The Story-life of Washington: A Life-history in Five Hundred True Stories, Volume 1Wayne Whipple John C. Winston Company, 1911 |
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... Troops - General Washington and the Stars and Stripes - Ordering the Flag Made - Stars and Stripes Not from Washington's Coat - of - arms — Drawing up and Discussing the Declaration - A Badly Armed , Undis- ciplined , Disorderly Rabble ...
... Troops - General Washington and the Stars and Stripes - Ordering the Flag Made - Stars and Stripes Not from Washington's Coat - of - arms — Drawing up and Discussing the Declaration - A Badly Armed , Undis- ciplined , Disorderly Rabble ...
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... troops . Sir Henry dispatched messenger after messenger in quest of the king to know his pleasure . None of them returned . A female emissary was equally unavail- ing . Week after week elapsed , until nearly three months had expired ...
... troops . Sir Henry dispatched messenger after messenger in quest of the king to know his pleasure . None of them returned . A female emissary was equally unavail- ing . Week after week elapsed , until nearly three months had expired ...
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... Troops were embarked in England for another campaign in the West Indies ; a regi- ment of four batalions was to be raised in the colonies and sent to join them in Jamaica . There was a sudden out- break of military ardor in the province ...
... Troops were embarked in England for another campaign in the West Indies ; a regi- ment of four batalions was to be raised in the colonies and sent to join them in Jamaica . There was a sudden out- break of military ardor in the province ...
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... troops , commisariat , and where they are situated ; and upon the information you bring will depend to a great degree whether there shall be war between England and France . When will you be ready to depart ? " " To - morrow morning ...
... troops , commisariat , and where they are situated ; and upon the information you bring will depend to a great degree whether there shall be war between England and France . When will you be ready to depart ? " " To - morrow morning ...
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... Troops . I should have been glad that you had given him Orders , or that he had been inclined to proceed to Canada , to see our General ; to whom it better belongs than to me to set- forth the Evidence and Reality of the Rights of the ...
... Troops . I should have been glad that you had given him Orders , or that he had been inclined to proceed to Canada , to see our General ; to whom it better belongs than to me to set- forth the Evidence and Reality of the Rights of the ...
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Page 205 - And you are to observe and follow such Orders and Directions from Time to Time, as you shall receive from this or a future Congress...
Page 53 - Read no letters, books, or papers in company ; but, when there is a necessity for doing it, you must ask leave. Come not near the books or writings of any one so as to read them, unless desired, nor give your opinion of them unasked ; also, look not nigh when another is writing a letter.
Page 210 - 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 272 - The General is sorry to be informed, that the foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing, a vice heretofore little known in an American army...
Page 209 - MY DEAREST, I am now set down to write to you on a subject, which fills me with inexpressible concern, and this concern is greatly aggravated and increased, when I reflect upon the uneasiness I know it will give you. It has been determined in Congress, that the whole army raised for the defence of the American cause shall be put under my care, and that it is necessary for me to proceed immediately to Boston to take upon me the command of it. You may believe me, my dear Patsy...
Page 151 - Honored Madam: If it is in my power to avoid going to the Ohio again, I shall; but if the command is pressed upon me by the general voice of the country, and offered upon such terms as cannot be objected against, it would reflect dishonor on me to refuse it...
Page 186 - At a time when our lordly masters in Great Britain will be satisfied with nothing less than the deprivation of American freedom, it seems highly necessary that something should be done to avert the stroke, and maintain the liberty which we have derived from our ancestors.
Page 162 - Hyperion's curls; the front of Jove himself; An eye like Mars, to threaten and command; A station like the herald Mercury New-lighted on a heaven-kissing hill; A combination and a form indeed, Where every god did seem to set his seal, To give the world assurance of a man: This was your husband.
Page 152 - The supplicating tears of the women and moving. petitions of the men melt me into such deadly sorrow, that I solemnly declare, if I know my own mind, I could offer myself a willing sacrifice to the butchering enemy, provided that would contribute to the people's ease.
Page 106 - Half-King to know whether he intended to go with us, or by water. He told me that White Thunder had hurt himself much, and was sick, and unable to walk; therefore, he was obliged to carry him down in a canoe. As I found he intended to stay here a day or two, and knew that Monsieur Joncaire would employ every scheme to set him against the English, as he had before done, I told him I hoped he would guard against his flattery, and let no fine speeches influence him in their favor.