The Miscellaneous Works of David Humphreys: Late Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of Madrid |
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... author had not seen any publication , except the eulogy of Judge Minot , of Boston , at the time when he composed the following poem . Y This Anniversary of Independence overcast with unusual glooms - symptoms ADVERTISEMENT . 161.
... author had not seen any publication , except the eulogy of Judge Minot , of Boston , at the time when he composed the following poem . Y This Anniversary of Independence overcast with unusual glooms - symptoms ADVERTISEMENT . 161.
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... Boston drove the royal ranks , Their inroads check'd on Hudson's rocky banks , Resolv'd the state to save by wise delay , Nor risk our fortunes on one fatal day .. 250 But , when by duty urg'd , with dread delight ( Like heav'n's red ...
... Boston drove the royal ranks , Their inroads check'd on Hudson's rocky banks , Resolv'd the state to save by wise delay , Nor risk our fortunes on one fatal day .. 250 But , when by duty urg'd , with dread delight ( Like heav'n's red ...
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... Boston by the British army , as well as that to General Gates , for the Convention of Saratoga , and that to General Gregre , for the battle of Eutaw - Springs , were executed by the first artists at Paris , under the direction of the ...
... Boston by the British army , as well as that to General Gates , for the Convention of Saratoga , and that to General Gregre , for the battle of Eutaw - Springs , were executed by the first artists at Paris , under the direction of the ...
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... known , Shall last beyond this monumental stone , Which conqu'ring armies ( from their toils return'd ) Rear'd to his glory , while his fate they mourn'd . A LETTER TO A YOUNG LADY IN BOSTON , Dated Epitaph on Scammel.
... known , Shall last beyond this monumental stone , Which conqu'ring armies ( from their toils return'd ) Rear'd to his glory , while his fate they mourn'd . A LETTER TO A YOUNG LADY IN BOSTON , Dated Epitaph on Scammel.
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... BOSTON , Dated at New - Haven , April , 1780 . INSPIR'D with hope of giving pleasure , By tale disastrous , told in measure ; I mean , dear miss , from facts diurnal , To write a kind of sleighing journal ; And minute how I came across ...
... BOSTON , Dated at New - Haven , April , 1780 . INSPIR'D with hope of giving pleasure , By tale disastrous , told in measure ; I mean , dear miss , from facts diurnal , To write a kind of sleighing journal ; And minute how I came across ...
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