Hero Tales from American HistoryTells the story of some Americans who have given their lives in war and peace to the service of their fellow-countrymen or where champions of the nation in the various crises of her history. |
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... field near Fort Duquesne . On that day of surprise and slaughter he displayed not only cool courage but the reckless daring which was one of his chief characteristics . He so exposed himself that bullets passed through his coat and hat ...
... field near Fort Duquesne . On that day of surprise and slaughter he displayed not only cool courage but the reckless daring which was one of his chief characteristics . He so exposed himself that bullets passed through his coat and hat ...
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... fields of corn , one or more of the party were always on guard , with weapon at the ready , for fear of lurking savages . When he went to the House of Burgesses he carried his long rifle , and traversed roads not a mile of which was ...
... fields of corn , one or more of the party were always on guard , with weapon at the ready , for fear of lurking savages . When he went to the House of Burgesses he carried his long rifle , and traversed roads not a mile of which was ...
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... field on set expeditions against the savages . Once when he and a party of other men were making salt at a lick , they were surprised and carried off by the Indians . The old hunter was a prisoner with them for some months , but finally ...
... field on set expeditions against the savages . Once when he and a party of other men were making salt at a lick , they were surprised and carried off by the Indians . The old hunter was a prisoner with them for some months , but finally ...
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... field is holy ground Which breathes of nations saved , not worlds undone . How sweetly on the ear such echoes sound ! While the mere victor's may appal or stun The servile and the vain , such names will be A watchword till the future ...
... field is holy ground Which breathes of nations saved , not worlds undone . How sweetly on the ear such echoes sound ! While the mere victor's may appal or stun The servile and the vain , such names will be A watchword till the future ...
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... field , and no more would turn out , despite Washington's earnest appeals . All that remained of the American Revolution was the little Conti- nental army and the man who led it . Yet even in this dark hour Washington did not despair ...
... field , and no more would turn out , despite Washington's earnest appeals . All that remained of the American Revolution was the little Conti- nental army and the man who led it . Yet even in this dark hour Washington did not despair ...
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Page 301 - Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said, " the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
Page 138 - THE muffled drum's sad roll has beat The soldier's last tattoo ; No more on life's parade shall meet That brave and fallen few. On fame's eternal camping ground Their silent tents are spread, And glory guards, with solemn round, The bivouac of the dead.
Page 300 - Both parties deprecated war, but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish. And the war came.
Page 290 - O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells: Rise up — for you the flag is flung — for you the bugle trills, For you bouquets and ribbon'd wreaths — for you the shores a-crowding, For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning; Here Captain! dear father! This arm beneath your head! It is some dream that on the deck You've fallen cold and dead.
Page 301 - ANY DEPARTURE FROM THOSE DIVINE ATTRIBUTES WHICH THE BELIEVERS IN A LIVING GOD ALWAYS ASCRIBE TO HIM. FONDLY DO WE HOPE — FERVENTLY DO WE PRAY — THAT THIS MIGHTY SCOURGE OF WAR MAY SPEEDILY PASS AWAY. YET IF GOD WILLS THAT IT CONTINUE UNTIL ALL THE WEALTH PILED BY THE BONDSMAN'S TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS...
Page 290 - My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still, My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will, The ship is...
Page 138 - Their shivered swords are red with rust, Their plumed heads are bowed; Their haughty banner, trailed in dust, Is now their martial shroud. And plenteous funeral tears have washed The red stains from each brow, And the proud forms, by battle gashed, Are free from anguish now. The...
Page 68 - Set you down this ; And say besides, that in Aleppo once, Where a malignant and a turban'd Turk Beat a Venetian and traduced the state, I took by the throat the circumcised dog, And smote him, thus.
Page 36 - Woe to the English soldiery That little dread us near ! On them shall light at midnight A strange and sudden fear : When, waking to their tents on fire, They grasp their arms in vain, And they who stand to face us Are beat to earth again...