Camps and Firesides of the RevolutionMacmillan Company, 1902 - 309 sidor |
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Camps and Firesides of the Revolution Albert Bushnell Hart,Mabel Hill Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1902 |
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ALBERT BUSHNELL HART appeared arms army arrived bark beautiful boat Bon Homme Richard Boston brave British calash called camp Captain clothes Colonel colonies commander Count D'Estaing dance DANIEL BOONE Dauphin Island dined dollars door dress enemy England English Esquimaux feet fight fire four French friends gave gentlemen governor guns hair hand head heard horses hundred husband huzza Indians inhabitants island John Adams JONATHAN CARVER killed King ladies land Lord manner ment miles minuet morning negro never night North America o'clock obliged officers Old Biloxi party pieces present prisoners Quebec received regiment river round savages sent Serapis ship shore shot side skins soldiers soon taken TENCH TILGHMAN thought TIMOTHY DWIGHT tion told took town trees troops vessels Wadsworth wampum Washington women wood wounded young
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Sida 174 - The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epocha in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward, for evermore.
Sida 169 - Yankee Doodle, keep it up,, Yankee Doodle, dandy, Mind the music and the step, And with the girls be handy. And there we see a thousand men, As rich as 'Squire David; And what they wasted every day, I wish it could be saved.
Sida 12 - The people at the mouth of the den, who had listened with painful anxiety, hearing the growling of the wolf and supposing their friend to be in the most imminent danger, drew him forth with such celerity that his shirt was stripped over his head and his skin severely lacerated.
Sida 150 - After our late worthy General, of renowned memory, was carried off wounded, to the rear of the front line, he desired those who were about him to lay him down; being asked if he would have a Surgeon? he replied, it is needless; 'it is all over with me.
Sida 11 - The aperture of the den, on the east side of a very high ledge of rocks, is about two feet square ; from thence it descends obliquely fifteen feet, then running horizontally about ten more, it ascends gradually sixteen feet towards its termination. The sides of this subterraneous cavity are composed of smooth and solid rocks, which seem to have been divided from each other by some former earthquake.
Sida 264 - By all accounts there never existed a more miserable set of beings than these wretched creatures now are. Taught to believe that the power of Great Britain was superior to all opposition, and that foreign aid, if not, was at hand, they were even higher and more insulting in their opposition than the Regulars.
Sida 291 - He betrayed no want of fortitude, but retained a complacent smile on his countenance, and politely bowed to several gentlemen whom he knew, which was respectfully returned. It was his earnest desire to be shot, as being the mode of death most conformable to the feelings of a military man, and he had indulged the hope that his request would be granted. At the moment, therefore, when suddenly he came in view of the gallows, he involuntarily started backward, and made a pause. " Why this emotion, sir...
Sida 290 - ... the room with the prisoner, relates, that when the hour of his execution was announced to him in the morning, he received it without emotion, and, while all present were affected with silent gloom, he retained a firm countenance, with calmness and composure of mind. Observing his servant enter the room in tears, he exclaimed, ' Leave me till you can show yourself more manly.
Sida 268 - The guards of the camp, on that dark, dreary night, Had a murderous will, had a murderous will. They took him and bore him afar from the shore, To a hut on the hill, to a hut on the hill.
Sida 127 - Then did the rebels try their best our soldiers to surround, But they could not accomplish it, because there was a pond, To which our men retreated and covered all the rear, The rogues were forced to flee them, although they skulked for fear.