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Parole e frasi comuniaffairs afterwards Ameri American appears appointed army arrival attack Bainbridge battle became Boston British brought called camp Captain captured Carolina character Clinton Colonel colony command Congress Constitution Cornwallis Court death Decatur defence duties early elected enemy engaged England father Fisher Ames force fortune France Franklin French frigate Fulton gallant Gates gave George Clinton Governor Hamilton Hancock Henry honor House Indians ington Jefferson John Adams labors Lafayette land Laurens Legislature letter Madison Massachusetts ment military militia mind minister Monroe Morris Moultrie Mount Vernon movements nation negotiations officer Paris party passed Patrick Henry patriotic Philadelphia political President Putnam received retired retreat Revolution Richard Henry Lee Samuel Adams says scene Schuyler seat sent ship sion sloop-of-war South Carolina spirit Steuben Sullivan's Island tion took treaty troops vessel Virginia Wash Washington Wirt York young youth Brani popolariPagina 372 - For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing, anxious being e'er resigned, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind... Pagina 154 - He smote the rock of the national resources, and abundant streams of revenue gushed forth. He touched the dead corpse of the Public Credit, and it sprung upon its feet. Pagina 85 - Relying on its kindness in this, as in other things, and actuated by that fervent love towards it which is so natural to a man who views in it the native soil of himself and his progenitors for several generations, I anticipate, with pleasing expectation, that retreat in which I promise myself to realize, without alloy, the sweet enjoyment of partaking, in the midst of my fellow-citizens, the benign influence of good laws under a free Government — the ever favorite object of my heart — and the... Pagina 438 - Happy is your grace, That can translate the stubbornness of fortune Into so quiet and so sweet a style. Pagina 239 - Resolved, That a committee, in conjunction with one from the Senate, be appointed to consider on the most suitable manner of paying honor to the memory of the man, first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his fellow-citizens. Pagina 25 - But though many private persons think almost as highly of their own infallibility as of that of their sect, few express it so naturally as a certain French lady who, in a dispute with her sister, said, ' I don't know how it happens, sister, but I meet with nobody but myself that is always in the right — il n'ya que moi qui a toujours raison. Pagina 82 - About ten o'clock I bade adieu to Mount Vernon, to private life, and to domestic felicity ; and with a mind oppressed with more anxious and painful sensations than I have words to express, set out for New York with the best disposition to render service to my country in obedience to its call, but with less hope of answering its expectations. Pagina 124 - That no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested or burthened, in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief; but that all men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinions in matters of religion, and that the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge or affect their civil capacities. Pagina 66 - As a remarkable instance of this, I may point out to the public that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal a manner for some important service to his country. Pagina 181 - We know the forest round us, As seamen know the sea ; We know its walls of thorny vines, Its glades of reedy grass, Its safe and silent islands Within the dark morass. Woe to the English soldiery That little dread us near ! On them shall light at midnight A strange and sudden fear ; When, waking to their tents on fire, They grasp their arms in vain, And they who stand to face us Are beat to earth again... Citazioni da pagine webNorthwest Book Buyer: 1862 2-vol National Portrait Gallery of ... Joshua Barney's Chesapeake Bay Flotilla JSTOR: Heads of States Informazioni bibliografiche
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