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... enemy , and their far greater loss in killed and wounded was ascribed to the military prowess of their adversaries , and not to the plain fact that these adversaries were prac tised marksmen , and had fired from places of ambush . Such ...
... enemy , and their far greater loss in killed and wounded was ascribed to the military prowess of their adversaries , and not to the plain fact that these adversaries were prac tised marksmen , and had fired from places of ambush . Such ...
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... enemy , ever viewed without respect the noble simplicity of his demeanour , the utter absence in him of every artifice and every affectation . 99 The correspondence of Washington in 1765 and the succeeding years refers to the Stamp Act ...
... enemy , ever viewed without respect the noble simplicity of his demeanour , the utter absence in him of every artifice and every affectation . 99 The correspondence of Washington in 1765 and the succeeding years refers to the Stamp Act ...
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... enemy pouring in fresh troops by thousands over the land ; and in the arm of the sea our ships and " floating batteries cannonading them ; straight before us a large and noble town in one great blaze ; —and " the church - steeples being ...
... enemy pouring in fresh troops by thousands over the land ; and in the arm of the sea our ships and " floating batteries cannonading them ; straight before us a large and noble town in one great blaze ; —and " the church - steeples being ...
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... enemy , they wavered , gave way , and fell back in disorder towards the landing place . Here they were quickly rallied by their officers , and a second time led up to the charge . But by another blunder of those placed in authority over ...
... enemy , they wavered , gave way , and fell back in disorder towards the landing place . Here they were quickly rallied by their officers , and a second time led up to the charge . But by another blunder of those placed in authority over ...
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... enemy's redoubt at the point of the bayonet . By this time the Americans ' supply of powder had begun to fail ; still they fought on bravely , and even , it is said , maintained the contest with their clubbed muskets , until at last ...
... enemy's redoubt at the point of the bayonet . By this time the Americans ' supply of powder had begun to fail ; still they fought on bravely , and even , it is said , maintained the contest with their clubbed muskets , until at last ...
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Page 63 - MR. STRAHAN, You are a member of parliament, and one of that majority which has doomed my country to destruction. — You have begun to burn our towns, and murder our people. — Look upon your hands! — They are stained with the blood of your relations ! — You and I were long friends: — You are now my enemy, — and I am • Yours, B. FRANKLIN.
Page 48 - His violent prejudice against our West Indian and American settlers appeared whenever there was an opportunity. Towards the conclusion of his " Taxation no Tyranny," he says, " how is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes?
Page 203 - ... against your Protestant brethren; to lay waste their country, to desolate their dwellings, and extirpate their race and name, with these horrible hell-hounds of savage war! — hell-hounds, I say, of savage war.
Page 307 - It was at Rome, on the 15th of October 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing vespers in the temple of Jupiter,* that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind.
Page 202 - That God and nature put into our hands ! " I know not what ideas that lord may entertain of God and nature; but I know that such abominable principles are equally abhorrent to religion and humanity. What! to attribute the sacred sanction of God and nature to the massacres of the Indian scalping-knife — to the cannibal savage torturing, murdering...
Page 230 - ... why is not the latter commenced without hesitation ? I am not, I confess, well informed of the resources of this kingdom ; but I trust it has still sufficient to maintain its just rights, though I know them not. But, my Lords, any state is better than despair. Let us at least make one effort ; and if we must fall, let us fall like men...
Page 22 - When your lordships look at the papers transmitted us from America, when you consider their decency, firmness, and wisdom, you cannot but respect their cause, and wish to make it your own.
Page 22 - We shall be forced ultimately to retract; let us retract while we can, not when we must. I say we must necessarily undo these violent oppressive acts: they must be repealed— you will repeal them; I pledge myself for it, that you will in the end repeal them; I stake my reputation on it: I will consent to be taken for an idiot if they are not finally repealed.
Page 34 - Young man, there is America — which at this day serves for little more than to amuse you with stories of savage men and uncouth manners ; yet shall, before you taste of death, shew itself equal to the whole of that commerce which now attracts the envy of the world.
Page 111 - The check our detachment sustained on the 27th ultimo has dispirited too great a proportion of our troops and filled their minds with apprehension and despair. The militia, instead of calling forth their utmost efforts to a brave and manly opposition, in order to repair our losses, are dismayed, intractable, and impatient to return. Great numbers of them have gone off; in some instances almost by whole regiments, by half ones, and by companies at a time.