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... gentleman to whose charge they were finally entrusted was of a singularly amiable and chival- rous character . Lieutenant Becket , ( for that was his name , ) was courteous himself ; and his example diffused an atmosphere of courtesy ...
... gentleman to whose charge they were finally entrusted was of a singularly amiable and chival- rous character . Lieutenant Becket , ( for that was his name , ) was courteous himself ; and his example diffused an atmosphere of courtesy ...
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... gentleman serving in their army required more than an ordinary degree of fortitude to take the field under such disadvantages . But everything is a matter of comparison ; and the garrison at Fort Washington bore less resemblance to a ...
... gentleman serving in their army required more than an ordinary degree of fortitude to take the field under such disadvantages . But everything is a matter of comparison ; and the garrison at Fort Washington bore less resemblance to a ...
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... gentleman , who had followed our columns up to the Delaware , and who expected , within three days ' time , to have been eating his dinner in Philadelphia , where he would have found plenty of hosts willing and proud to entertain him ...
... gentleman , who had followed our columns up to the Delaware , and who expected , within three days ' time , to have been eating his dinner in Philadelphia , where he would have found plenty of hosts willing and proud to entertain him ...
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... gentleman reported , ) were obliged to keep the field dur- ing the winter , they would suffer much distress , if not destruction . He himself had seen advertisements in the newspapers asking for all the blankets that could be spared ...
... gentleman reported , ) were obliged to keep the field dur- ing the winter , they would suffer much distress , if not destruction . He himself had seen advertisements in the newspapers asking for all the blankets that could be spared ...
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... trot by pairs of small , neat horses . They bade each other remark that a colonist , who was nothing more than a farmer or a dairyman , lived in as - good style as a German country gentleman . They de- SUFFERINGs of the INHABITANTS 29.
... trot by pairs of small , neat horses . They bade each other remark that a colonist , who was nothing more than a farmer or a dairyman , lived in as - good style as a German country gentleman . They de- SUFFERINGs of the INHABITANTS 29.
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Page 82 - These are the times that try men's souls : The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it Now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.
Page 312 - And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him, preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.
Page 58 - No man I believe ever had a greater choice of evils and less means to extricate himself from them. However, under a full persuasion of the justice of our cause, I cannot entertain an idea that it will finally sink, though it may remain for some time under a cloud.
Page 177 - And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good unto the king with one mouth : let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak that which is good. 14 And Micaiah said, As the Lord liveth, what the Lord saith unto me, that will I speak.
Page 12 - I am wearied almost to death with the retrograde motion of things, and I solemnly protest, that a pecuniary reward of twenty thousand pounds a year would not induce me to undergo what I do; and after all, perhaps^ to lose my character, as it is impossible, under such a variety of distressing circumstances, to conduct matters agreeably to public expectation...
Page 4 - I am therefore inclined to think, that it will not be prudent to hazard the men and stores at Mount Washington ; but, as you are on the spot, I leave it to you to give such orders, as to evacuating Mount Washington, as you may judge best, and so far revoking the order given to Colonel Magaw to defend it to the last.
Page 144 - Congress; to appoint officers for the said battalions of infantry; to raise, officer, and equip three thousand light-horse, three regiments of artillery, and a corps of engineers, and to establish their pay; to apply to any of the States for such aid of the militia as he shall judge necessary ; to form such magazines of provisions, and in such places, as he shall think proper; to displace and appoint all officers under the rank of...
Page 237 - All the brethren of the poor do hate him; how much more do his friends go far from, him? he pursueth them with words, yet they are wanting to him.
Page 231 - From this pleasing subject he, I know not how or why, made a sudden transition to one upon which he was a violent aggressor; for he said, " I am willing to love all mankind, except an American ;" and his inflammable corruption bursting into horrid fire, he " breathed out threatenings and slaughter;" calling them " rascals, robbers, pirates," and exclaiming, he'd