Oliver GoldsmithHenry G. Bohn, 1859 |
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الصفحة xvii
... Artillery - Henry Knox , the Artillerist - His Mission to Ticonderoga - Re - enlistment of Troops - Lack of Public Spirit - Comments of General Greene - CHAPTER L. - Affairs in Canada - Capture of Fort Chamblee - Siege of St. Johns ...
... Artillery - Henry Knox , the Artillerist - His Mission to Ticonderoga - Re - enlistment of Troops - Lack of Public Spirit - Comments of General Greene - CHAPTER L. - Affairs in Canada - Capture of Fort Chamblee - Siege of St. Johns ...
الصفحة xvii
... Artillery - Dorchester Heights to be seized and fortified - Preparations for the attempt - CHAPTER LX . - The affair of Dorchester Heights -- American and English Letters respecting it - A Laborious Night - Revelations at Daybreak- Howe ...
... Artillery - Dorchester Heights to be seized and fortified - Preparations for the attempt - CHAPTER LX . - The affair of Dorchester Heights -- American and English Letters respecting it - A Laborious Night - Revelations at Daybreak- Howe ...
الصفحة 74
... artillery , which was to be con- veyed up the Potomac . While on the march he was joined by a detachment under Captain Adam Stephens , an officer destined to serve with him at distant periods of his mili- tary career . At Winchester he ...
... artillery , which was to be con- veyed up the Potomac . While on the march he was joined by a detachment under Captain Adam Stephens , an officer destined to serve with him at distant periods of his mili- tary career . At Winchester he ...
الصفحة 75
... artillery , he summoned the fort to surrender , allow- ing one hour for a written reply . What was to be done ? the whole garrison did not exceed fifty men . Captain Trent was absent at Wills ' Creek ; Frazier , his lieutenant , was at ...
... artillery , he summoned the fort to surrender , allow- ing one hour for a written reply . What was to be done ? the whole garrison did not exceed fifty men . Captain Trent was absent at Wills ' Creek ; Frazier , his lieutenant , was at ...
الصفحة 76
... artillery , and all the munitions of war , and within reach of constant supplies and reinforcements . Besides the French that had come from Venango , he had received credible accounts of another party ascending the Ohio ; and of six ...
... artillery , and all the munitions of war , and within reach of constant supplies and reinforcements . Besides the French that had come from Venango , he had received credible accounts of another party ascending the Ohio ; and of six ...
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عبارات ومصطلحات مألوفة
affairs American appointed arms army Arnold arrived artillery Assembly attack Boston Braam Braddock British brother Bunker's Hill camp campaign Canada Captain Colonel colonies command commander-in-chief committee conduct Congress Connecticut council Creek Croghan Crown Point defence detachment Duquesne encamped enemy England English Ethan Allen expedition Fairfax favour fire force Fort Cumberland Fort Duquesne French frontier Gage garrison George George Croghan Governor Dinwiddie Green Mountain Boys half-king honour horses House of Burgesses hundred Indians ington John king Lake land Lawrence letter Logstown Lord Lord Loudoun Massachusetts measures ment miles military militia Montreal Mount Vernon night officers Ohio orders Parliament party patriot present province Putnam Quebec received redoubt regiment reply retreat returned river sachem savages Schuyler sent Seth Warner ships Sir William Johnson soldiers spirit thousand Ticonderoga tion took town tribes troops Virginia warriors Washington Winchester wounded writes York
مقاطع مشهورة
الصفحة 238 - Commons of Great Britain in Parliament assembled, had, hath and of right ought to have, full power and authority to make laws and statutes of sufficient force and validity to bind the colonies and people of America, subjects of the Crown of Great Britain in all cases whatsoever.
الصفحة 147 - As a remarkable instance of this, I may point out to the public that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal a manner for some important service to his country.
الصفحة 21 - I might, was my heart disengaged, pass my time very pleasantly as there's a very agreeable young lady lives in the same house, (Colonel George Fairfax's wife's sister.) But as that's only adding fuel to fire, it makes me the more uneasy, for by often, and unavoidably, being in company with her revives my former passion for your Lowland beauty; whereas, was I to live more retired from young women, I might in some measure eliviate my sorrows, by burying that chaste and troublesome passion in the grave...
الصفحة 280 - When your lordships look at the papers transmitted us from America, when you consider their decency, firmness, and wisdom, you cannot but respect their cause, and wish to make it your own.
الصفحة 342 - When we assumed the soldier, we did not lay aside the citizen ; and we shall most sincerely rejoice with you in that happy hour, when the establishment of American liberty, upon the most firm and solid foundations, shall enable us to return to our private stations in the bosom of a free, peaceful, and happy country.
الصفحة 115 - After taking Fort Duquesne," says he, " I am to proceed to Niagara; and, having taken that. to Frontenac, if the season will allow time ; and I suppose it will, for Duquesne can hardly detain me above three or four days; and then I see nothing that can obstruct my march to Niagara.
الصفحة 47 - Now, fathers, it is you who are the disturbers in this land, by coming and building your towns, and taking it away unknown to us, and by force. " Fathers, we kindled a fire a long time ago, at a place called Montreal, where we desired you to stay, and not to come and intrude upon our land. I now desire you may despatch to that place ; for be it known to you, fathers, that this is our land and not yours.
الصفحة 115 - These savages may indeed be a formidable enemy to your raw American militia ; but upon the King's regular and disciplined troops, Sir, it is impossible they should make any impression.
الصفحة 357 - It is surprising how much work has been done. The lines are extended almost from Cambridge to Mystic River, so that very soon it will be morally impossible for the enemy to get between the works, except in one place, which is supposed to be left purposely unfortified, to entice the enemy out of their fortresses. Who would have thought, twelve months past, that all Cambridge and Charlestown would be covered over with American camps, and cut up into forts and intrenchments, and all the lands, fields,...
الصفحة 316 - You may believe me, my dear Patsy, when I assure you, in the most solemn manner, that, so far from seeking this appointment, I have used every endeavor in my power to avoid it, not only from my unwillingness to part with you and the family, but from a consciousness of its being a trust too great for my capacity...