The Library of American Biography, Volume 4Hilliard, Gray, 1835 - United States |
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... action took place near the Warren Tavern , was close and sharp as long as it lasted , and would in a few minutes have become general , but for a deluge of rain which separated the combatants . Finding on examina- tion , that , from the ...
... action took place near the Warren Tavern , was close and sharp as long as it lasted , and would in a few minutes have become general , but for a deluge of rain which separated the combatants . Finding on examina- tion , that , from the ...
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... action ; whence the war was to be carried on through the Bay of Chesapeake and the rivers of Virginia . " - British Annual Register for 1777 , p . 121 . Marshall's Life of Washington , Vol . III . p . 177 . any artificial defences had ...
... action ; whence the war was to be carried on through the Bay of Chesapeake and the rivers of Virginia . " - British Annual Register for 1777 , p . 121 . Marshall's Life of Washington , Vol . III . p . 177 . any artificial defences had ...
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... action than that of the right , from the détour necessarily made in reach- ing its point of attack , had now been engaged for some time , and with fortunes not widely dissimilar from those of the right . The enemy's posts on the ...
... action than that of the right , from the détour necessarily made in reach- ing its point of attack , had now been engaged for some time , and with fortunes not widely dissimilar from those of the right . The enemy's posts on the ...
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... action ; and selecting for his first experiment the two regiments , which had halted at the market - house , he put that of Stewart to flight ; and , killing or capturing every man be- longing to the other , hastened to the position on ...
... action ; and selecting for his first experiment the two regiments , which had halted at the market - house , he put that of Stewart to flight ; and , killing or capturing every man be- longing to the other , hastened to the position on ...
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... action , ( Sullivan and others ; ) and lastly , to the halt made before Chew's House . Washington , who was no pretender to infallibility , and who , like other men really magnanimous , had no scruple to acknowledge his errors , has ...
... action , ( Sullivan and others ; ) and lastly , to the halt made before Chew's House . Washington , who was no pretender to infallibility , and who , like other men really magnanimous , had no scruple to acknowledge his errors , has ...
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Page 347 - And the Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do; seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him ? For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
Page 271 - Thus saith the Lord God, I will yet for this be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them ; I will increase them with men like a flock.
Page 271 - There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, The holy place of the tabernacles of the most High. God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved; God shall help her, and that right early.
Page 269 - Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear. For our God is a consuming fire.
Page 396 - Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost its savour, wherewith shall it be salted ? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under foot of men.
Page 339 - The noise subsided, and he was asked if he had anything to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him.
Page 236 - Then to advise how war may, best upheld, Move by her two main nerves, iron and gold, In all her equipage; besides, to know Both spiritual power and civil, what each means, What severs each, thou hast learned, which few have done. The bounds of either sword to thee we owe: Therefore on thy firm hand Religion leans In peace, and reckons thee her eldest son.
Page 303 - Such an improvement of the doctrine of the enmity between the seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent...
Page 76 - I ordered the front line to advance and charge with trailed arms, and rouse the Indians from their coverts at the point of the bayonet, and when up, to deliver a close and well-directed fire on their backs, followed by a brisk charge, so as not to give them time to load again.
Page 271 - Thus shall they know that I the Lord their God am with them, and that they, even the house of Israel, are my people, saith the Lord God.