The Library of American Biography, Volume 4Hilliard, Gray, 1835 - United States |
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... attack directly on the enemy's main body , turned aside to surprise what , at most , could be but an out - lying picket . On reaching the re- ported site of this unimportant object , the general to his great mortification discovered ...
... attack directly on the enemy's main body , turned aside to surprise what , at most , could be but an out - lying picket . On reaching the re- ported site of this unimportant object , the general to his great mortification discovered ...
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... attack of the American fortress . The result of these precautions was , however , very different from what had been expected . The old fortifications were found to have been so repaired , and new ones so multiplied , as to forbid an ...
... attack of the American fortress . The result of these precautions was , however , very different from what had been expected . The old fortifications were found to have been so repaired , and new ones so multiplied , as to forbid an ...
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... attacking the retreating enemy . To this end , the corps respectively commanded by Sullivan , Maxwell , Wayne , and Morgan ... attack , or cover a retreat . Of the corps above mentioned , Sullivan's failed to arrive in time , " from the ...
... attacking the retreating enemy . To this end , the corps respectively commanded by Sullivan , Maxwell , Wayne , and Morgan ... attack , or cover a retreat . Of the corps above mentioned , Sullivan's failed to arrive in time , " from the ...
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... attack . Leaving Knyphausen , with a considerable corps , at the ford to amuse Washington by dem- onstrations on his centre , he detached Cornwallis with the bulk of the army to the forks of the river , with orders there to gain the ...
... attack . Leaving Knyphausen , with a considerable corps , at the ford to amuse Washington by dem- onstrations on his centre , he detached Cornwallis with the bulk of the army to the forks of the river , with orders there to gain the ...
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... attack . At half after four o'clock this began , and for a short time was well sustained ; but , from causes never sufficiently explained , the right flank of the American line suddenly gave way , and was soon followed by the flight and ...
... attack . At half after four o'clock this began , and for a short time was well sustained ; but , from causes never sufficiently explained , the right flank of the American line suddenly gave way , and was soon followed by the flight and ...
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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.