Pictorial History of America: From the Earliest Times to the Close of the Mexican War. Embracing the Most Remarkable Events which Have Transpired Since the Discovery, المجلد 2J. L. Gihon, 1853 |
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... passed from domestic ease , to the numberless wants and distresses which are incident to marches through strange and desert countries . Every difficulty was increased by the short term for which they were enlisted . To secure the ...
... passed from domestic ease , to the numberless wants and distresses which are incident to marches through strange and desert countries . Every difficulty was increased by the short term for which they were enlisted . To secure the ...
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... passed the first barrier , and was just opening to attack the second , when he was killed , together with his aide - de - camp , Captain John McPherson , Captain Cheesman , and some others . This so dispirited the men , that Colonel ...
... passed the first barrier , and was just opening to attack the second , when he was killed , together with his aide - de - camp , Captain John McPherson , Captain Cheesman , and some others . This so dispirited the men , that Colonel ...
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... passed with less loss than was generally expected , but nevertheless the damage they received was such as deterred them from frequently repeating the experiment . In two or three instances they ascended the North River , and in one or ...
... passed with less loss than was generally expected , but nevertheless the damage they received was such as deterred them from frequently repeating the experiment . In two or three instances they ascended the North River , and in one or ...
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... passed from the south side of the hills to the American lines , except a road which led round the easterly end of the hills to Jamaica . The Americans had eight hundred men on each of these roads , and Colonel Miles was placed with his ...
... passed from the south side of the hills to the American lines , except a road which led round the easterly end of the hills to Jamaica . The Americans had eight hundred men on each of these roads , and Colonel Miles was placed with his ...
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... passed in 1774 and 1775 , which have been already the subject of comment , progressively weakened the attachment of the colonists to the birth place of their forefathers . The commencement of hostilities on the 19th of April , 1775 ...
... passed in 1774 and 1775 , which have been already the subject of comment , progressively weakened the attachment of the colonists to the birth place of their forefathers . The commencement of hostilities on the 19th of April , 1775 ...
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عبارات ومصطلحات مألوفة
action American army appointed arms arrived artillery attack battery battle Bon Homme Richard brigade Britain British army Burgoyne camp Captain captured carronades cavalry Charleston Colonel colonies command commenced Commodore conduct Congress Count D'Estaing declared defence despatched detachment effect enemy enemy's engaged favour fire fleet force France French frigate gallant garrison governor guns honour hundred immediately independence Indians infantry inhabitants Island killed land letter Lieutenant Lieutenant-colonel Lord Cornwallis Lord Rawdon loss Major Matamoras ment Mexican Mexico miles military militia morning nation night o'clock officers opposition party passed Point Isabel position possession President prisoners rear received regiment retired retreat river royal army sail Santa Anna sent ship shot side Sir Henry Clinton soldiers soon South Carolina squadron success surrender Taylor thousand tion took town treaty troops United Vera Cruz vessels victory Virginia Washington whole wounded York
مقاطع مشهورة
الصفحة 72 - Stephen Hopkins William Ellery CONNECTICUT Roger Sherman Samuel Huntington William Williams Oliver Wolcott NEW YORK William Floyd Philip Livingston Francis Lewis Lewis Morris NEW JERSEY Richard Stockton John Witherspoon Francis Hopkinson John Hart Abraham Clark PENNSYLVANIA Robert Morris Benjamin Rush Benjamin...
الصفحة 71 - He has constrained our fellow-citizens, taken captive on the high seas, to bear arms against their country, to become the executioners of their friends and brethren, or to fall themselves by their hands.
الصفحة 602 - Resolved, That our title to the whole of the territory of Oregon is clear and unquestionable; that no portion of the same ought to be ceded to England or any other power; and that the re-occupation of Oregon and the re-annexation of Texas at the earliest practicable period are great American measures, which this convention recommends to the cordial support of the Democracy of the Union.
الصفحة 386 - I will be very frank with you. I was the last to consent to the separation; but the separation having been made, and having become inevitable, I have always said, as I say now, that I would be the first to meet the friendship of the United States as an independent power.
الصفحة 363 - Can you then consent to be the only sufferers by this Revolution and, retiring from the field, grow old in poverty, wretchedness and contempt? Can you consent to wade through the vile mire of dependency and owe the miserable remnant of that life to charity which has hitherto been spent in honor?
الصفحة 82 - States, and to appropriate and apply the same for defraying the public expenses; to borrow money, or emit bills on the credit of the United States, transmitting every half year to the respective states an account of the sums of money so borrowed or emitted; to build and equip a navy; to agree upon the number of land forces, and to make requisitions from each state for its quota, in proportion to the number of white inhabitants in such state...
الصفحة 539 - Confiance one hundred and five. The enemy's shot passed principally just over our heads, as there were not twenty whole hammocks in the nettings at the close of the action, which lasted, without intermission, two hours and twenty minutes.
الصفحة 72 - MARYLAND. SAMUEL CHASE, WILLIAM PACA, THOMAS STONE, CHARLES CARROLL, of Carrollton. VIRGINIA. GEORGE WYTHE, RICHARD HENRY LEE, THOMAS JEFFERSON, BENJAMIN HARRISON, THOMAS NELSON, JUN., FRANCIS LIGHTFOOT LEE, CARTER BRAXTON.
الصفحة 237 - The battle being thus begun, was continued with unremitting fury. Every method was practised on both sides to gain an advantage, and rake each other. ; and I must confess that the enemy's ship being much more manageable than the Bon homme Richard, gained thereby several times an advantageous situation, in spite of my best endeavours to prevent it.
الصفحة 151 - This article is inadmissible in every extremity ; sooner than this army will consent to ground their arms in their encampment, they will rush on the enemy, determined to take no quarter.