A History of the United States of AmericaBarber & Robinson, 1824 - 400 頁 |
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第 98 頁
... engagement , Fenwick took the enemy on land , prisoners , and Rhet succeeded in capturing the ship . Section XVII . In 1710 , a large number of Pa- latines , inhabitants of a Palatinate , a small terri- tory in Germany , whose governour ...
... engagement , Fenwick took the enemy on land , prisoners , and Rhet succeeded in capturing the ship . Section XVII . In 1710 , a large number of Pa- latines , inhabitants of a Palatinate , a small terri- tory in Germany , whose governour ...
第 119 頁
... engagement of several hours , de Villiers demanded a parley , and offered terms of capitulation . These terms were rejected ; but during the night , July 4th , ar- ticles were signed , by which Washington was permitted , upon ...
... engagement of several hours , de Villiers demanded a parley , and offered terms of capitulation . These terms were rejected ; but during the night , July 4th , ar- ticles were signed , by which Washington was permitted , upon ...
第 126 頁
... engagement with Col. Williams ' corps , he gave orders to his troops neither to give nor take quarter . Section X. The expedition against Niagara was committed to Gov. Shirley of Massachusetts , whose force amounted to two thousand five ...
... engagement with Col. Williams ' corps , he gave orders to his troops neither to give nor take quarter . Section X. The expedition against Niagara was committed to Gov. Shirley of Massachusetts , whose force amounted to two thousand five ...
第 136 頁
... engagement . Accordingly , the troops were transported up the river about nipe miles . On the 12th of Sept. one hour after midnight , Wolfe and his troops left the ships , and in boats silently drop- ped down the current , intending to ...
... engagement . Accordingly , the troops were transported up the river about nipe miles . On the 12th of Sept. one hour after midnight , Wolfe and his troops left the ships , and in boats silently drop- ped down the current , intending to ...
第 164 頁
... engagement two hundred and twenty - six killed , among whom was Major Pitcairn , who first lighted the torch of war at Lexington , and eight hundred and twenty - eight wounded . The Americans lost one hundred and thirty - nine killed ...
... engagement two hundred and twenty - six killed , among whom was Major Pitcairn , who first lighted the torch of war at Lexington , and eight hundred and twenty - eight wounded . The Americans lost one hundred and thirty - nine killed ...
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第 296 頁 - Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none; the support of the State governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns and the surest bulwarks against anti-republican tendencies; the preservation of the general government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad...
第 240 頁 - I consider it an indispensable duty to close this last act of my official life by commending the interests of our dearest country to the protection of Almighty God, and those who have the superintendence of them to his holy keeping.
第 296 頁 - ... a well-disciplined militia, our best reliance in peace and for the first moments of war, till regulars may relieve them; the supremacy of the civil over the military authority...
第 285 頁 - First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen," was originally used in the resolutions presented to Congress on the death of Washington, December, 1799.
第 78 頁 - God would not impute the guilt of it to ourselves nor others; and we also pray that we may be considered candidly and aright by the living sufferers, as being then under the power of a strong and general delusion, utterly unacquainted with, and not experienced in , matters of that nature.
第 296 頁 - ... freedom of religion; freedom of the press, and freedom of person under the protection of the habeas corpus, and trial by juries impartially selected. These principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation.
第 240 頁 - Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of action, and bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life.
第 220 頁 - Let me hope, Sir, that if aught in my character impresses you with esteem towards me, if aught in my misfortunes marks me as the victim of policy and not of resentment, I shall experience the operation of these feelings in your breast, by being informed that I am not to die on a gibbet.
第 152 頁 - In such a cause, your success would be hazardous. America, if she fell, would fall like the strong man; she would embrace the pillars of the state, and pull down the Constitution along with her.
第 148 頁 - They planted by your care ! No, your oppressions planted them in America. They fled from your tyranny to a then uncultivated and inhospitable country, where they exposed themselves to almost all the hardships to which human nature is liable; and among others, to the...