Margaret Moncrieffe, the First Love of Aaron Burr: A Romance of the Revolution with an Appendix Containing the Letters of Colonel Burr to "Kate" and "Eliza," and from "Leonora, " Etc., Etc. with a Facsimile of the Celebrated Cipher Letter and KeyDerby & Jackson, 1860 - 437 من الصفحات |
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عبارات ومصطلحات مألوفة
Aaron Burr admiration army asked beautiful blush boat Broadway brother Burr's Captain Barnum Captain Blanchard Captain Edwards cause Colonel Burr Colonel Fanning command commander-in-chief conversation Corbie countenance course crieffe daughter dear deponent door Duchess of Gordon duty Edmund Blanchard enemy enlisted exclaimed expression eyes face feel gave gazed general's Gilbert Forbes girl glance glass Governor Tryon guard gunsmith hand happy heard heart Hickey honor horse hour Island king's knew lady letter look Major Burr Major Gibbs Margaret Moncrieffe mean Miss Moncrieffe morning never night o'clock orders party Patsy pistols placed prisoner Putnam quarters received replied Richmond Hill Royalist SAMUEL ROWLAND seated Selim sent Seth Adams smile soon spoke Staten Island stood sure tell thought tion told tones Tory troops turned woman words young Adams young officer young soldier
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الصفحة 397 - Correction'], there to imprison him [and keep him to hard labour] for the space of , and for so doing this shall be your sufficient warrant. Given under my hand and seal, this day of , in the year of our Lord , at , in the [county] aforesaid.
الصفحة 422 - ... who would fain have proved himself the conqueror of France. " My conqueror was engaged in another cause, he was ambitious to obtain other laurels: he fought to liberate, not to enslave nations. He was a colonel in the American army, and high in...
الصفحة 420 - Broadway (a street so called), where General Putnam resided, I •was received with great tenderness, both by Mrs. Putnam and her daughters, and on the following day I was introduced by them to General and Mrs. Washington, who likewise made it their study to show me every mark of regard ; but I seldom was allowed to be alone, although sometimes, indeed, I found an opportunity to escape to the gallery on the top of the house, where my chief delight was to view, with a telescope, our fleet and army...
الصفحة 399 - Ripley, a gentleman of eminent respectability, and Messrs. Wakeman and Jennings, respectable citizens of this town, now living, who belonged to the brigade of the late General Silliman, the information of which gentlemen on any subject can be relied on, and will be no otherwise than correct, however prejudice or other cause might occasion a reluctance in disclosing the information in...
الصفحة 416 - I was one of the party that advanced. The sentinel hailed and fired. We rushed on. The first handgrenade that was thrown in drove the enemy from the upper story, and before they could take any measure to defend it, the block-house was on fire in several places. Some few escaped, and the rest surrendered without our having lost a single man. Though many shot were fired at us, we did not fire a gun.
الصفحة 401 - Burr) asked the general what he did there ? And why he did not retreat with the army ? The general replied, that it was impossible to retreat, as the enemy were across the island, and that he meant to defend that fort. Major Burr ridiculed the idea of defending the place, being, as he said, without provisions, or water, or...
الصفحة 421 - Moncrieffe, demanding me ; for he now considered me as a prisoner. General Washington would not acquiesce in this demand, saying that I should remain a hostage for my father's good behaviour.
الصفحة 391 - The prisoner here being called upon to make his defence, produces no evidence, but says " he engaged in the scheme at first for the sake of cheating the Tories, and getting some money from them, and afterward consented to have his name sent on board the man-of-war, in order that, if the enemy should arrive and defeat the army here, and he should be taken prisoner, he might be safe.
الصفحة 422 - Ten thousand times happier should I have been with him in the wildest desert of our native country, the woods affording us our only shelter, 'and their fruits our only repast, than under the canopy of costly state, with all the refinements of courts, with the royal warrior...
الصفحة 401 - Burr ridiculed the idea of defending the place, being, as he said, without provisions or water, or bomb proof, and that with one mortar, or one howitzer, the enemy would take the place in four hours, or in some very short time, and again urged General Knox to retreat to Harlem Heights; but General Knox said it would be madness to attempt it; a smart debate ensued, the general adhering to his opinion; Burr addressed himself to the men, and told them that if they remained there, they would, before...