The Magazine of History, with Notes and Queries, Volume 22W. Abbatt, 1916 |
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Pagina 17
... soldiers now in service by putting their specie at such an exorbitant price and undervaluing the currency , -now passing , -the soldier's wages are stated at a certain price which is out of there power to alter , and they cannot take ...
... soldiers now in service by putting their specie at such an exorbitant price and undervaluing the currency , -now passing , -the soldier's wages are stated at a certain price which is out of there power to alter , and they cannot take ...
Pagina 18
... Soldier turned out to do there duty in such a poor condition that , notwithstanding all the hard heartedness I am naturally possessed of , I could not refrain from tears . It would melt the heart of a Savage to see the situation wee are ...
... Soldier turned out to do there duty in such a poor condition that , notwithstanding all the hard heartedness I am naturally possessed of , I could not refrain from tears . It would melt the heart of a Savage to see the situation wee are ...
Pagina 23
... Soldier Boy a Blade , " remain anonymous . " Civil War ; or The Fancy Shot , " stirred up an eager discussion . Whether a Nor- thern journalist or a Southern soldier composed " The Countersign " has not yet been determined to every ...
... Soldier Boy a Blade , " remain anonymous . " Civil War ; or The Fancy Shot , " stirred up an eager discussion . Whether a Nor- thern journalist or a Southern soldier composed " The Countersign " has not yet been determined to every ...
Pagina 63
... soldiers had had enough of fighting , the States having failed to provide adequately for their sup- port . Washington begged the States to come to his rescue . The cam- paign in the North , in the latter days of 1779 , had come ...
... soldiers had had enough of fighting , the States having failed to provide adequately for their sup- port . Washington begged the States to come to his rescue . The cam- paign in the North , in the latter days of 1779 , had come ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 87 - Let it simply be asked, where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths which are the instruments of investigation in courts of justice ? And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion.
Pagina 86 - 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.
Pagina 86 - I consider it an indispensable duty to close this last solemn act of my official life, by commending the interests of our dearest country to the protection of Almighty God, and those who have the superintendence of them, to his holy keeping.
Pagina 109 - High on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Show'rs on her kings barbaric pearl and gold...
Pagina 88 - Tis, finally, the Man, who, lifted high, Conspicuous object in a Nation's eye, Or left unthought-of in obscurity, — Who, with a toward or untoward lot, Prosperous or adverse, to his wish or not — Plays, in the many games of life, that one Where what he most doth value must be won...
Pagina 234 - When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
Pagina 152 - ... vessel. I see them, escaped from these perils, pursuing their all but desperate undertaking, and landed at last, after a five months...
Pagina 110 - I quit not the land of my fathers but with my life. In those woods where I bent my youthful bow, I will still hunt the deer. Over yonder waters I will still glide unrestrained in my bark canoe. By those dashing waterfalls I will still lay up my winter's store of food.
Pagina 234 - For forms of government let fools contest ; Whate'er is best administered is best : For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight ; His can't be wrong whose life is in the right...
Pagina 68 - After taking Fort Duquesne," said he, "I am to proceed to Niagara; and having taken that, to Frontenac, if the season will allow time; and I suppose it will, for Duquesne can hardly detain me above three or four days; and then I see nothing that can obstruct my march to Niagara.