ; but since you have thought it necessary to tell me so, we part.
Stran 238 - I see no reasonable grounds to doubt. If we fail for want of proper exertions in any of the governments, I trust the responsibility will fall where it ought, and that I shall stand justified to Congress, to my country, and to the world.
Stran 74 - ... insensible of frost and snow ; and moreover, as if they conceived it easily practicable for an inferior army, under the disadvantages I have described ours to be, which...
Stran 49 - ... of a people for their liberty, and contrasting it with that in which the chivalrous youth by his bedside was engaged — "I die," added he bitterly, "the victim of my ambition and of the avarice of my sovereign.
Stran 74 - ... houses on the same account), we have, by a field return this day made, no less than two thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight men now in camp unfit for duty because they are barefoot and otherwise naked. By the same return it appears that our whole strength in continental troops, including the Eastern brigades which have joined us since the surrender of General Burgoyne, exclusive of the Maryland troops sent to Wilmington, amounts to no more than eight thousand two hundred in camp fit for duty;...
Stran 29 - General leaser's funeral), readily undertook to accompany her; and with one female servant, and the major's valet de chambre who had a ball, which he had received in the late action, then in his shoulder), she rowed down the river to meet the enemy.