An Essay on the Life of the Honourable Major General Israel PutnamSamuel Avery, No. 89 Court Street, 1818 - 276 σελίδες |
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... shot , holding a torch in one hand and the musket in the other , he descended the se- cond time . When he drew nearer than before , the wolf , assuming a still more fierce and ter- rible appearance , howling , rolling her eyes ...
... shot , holding a torch in one hand and the musket in the other , he descended the se- cond time . When he drew nearer than before , the wolf , assuming a still more fierce and ter- rible appearance , howling , rolling her eyes ...
Σελίδα 29
... shot . There they betook themselves to a large log , by the side of which they lodg- ed the remainder of the night . Before they lay down , Captain Putnam said he had a little . rum in his canteen , which could never be more acceptable ...
... shot . There they betook themselves to a large log , by the side of which they lodg- ed the remainder of the night . Before they lay down , Captain Putnam said he had a little . rum in his canteen , which could never be more acceptable ...
Σελίδα 30
... shot . The shattered rem- nant of the little fleet soon arrived at Ticon- deroga , and gave information that Putnam and Rogers were at the narrows . A fresh party was instantly detached to cut them in pieces , on their return to Fort ...
... shot . The shattered rem- nant of the little fleet soon arrived at Ticon- deroga , and gave information that Putnam and Rogers were at the narrows . A fresh party was instantly detached to cut them in pieces , on their return to Fort ...
Σελίδα 31
... shot be- fore a gun was fired . At once , the wall - pie- ces and blunderbusses , which had been brought to rake them in the most vulnerable point , were discharged . As no such reception had been foreseen , the assailants were thrown ...
... shot be- fore a gun was fired . At once , the wall - pie- ces and blunderbusses , which had been brought to rake them in the most vulnerable point , were discharged . As no such reception had been foreseen , the assailants were thrown ...
Σελίδα 38
... shot . They had carried off all the cannon , stores and water - craft . The fort was demolished . The barracks , the out - hous- es and suttlers ' booths were heaps of ruins . The fires , not yet extinct , and the smoke , of- fensive ...
... shot . They had carried off all the cannon , stores and water - craft . The fort was demolished . The barracks , the out - hous- es and suttlers ' booths were heaps of ruins . The fires , not yet extinct , and the smoke , of- fensive ...
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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.