The Library of American Biography, Τόμος 4Hilliard, Gray, 1835 |
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Σελίδα 13
... person , to whom in his absence the important trust of defending Ticonderoga could best be confided , Gates at once designated * General Thomas , who was sent to succeed General Wooster in the command of the northern army , died on the ...
... person , to whom in his absence the important trust of defending Ticonderoga could best be confided , Gates at once designated * General Thomas , who was sent to succeed General Wooster in the command of the northern army , died on the ...
Σελίδα 16
... person to sustain an attack , or cover a retreat . Of the corps above mentioned , Sullivan's failed to arrive in time , " from the distance it had to march , " and that of Max- well , " from the capture or desertion of an express ...
... person to sustain an attack , or cover a retreat . Of the corps above mentioned , Sullivan's failed to arrive in time , " from the distance it had to march , " and that of Max- well , " from the capture or desertion of an express ...
Σελίδα 22
... person , whose disobedience had caused all the in- jury , public and private , suffered on the occasion ; yet such was the fact . Seeking the means of exonerating himself from censure , Humpton preferred the following charge ; " that ...
... person , whose disobedience had caused all the in- jury , public and private , suffered on the occasion ; yet such was the fact . Seeking the means of exonerating himself from censure , Humpton preferred the following charge ; " that ...
Σελίδα 31
... persons consulted upon this occasion perceiving , that to withhold any considerable por- tion of the force destined to the attack in front could not fail to jeopard , if it did not defeat , the great object of the expedition , advised ...
... persons consulted upon this occasion perceiving , that to withhold any considerable por- tion of the force destined to the attack in front could not fail to jeopard , if it did not defeat , the great object of the expedition , advised ...
Σελίδα 40
... person , when , greatly to his surprise he discov- ered , that instead of a rear - guard he was actually pursuing and nearly in contact with the enemy's main body . In explanation of this new and unexpected state of things , it may be ...
... person , when , greatly to his surprise he discov- ered , that instead of a rear - guard he was actually pursuing and nearly in contact with the enemy's main body . In explanation of this new and unexpected state of things , it may be ...
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Σελίδα 347 - And the Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do; seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him ? For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
Σελίδα 271 - Thus saith the Lord God, I will yet for this be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them ; I will increase them with men like a flock.
Σελίδα 271 - There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, The holy place of the tabernacles of the most High. God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved; God shall help her, and that right early.
Σελίδα 269 - Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear. For our God is a consuming fire.
Σελίδα 396 - Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost its savour, wherewith shall it be salted ? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under foot of men.
Σελίδα 339 - The noise subsided, and he was asked if he had anything to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him.
Σελίδα 236 - Then to advise how war may, best upheld, Move by her two main nerves, iron and gold, In all her equipage; besides, to know Both spiritual power and civil, what each means, What severs each, thou hast learned, which few have done. The bounds of either sword to thee we owe: Therefore on thy firm hand Religion leans In peace, and reckons thee her eldest son.
Σελίδα 303 - Such an improvement of the doctrine of the enmity between the seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent...
Σελίδα 76 - I ordered the front line to advance and charge with trailed arms, and rouse the Indians from their coverts at the point of the bayonet, and when up, to deliver a close and well-directed fire on their backs, followed by a brisk charge, so as not to give them time to load again.
Σελίδα 271 - Thus shall they know that I the Lord their God am with them, and that they, even the house of Israel, are my people, saith the Lord God.