| English prose literature - 1872 - 556 pages
...[GEORGE WASHINGTON. 1732—1799.] ADDRESS TO THE AMERICAN TROOPS BEFORE THE BATTLE OF LONG ISLAND, 1776. THE time is now near at hand, which must probably...houses and farms are to be pillaged and destroyed, and themselves consigned to a state of wretchedness, from which no human efforts will deliver them. The... | |
| Robert Templeman Craighill - Virginia - 1880 - 370 pages
...even partial success in the impending conflict. " The time," he says, "is now near at hand, which must determine whether Americans are to be freemen or slaves...houses and farms are to be pillaged and destroyed, and themselves consigned to a state of wretchedness from which no human efforts will deliver them. The... | |
| James Watson Webb - United States - 1880 - 438 pages
...General Herd, are to be under that of General Mercer, until the arrival of their own General Officer. The time is now near at hand which must, probably, determine whether Americans are to be free men or Slaves — whether they are to have any property they can call their own ; whether their... | |
| Gustave H. Doret - 1883 - 172 pages
...Que lui (after subject). (10) Que. ADDRESS TO THE AMERICAN TROOPS BEFORE THE BATTLE OF LONG ISLAND. The time is now near at hand which must probably determine...houses and farms are to be pillaged and destroyed, and themselves consigned to a state of wretchedness, from which no human efforts will deliver them. The... | |
| Charles Edwards Lester - United States - 1883 - 612 pages
...the time to cover the landi Washington's Address to the Army before the Battle of Long Island. — ' The time is now near at hand, which must probably...houses and farms are to be pillaged and destroyed, and themselves consigned to a state of wretchedness, from which no human efforts will deliver them. The... | |
| Otis Henry Tiffany - Anthologies - 1883 - 954 pages
...nobler funeral pyre ! WASHINGTON'S ADDRESS TO HIS TROOPS. BEFORE THE BATTLE OF LONG ISLAND, 1776. |HE time is now near at hand, which must probably determine...houses and farms are to be pillaged and destroyed, and themselves consigned to a state of wretchedness, from which no human efforts will deliver them. The... | |
| Robert Kidd - Elocution - 1857 - 494 pages
...people ! VICTOR HUGO. CXXVIII.— TO THE AMERICAN TROOPS BEFORE THE BATTLE OF LONG ISLAND, 1776. 1. THE time is now near at hand which must probably determine...they are to have any property they can call their own ; and whether their houses and farms are to be pillaged and destroyed, and themselves consigned to... | |
| Caroline Matilda Kirkland - Readers - 1866 - 402 pages
...ADDRESS TO THE AMERICAN TROOPS BEFORE THE BATTLE OF LONG ISLAND, AUGUST 27rt, 1776. GEN. WASHINGTON. THE time is now near at hand which must probably determine...houses and farms are to be pillaged and destroyed, and themselves consigned to a state of wretchedness from which no human efforts will deliver them. The... | |
| John Thomas Scharf - Bronx (New York, N.Y.) - 1886 - 718 pages
...to repair to King's Bridge and to use his utmost endeavors to forward the works. " The time is now at hand which must probably determine whether Americans are to be freemen or slave*" is a memorable sentence in this order. The enemy was ready to disembark in the lower bay. It... | |
| James Harrison Kennedy - Presidents - 1888 - 802 pages
...bravery. Addressing them in his order of August 2d, he says: "The time is now near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be freemen or slaves...houses and farms are to be pillaged and destroyed, and themselves consigned to a state of wretchedness from which no human efforts can deliver them. The fate... | |
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