The Historical Magazine and Notes and Queries Concerning the Antiquities, History and Biography of America, Volume 4John Ward Dean, George Folsom, John Gilmary Shea, Henry Reed Stiles, Henry Barton Dawson Henry B. Dawson, 1860 - United States |
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... volume - the 39th of the series -- was " The Courtship of Miles Standish , and other Poems , " by Henry W. Longfellow . GROTON , MASS . S. A. G. Forewarn'd , forearm'd . Hide nothing from thy min- A good lawyer and evil neighbour . Love ...
... volume - the 39th of the series -- was " The Courtship of Miles Standish , and other Poems , " by Henry W. Longfellow . GROTON , MASS . S. A. G. Forewarn'd , forearm'd . Hide nothing from thy min- A good lawyer and evil neighbour . Love ...
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... volume ; but since the year 1811 twelve different books , besides many pamphlets , have been exe- cuted . These books , it is true , are of moderate size , but they were bound , and averaged more than two hundred pages each . " What a ...
... volume ; but since the year 1811 twelve different books , besides many pamphlets , have been exe- cuted . These books , it is true , are of moderate size , but they were bound , and averaged more than two hundred pages each . " What a ...
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... volume entitled " A sketch of Vine Culture for Pennsylvania , Maryland , Vir- ginia , and the Carolinas . Compiled by Bolling , jr , " consisting of seventeen chapters . Another portion of the book is entitled , Papers con- cerning ...
... volume entitled " A sketch of Vine Culture for Pennsylvania , Maryland , Vir- ginia , and the Carolinas . Compiled by Bolling , jr , " consisting of seventeen chapters . Another portion of the book is entitled , Papers con- cerning ...
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... volume was somewhat bulky . The subject was , however , by no means exhausted ; and , I think , if the worthy Sir Thomas lived in Virginia , and was about to put to press a new edition of his performance , he would not neglect the ...
... volume was somewhat bulky . The subject was , however , by no means exhausted ; and , I think , if the worthy Sir Thomas lived in Virginia , and was about to put to press a new edition of his performance , he would not neglect the ...
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... volume , carefully edited by Wm . Willis , Esq . , the President , contains an article on the Scotch and Irish immigration to Maine , and Presbyterianism in New England , by the editor ; the early lawyers of Lincoln and Ken- nebec ...
... volume , carefully edited by Wm . Willis , Esq . , the President , contains an article on the Scotch and Irish immigration to Maine , and Presbyterianism in New England , by the editor ; the early lawyers of Lincoln and Ken- nebec ...
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Page 188 - Britain, at the expense of three millions, has killed one hundred and fifty Yankees this campaign, which is twenty thousand pounds a head; and at Bunker's Hill she gained a mile of ground, half of which she lost again by our taking post on Ploughed Hill. During the same time sixty thousand children have been born in America. From these data his mathematical head will easily calculate the time and expense necessary to kill us all, and conquer our whole territory.
Page 97 - And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
Page 97 - Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
Page 112 - COME join hand in hand, brave Americans all, And rouse your bold hearts at fair Liberty's call ; No tyrannous acts, shall suppress your just claim, Or stain with dishonor America's name. In freedom we're born, and in freedom we'll live ; Our purses are ready, Steady, Friends, steady, Not as slaves, but as freemen our money we'll give. * Our worthy forefathers — let's give them a cheer — To climates unknown did courageously steer ; Thro...
Page 249 - And I do strictly charge and require all officers and soldiers under his command to be obedient to his orders as Captain. And he is to observe and follow such orders and directions, from time to time, as...
Page 250 - KALB'S OATH OF ALLEGIANCE I, John Baron de Kalb, Major General, do acknowledge the United States of America to be Free, Independent and Sovereign States, and declare, that the people thereof owe no allegiance or obedience to George the Third, King of Great Britain; and I renounce, refuse and abjure any allegiance or obedience to him, and I do swear...
Page 20 - An Impartial History of the War in America, between Great Britain and her Colonies...
Page 283 - Biggenstown, when they met our battalion retreating. By this time General Howe had come up, and seeing the battalion retreating, all broken, he got into a passion and exclaimed —"For shame, light infantry! I never saw you retreat before; form! form! it's only a scouting party.
Page 306 - I accept with singular pleasure the ensign of so worthy a fraternity as that of the Sons of St. Patrick in this city, a society distinguished for the firm adherence of its members to the glorious cause in which we are embarked.
Page 249 - You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of captain by doing and performing all manner of things thereunto belonging. And we do strictly charge and require all officers and soldiers under your command to be obedient to your orders as captain.