An Essay on the Life of the Honourable Major General Israel Putnam |
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... effect is extensive , permanent , and perni- cious . The lie , however improbable or monstrous , which has once assumed the sem- blance of truth , by being often repeated with minute and plausible particulars , is , at length , so ...
... effect is extensive , permanent , and perni- cious . The lie , however improbable or monstrous , which has once assumed the sem- blance of truth , by being often repeated with minute and plausible particulars , is , at length , so ...
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... effect . Nor did the fumes of burnt brimstone , with which the cavern was filled , compel her to quit the retirement . Wearied with such fruitless attempts ( which had brought the time to ten o'clock at night ) Mr. Putnam tried once ...
... effect . Nor did the fumes of burnt brimstone , with which the cavern was filled , compel her to quit the retirement . Wearied with such fruitless attempts ( which had brought the time to ten o'clock at night ) Mr. Putnam tried once ...
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... effect of this gradual acquisition of prop- ⚫erty , generally favorable to individual virtue and public felicity , should not however be passed over in silence . If there is something fascinating in the charms of a country life , from ...
... effect of this gradual acquisition of prop- ⚫erty , generally favorable to individual virtue and public felicity , should not however be passed over in silence . If there is something fascinating in the charms of a country life , from ...
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... effect , the operations of the siege were suspend- ed , and preparations made for re - embarking , when another of the runners reported that the detachment had gone back . The Marquis de Montcalm , provided with a good train of artil ...
... effect , the operations of the siege were suspend- ed , and preparations made for re - embarking , when another of the runners reported that the detachment had gone back . The Marquis de Montcalm , provided with a good train of artil ...
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... effect , accompanied with dolorous groans , miserable shrieks , and dismal savage yells . After day - break he was advised that one part of the enemy had effected a landing considerably below , and were rapidly advanc- ing to cut off ...
... effect , accompanied with dolorous groans , miserable shrieks , and dismal savage yells . After day - break he was advised that one part of the enemy had effected a landing considerably below , and were rapidly advanc- ing to cut off ...
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Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.