The Pictorial Field-book of the Revolution: Or, Illustrations, by Pen and Pencil, of the History, Biography, Scenery, Relics, and Traditions of the War for Independence, Volume 1Harper & bros., 1851 - United States |
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... feet long , twelve feet wide , and seven feet deep . In 1808 it was lengthened to one hundred and fifty feet , widened to eighteen , and its name changed to NORTH RIVER . The engine was constructed by Watt & Bolton , En- gland , and the ...
... feet long , twelve feet wide , and seven feet deep . In 1808 it was lengthened to one hundred and fifty feet , widened to eighteen , and its name changed to NORTH RIVER . The engine was constructed by Watt & Bolton , En- gland , and the ...
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... feet perpendicu- lar , in addition to the turbulent rapids above and below . A bridge , eight hundred feet long , spans the river half a mile below the falls , from which a fine view may be obtained of the whole scene . Before entering ...
... feet perpendicu- lar , in addition to the turbulent rapids above and below . A bridge , eight hundred feet long , spans the river half a mile below the falls , from which a fine view may be obtained of the whole scene . Before entering ...
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... feet . As soon as Congress perceived the storm that was gathering on the northern frontier , they felt the necessity of prompt action and the services of an influential commander . Fear , loyalty , British gold , would undoubtedly lead ...
... feet . As soon as Congress perceived the storm that was gathering on the northern frontier , they felt the necessity of prompt action and the services of an influential commander . Fear , loyalty , British gold , would undoubtedly lead ...
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... feet above the fort below . General St. Clair , who commanded the garrison , when he saw the battery above him , and the girdle of strong battalions that was closing around him , knew that resistance would be madness . Under cover of ...
... feet above the fort below . General St. Clair , who commanded the garrison , when he saw the battery above him , and the girdle of strong battalions that was closing around him , knew that resistance would be madness . Under cover of ...
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... feet south . The whole was encircled by a deep trench and a row of strong palisades . The area within was about half an acre . When completed , it formed quite a strong bulwark , and was named Fort Neilson . About fifty rods south of ...
... feet south . The whole was encircled by a deep trench and a row of strong palisades . The area within was about half an acre . When completed , it formed quite a strong bulwark , and was named Fort Neilson . About fifty rods south of ...
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Page 84 - If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms — never — never — never.
Page 438 - Faith, etc., having undertaken for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith, and honor of our King and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia, do, by these presents, solemnly and mutually, in the presence of God, and of one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic...
Page 518 - To conclude, my Lords: if the Ministers thus persevere in misadvising and misleading the King, I will not say that they can alienate the affections of his subjects from his crown; but I will affirm that they will make the crown not worth his wearing. I will not say that the King is betrayed; but I will pronounce that the kingdom is undone.
Page 518 - I trust it is obvious to your lordships that all attempts to impose servitude upon such men, to establish despotism over such a mighty continental nation must be vain, must be fatal. We shall be forced ultimately to retract; let us retract while we can, not when we must.
Page 84 - You may swell every expense, and every effort, still more extravagantly ; pile and accumulate every assistance you can buy or borrow ; traffic and barter with every little pitiful German prince that sells and sends his subjects to the shambles...
Page 84 - We do not know the worst; but we know that in three campaigns we have done nothing, and suffered much.
Page 438 - ... to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Page 550 - I must declare and avow, that in all my reading and observation — and it has been my favorite study — I have read Thucydides and have studied and admired the master states of the world — that for solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication of difficult circumstances, no nation or body of men can stand in preference to the general congress at Philadelphia.
Page 227 - THE thoughts are strange that crowd into my brain, While I look upward to thee. It would seem As if God poured thee from His hollow hand, And hung His bow upon thine awful front; And spoke in that loud voice, which seemed to him Who dwelt in Patmos for his Saviour's sake, The sound of many waters ; and had bade Thy flood to chronicle the ages back, And notch His centuries in the eternal rocks.
Page 475 - He made an administration, so checkered and speckled ; he put together a piece of joinery, so crossly indented and whimsically dove-tailed ; a cabinet so variously inlaid ; such a piece of diversified Mosaic ; such a tesselated pavement without cement ; here a bit of black stone, and there a bit of white ; patriots and courtiers, king's friends and republicans ; whigs and tories ; treacherous friends and open enemies ; that it was indeed a very curious show ; but utterly unsafe to touch, and unsureto...