The Pictorial Field-book of the Revolution ; Or, Illustrations, by Pen and Pencil, of the History, Biography, Scenery, Relics, and Traditions of the War for Independence, Volume 2Harper & Bros., 1852 - 30 pagina's |
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Pagina 35
... afterward by Lawrence , " Don't give up the ship ! You will beat them off ! " And so they did . The cruisers escaped , and put to sea . In June , General Lincoln proposed a plan for driving the British fleet from the harbor . It was ...
... afterward by Lawrence , " Don't give up the ship ! You will beat them off ! " And so they did . The cruisers escaped , and put to sea . In June , General Lincoln proposed a plan for driving the British fleet from the harbor . It was ...
Pagina 35
... afterward , took similar action ; the punishment for a violation of the edict being a fine of only four hundred and fifty dollars , too small to make shipping merchants long hesitate about the risk where such enormous profits were ...
... afterward , took similar action ; the punishment for a violation of the edict being a fine of only four hundred and fifty dollars , too small to make shipping merchants long hesitate about the risk where such enormous profits were ...
Pagina 35
... afterward the celebrated philosopher , Count Rumford . He was a native of Woburn , in Massachusetts , and was born on the 26th of March , 1753. He early evinced a taste for phi- losophy and the mechanic arts , and obtained permission to ...
... afterward the celebrated philosopher , Count Rumford . He was a native of Woburn , in Massachusetts , and was born on the 26th of March , 1753. He early evinced a taste for phi- losophy and the mechanic arts , and obtained permission to ...
Pagina 35
... afterward called the Prophet , and the place of his residence Bozrah . When the town was incorporated , that name was given to it . - Barber , 302 . 2 Jonathan Trumbull was born at Lebanon , Connecticut , on the 10th of June ( O. S. ) ...
... afterward called the Prophet , and the place of his residence Bozrah . When the town was incorporated , that name was given to it . - Barber , 302 . 2 Jonathan Trumbull was born at Lebanon , Connecticut , on the 10th of June ( O. S. ) ...
Pagina 39
... afterward President of Hayti , was brought to Norwich , among other French prison- ers , in 1797 , he was treated with great kindness by Manning . The prisoner did not forget it , and when President of St. Domingo , he sent presents to ...
... afterward President of Hayti , was brought to Norwich , among other French prison- ers , in 1797 , he was treated with great kindness by Manning . The prisoner did not forget it , and when President of St. Domingo , he sent presents to ...
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The Pictorial Field-book of the Revolution ; Or, Illustrations, by ..., Volume 2 Benson John Lossing Volledige weergave - 1852 |
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Populaire passages
Pagina 496 - No, sir, she has none. They are meant for us: they can be meant for no other. They are sent over to bind and rivet upon us those chains which the British ministry have been so long forging.
Pagina 497 - Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
Pagina 272 - Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people. He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions to cause others to be elected ; whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise ; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
Pagina 496 - ... we must fight! I repeat it, Sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms, and to the God of hosts, is all that is left us.
Pagina 496 - There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone: it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.
Pagina 272 - He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitutions, and unacknowledged by our laws ; giving his assent to their acts of pretended legislation : For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us . For protecting them, by a mock trial, from punishment for any murders which they should commit on the inhabitants of these states ; For cutting off our trade with all parts of the world...
Pagina 273 - He has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating its most sacred rights of life and liberty in the persons of a distant people who never offended him, captivating and carrying them into slavery in another hemisphere, or to incur miserable death in their transportation thither.
Pagina 273 - For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world; For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent; For depriving us in many cases of the benefits of Trial by Jury; For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offenses...
Pagina 280 - He is at this time transporting large armies of foreign mercenaries to complete the works of death, desolation, and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of cruelty and perfidy, scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the head of a civilized nation.
Pagina 280 - He has refused, for a long time after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected ; whereby the legislative powers, incapable of annihilation, have returned to the people at large, for their exercise, the state remaining, in the mean time, exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.