History of the United States: From the Discovery of the American Continent, المجلد 4Little, Brown, 1864 |
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مقاطع مشهورة
الصفحة 157 - Whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation. And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and he doeth according to his will in the armies of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth...
الصفحة 408 - But if he be resolved to assume the ' right of advising His Majesty, and directing the operations of the war, to what purpose are we called to this Council ? — When he talks of being responsible to the ' people he talks the language of the House of Commons, ' and forgets that at this Board he is only responsible to the King.
الصفحة 332 - The autumn evening was bright; and the general, under the clear starlight, visited his stations, to make his final inspection and utter his last words of encouragement. As he passed from ship to ship, he spoke to those in the boat with him of the poet Gray, and the <Elegy in a Country Churchyard.' "I," said he, "would prefer being the author of that poem to the glory of beating the French to-morrow...
الصفحة 461 - The consequences of the entire cession of Canada are obvious. I am persuaded England will ere long repent of having removed the only check that could keep her colonies in awe. They stand no longer in need of her protection ; she will call on them to contribute toward supporting the burdens they have helped to bring on her ; and they will answer by striking off all dependence.
الصفحة 190 - 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 244 - a fine, showy man, such as would make an excellent ambassador in a court where there was no business.
الصفحة 107 - Fathers, both you and the English are white : we live in a country between, therefore the land belongs to neither one nor the other : but the Great Being above allowed it to be a place of residence for us ; so fathers, I desire you to withdraw, as I have done our brothers the English, for I will keep you at arm's length.
الصفحة 189 - in the front of the troops, and on the hills which overhung the right flank," invisible, yet making the woods re-echo their war-whoop, they fired with deadly aim at " the fair mark " offered by the " compact body of men beneath them." None of the English that were engaged would say they saw a hundred of the enemy, and " many of the officers, who were in the heat of the action the whole time, would not assert that they saw one ; " and they could only return the fire at random in the direction from...
الصفحة 144 - ... that in this world we are but sojourners; that we are subject to the like afflictions and infirmities of body, the like disorders and frailties in mind, the like temptations, the same death and the same judgment; and that the...
الصفحة 336 - ... and they brought him water to quench his thirst. " They run ! they run ! " spoke the officer on whom he leaned. " Who run ? " asked Wolfe, as his life was fast ebbing. " The French," replied the officer,