The National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans: With Biographical SketchesD. Rice & A.N. Hart, 1854 |
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Strana 3
... attacked and dispersed a party of workmen who were erecting a fort on the south eastern branch of the Ohio , and were themselves building a fortification at the confluence of the Alleghany and Monongahela , and that a detachment were on ...
... attacked and dispersed a party of workmen who were erecting a fort on the south eastern branch of the Ohio , and were themselves building a fortification at the confluence of the Alleghany and Monongahela , and that a detachment were on ...
Strana 6
... attack " in any way he might think expedient , notwithstanding the town and property in it might be thereby destroyed . " The general assured congress that an attempt would be made the first moment he should perceive a probability of ...
... attack " in any way he might think expedient , notwithstanding the town and property in it might be thereby destroyed . " The general assured congress that an attempt would be made the first moment he should perceive a probability of ...
Strana 7
... attack , detached a part of the army towards that place , whilst he continued to make approaches towards Boston with the remaining troops . The British evacuated the town on the 17th of March , and in a few days left the harbor ...
... attack , detached a part of the army towards that place , whilst he continued to make approaches towards Boston with the remaining troops . The British evacuated the town on the 17th of March , and in a few days left the harbor ...
Strana 9
... attack on three of them . That which was conducted by the commander - in - chief ,. was alone successful . His troops began to cross the Delaware a few miles above Trenton , about dusk on the 25th of December , when it was believed the ...
... attack on three of them . That which was conducted by the commander - in - chief ,. was alone successful . His troops began to cross the Delaware a few miles above Trenton , about dusk on the 25th of December , when it was believed the ...
Strana 11
... attack . On the twenty - fifth of the same month , the British general took possession of Philadelphia , and soon after formed an encamp- ment at Germantown . For the particulars of the battle which was fought there , we refer ( for the ...
... attack . On the twenty - fifth of the same month , the British general took possession of Philadelphia , and soon after formed an encamp- ment at Germantown . For the particulars of the battle which was fought there , we refer ( for the ...
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Strana 8 - Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none; the support of the State governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns and the surest bulwarks against anti-republican tendencies; the preservation of the general government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad...
Strana 3 - Hyperion's curls; the front of Jove himself; An eye like Mars, to threaten and command; A station like the herald Mercury New-lighted on a heaven-kissing hill; A combination and a form indeed, Where every god did seem to set his seal, To give the world assurance of a man: This was your husband.
Strana 5 - 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.
Strana 9 - These principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation. The wisdom of our sages and blood of our heroes have been devoted to their attainment. They should be the creed of our political faith, the text of civic instruction, the touchstone by which to try the services of those we trust; and should we wander from them in moments of error or of alarm, let us hasten to retrace our steps and to regain the road which alone...
Strana 9 - The wisdom of our sages and the blood of our heroes have been devoted to their attainment. They should be the creed of our political faith — the text of civil instruction — the touchstone by which to try the services of those we trust...
Strana 19 - I see such a number of men, goaded by a thousand stings of reflection on the past and of anticipation on the future, about to be turned into the world, soured by penury and what they call the ingratitude of the public, involved in debts without one farthing of money to carry them home, after having spent the flower of their days, and many of them their patrimonies, in establishing the freedom and independence of their country, and suffered every thing that human nature is capable of enduring on this...
Strana 8 - ... the diffusion of information, and arraignment of all abuses at the bar of the public reason: freedom of religion; freedom of the press; and freedom of person, under the protection of the habeas corpus: and trial by juries impartially selected.
Strana 18 - I cannot help fearing the result of the measure in contemplation, under present circumstances, when I see such a number of men, goaded by a thousand stings of reflection on the past and of anticipation on the future, about to be turned into the world, soured by penury and what they call the ingratitude of the public, involved in debts without one farthing of money to carry them home, after having spent the flower of their days, and many of them their patrimonies, in establishing the...
Strana 8 - ... absolute acquiescence in the decisions of the majority, the vital principle of republics, from which is no appeal but to force...
Strana 8 - ... freedom of religion; freedom of the press, and freedom of person under the protection of the habeas corpus, and trial by juries impartially selected. These principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation.