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... army on the stricken 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 ...
... army on the stricken 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 ...
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... army . Silently he accepted the duty , and , leaving Philadelphia , took command of the army at Cambridge . There is no need to trace him through the events that followed . From the time when he drew his sword under the famous elm tree ...
... army . Silently he accepted the duty , and , leaving Philadelphia , took command of the army at Cambridge . There is no need to trace him through the events that followed . From the time when he drew his sword under the famous elm tree ...
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... army at his back , and supported by the great forces which , in every community , desire order before every- thing else , and are ready to assent to any arrange- ment which will bring peace and quiet , nothing would have been easier ...
... army at his back , and supported by the great forces which , in every community , desire order before every- thing else , and are ready to assent to any arrange- ment which will bring peace and quiet , nothing would have been easier ...
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... Army in general , I should do injustice to my own feelings not to acknowledge , in this place , the peculiar services and distinguished merits of the Gentlemen who have been attached to my person during the It was impossible that the ...
... Army in general , I should do injustice to my own feelings not to acknowledge , in this place , the peculiar services and distinguished merits of the Gentlemen who have been attached to my person during the It was impossible that the ...
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... army . We had a vigorous and well - defined foreign pol- icy ; we had recovered the western posts , which , in the hands of the British , had fettered our march to the west ; and we had proved our power to maintain order at home , to ...
... army . We had a vigorous and well - defined foreign pol- icy ; we had recovered the western posts , which , in the hands of the British , had fettered our march to the west ; and we had proved our power to maintain order at home , to ...
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Page 335 - 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 174 - 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 30 - Have the elder races halted? Do they droop and end their lesson, wearied over there beyond the seas? We take up the task eternal, and the burden and the lesson, Pioneers ! O pioneers...
Page 324 - 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 335 - 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 324 - 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 104 - 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 200 - In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea, With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me : As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free, While God is marching on.
Page 6 - Happy in the confirmation of our independence and sovereignty, and pleased with the opportunity afforded the United States, of becoming a respectable nation...
Page 174 - 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...