An Essay on the Life of the Honourable Major General Israel Putnam |
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... seemed incapa- ble of disguise . Perhaps in the intercourse he was ultimately obliged to have with an art- ful world , his sincerity , on some occasions , out- went his discretion . Although he had too much suavity in his nature to ...
... seemed incapa- ble of disguise . Perhaps in the intercourse he was ultimately obliged to have with an art- ful world , his sincerity , on some occasions , out- went his discretion . Although he had too much suavity in his nature to ...
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... seemed fond of shewing themselves , which unsoldierlike conduct he prohibited with the severest repre- hension . This rebuke they imputed to unne- cessary fear . The observation is as true as vulgar , that persons distinguishable for ...
... seemed fond of shewing themselves , which unsoldierlike conduct he prohibited with the severest repre- hension . This rebuke they imputed to unne- cessary fear . The observation is as true as vulgar , that persons distinguishable for ...
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... seemed to give place to a more impor- tant operation that was meditated against Louisbourg . But the arrival of the Brest squadron at that place prevented the attempt ; and the loss of Fort William Henry served to class this with the ...
... seemed to give place to a more impor- tant operation that was meditated against Louisbourg . But the arrival of the Brest squadron at that place prevented the attempt ; and the loss of Fort William Henry served to class this with the ...
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... seemed all eye and ear . When they found no lurking mischief , they would beckon with the hand , and pronounce the word " OWISH , " with a long labial hissing , the O being almost quiescent . This was ever the watch- ' word for the main ...
... seemed all eye and ear . When they found no lurking mischief , they would beckon with the hand , and pronounce the word " OWISH , " with a long labial hissing , the O being almost quiescent . This was ever the watch- ' word for the main ...
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... seemed only to have been avoided in one form to be encountered in another not less terrible . Prominent rocks , latent shelves , absorbing eddies , and abrupt descents , for a quarter of a mile , afforded scarcely the smallest chance of ...
... seemed only to have been avoided in one form to be encountered in another not less terrible . Prominent rocks , latent shelves , absorbing eddies , and abrupt descents , for a quarter of a mile , afforded scarcely the smallest chance of ...
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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.