An Essay on the Life of the Honourable Major General Israel PutnamSamuel Avery, No. 89 Court Street, 1818 - 276 σελίδες |
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... give up all con- fidence in the annals of ancient as well as mod- ern times ; and thus the easy believer of fine fables and marvellous stories will find , at last , his historical faith change to scepticism , and end in infidelity ...
... give up all con- fidence in the annals of ancient as well as mod- ern times ; and thus the easy believer of fine fables and marvellous stories will find , at last , his historical faith change to scepticism , and end in infidelity ...
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... produced to demonstrate that military facts cannot always be accurately known but by the com- mander in chief and his confidential officers . The Marquis de of intelligence not open to others , give the writer 12 LIFE OF GENERAL PUTNAM .
... produced to demonstrate that military facts cannot always be accurately known but by the com- mander in chief and his confidential officers . The Marquis de of intelligence not open to others , give the writer 12 LIFE OF GENERAL PUTNAM .
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David Humphreys. of intelligence not open to others , give the writer any advantages , the unbiassed mind will decide ... gives an ac- count of a grand forage which General Heath ordered to be made towards King's bridge in the autumn of ...
David Humphreys. of intelligence not open to others , give the writer any advantages , the unbiassed mind will decide ... gives an ac- count of a grand forage which General Heath ordered to be made towards King's bridge in the autumn of ...
Σελίδα 26
... silence in the evening ; and lay , during the night , contiguous to the fortress . Early in the morning they approached so close as to be able to give sat- isfactory information to the General who had sent them , 26 LIFE OF GENERAL PUTNAM .
... silence in the evening ; and lay , during the night , contiguous to the fortress . Early in the morning they approached so close as to be able to give sat- isfactory information to the General who had sent them , 26 LIFE OF GENERAL PUTNAM .
Σελίδα 29
... give the deadly blow , when Durkee , ( who had followed so closely as to know him ) enquired , whether he had escaped unhurt . Captain Putnam instantly recognizing the voice , dropped his weapon : and both , spring- ing from the pit ...
... give the deadly blow , when Durkee , ( who had followed so closely as to know him ) enquired , whether he had escaped unhurt . Captain Putnam instantly recognizing the voice , dropped his weapon : and both , spring- ing from the pit ...
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Σελίδα 170 - Clerk's Office. BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the ninth day of September, AD 1818, and in the forty-third year of the Independence of the United States of America, Samuel Swett of the said district has deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit : Historical and topographical Sketch of Bunker Hill Battle, with a Plan.
Σελίδα 107 - The soldier flew, the sailor too, And scared almost to death, sir, Wore out their shoes to spread the news, And ran till out of breath, sir. Now up and down throughout the town Most frantic scenes were acted; And some ran here and others there, Like men almost distracted. Some fire...
Σελίδα 108 - The motley crew, in vessels new, With Satan for their guide, sir, Pack'd up in bags, or wooden kegs, Come driving down the tide, sir. " Therefore prepare for bloody war, — These kegs must all be routed, Or surely we despised shall be, And British courage doubted.
Σελίδα 22 - The aperture of the den, on the east side of a very high ledge of rocks, is about two feet square ; from thence it descends obliquely fifteen feet, then running horizontally about ten more, it ascends gradually sixteen feet toward its termination.
Σελίδα 98 - We shall lay them down when hostilities shall cease on the part of the aggressors, and all danger of their being renewed shall be removed, and not before. " With an humble confidence in the mercies of the supreme and impartial Judge and Ruler of the universe, we most devoutly implore his divine goodness to conduct us happily through this great conflict, to dispose our adversaries to reconciliation on reasonable terms, and thereby to relieve the empire from the calamities of civil war.
Σελίδα 170 - CLERK'S OFFIcE. BE it remembered, that on the eleventh day of November, AD 1830, in the fiftyfifth year of the Independence of the United States of America, Gray & Bowen, of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof...
Σελίδα 47 - In the winter of 1757, when Col. Haviland was commandant at Fort Edward, the barracks adjoining to the northwest bastion took fire. They extended within twelve feet of the magazine, which contained three hundred barrels of powder. On its first discovery, the fire raged with great violence. The...
Σελίδα 98 - In our own native land, in defence of the freedom that is our birthright, and which we ever enjoyed till the late violation of it; for the protection of our property, acquired solely by the honest industry of our forefathers and ourselves, against violence actually offered we have taken up arms.
Σελίδα 61 - This change of ground occasioned the tree to which Putnam was tied to be directly between the fire of the two parties. Human imagination can hardly figure to itself a more deplorable situation. The balls flew incessantly from either side, many struck the tree, while some passed through the sleeves and skirts of his coat.
Σελίδα 108 - For God's sake, what's the matter? At his bed-side he then espy'd, Sir Erskine at command, sir, Upon one foot, he had one boot, And th' other in his hand, sir. " Arise, arise, sir Erskine cries, The rebels — more's the pity, Without a boat are all afloat, And rang'd before the city.