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... you are very welcome ! I am more glad to see you than any man in Virginia ! Mr. Drummond , you shall be hang- ed in half an hour ! " Drummond was tried at once ; and as there was no trou- ble in proving that he had been one of the ...
... you are very welcome ! I am more glad to see you than any man in Virginia ! Mr. Drummond , you shall be hang- ed in half an hour ! " Drummond was tried at once ; and as there was no trou- ble in proving that he had been one of the ...
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Page 176 - Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery ! Our chains are forged. Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston ! The war is inevitable ; and let it come ! I repeat it, sir, let it come ! It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, peace, peace ! — but there is no peace.
Page 152 - Logan, not even sparing my women and children. There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it ; I have killed many ; I have fully glutted my vengeance. For my country, I rejoice at the beams of peace. But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
Page 151 - I appeal to any white man to say, if he ever entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat ; if he ever came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war, Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said, ' Logan is the friend of white men.
Page 334 - Filling a glass, he turned to them and said, "with a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you ; I most devoutly wish that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy, as your former ones have been glorious and honorable.
Page 152 - I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat; if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war, Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the Whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said, ' Logan is the friend of white men.
Page 72 - No, may it please your honor, we will not hurt a hair of your ' head, nor of any other man's; we are come for a commission ' to save our lives from the Indians, which you have so often ' promised, and now we will have it before we go.
Page 176 - Gentlemen may cry peace! peace! but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
Page 313 - Stung with this keen wit, Tarleton placed his hand on his sword. General Leslie, who was present, remarked, " Say what you please, Mrs. Ashe, Colonel Tarleton knows better than to insult a lady in my presence.
Page 192 - I resign myself to my God, and my child to my country !" After uttering these words, he expired ; and John Adams died on the same evening. Fifty years before, almost hour for hour, these two great men had placed their names to the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. A BALL AT THE CAPITOL.
Page 80 - «welcome ; I am more glad to see you than any man in Virginia. Mr. Drummond you shall be hanged in half an hour.