Young Folks' History of AmericaHezekiah Butterworth Estes and Lauriat, 1881 - 543 pagini |
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Pagina 193
... enemy might be lurking near . The march was along a road twelve feet wide , in a ravine , with high ground in front and on both sides . Suddenly the Indian war - whoop burst from the woods . A murderous fire smote down the troops . The ...
... enemy might be lurking near . The march was along a road twelve feet wide , in a ravine , with high ground in front and on both sides . Suddenly the Indian war - whoop burst from the woods . A murderous fire smote down the troops . The ...
Pagina 194
... enemy . The rage of the people knew no bounds . The admiral who had not fought the enemy when he should have done so was hanged . The Prime Minister began to tremble for his neck . One or two disasters more , and the public indignation ...
... enemy . The rage of the people knew no bounds . The admiral who had not fought the enemy when he should have done so was hanged . The Prime Minister began to tremble for his neck . One or two disasters more , and the public indignation ...
Pagina 258
... enemy watchful and resolute . As if to render the difficulty greater , the men carried three days ' provision with them in their knapsacks . Each man had a burden which weighed one hundred and twenty pounds in knapsack , musket , and ...
... enemy watchful and resolute . As if to render the difficulty greater , the men carried three days ' provision with them in their knapsacks . Each man had a burden which weighed one hundred and twenty pounds in knapsack , musket , and ...
Pagina 264
... enemy . By the light of an unclouded moon a strong working - party took their way to Dorchester Heights . A long train of wagons accom- panied them , laden with hard - pressed bales of hay . These were needed to form a breastwork , as a ...
... enemy . By the light of an unclouded moon a strong working - party took their way to Dorchester Heights . A long train of wagons accom- panied them , laden with hard - pressed bales of hay . These were needed to form a breastwork , as a ...
Pagina 265
... enemy when a furious east wind began to blow , scattering their transports and compelling the delay of the attack . All next day the storm continued to rage . The English , eager for battle , lay in unwilling idle- ness . The vigorous ...
... enemy when a furious east wind began to blow , scattering their transports and compelling the delay of the attack . All next day the storm continued to rage . The English , eager for battle , lay in unwilling idle- ness . The vigorous ...
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Pagina 404 - Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite ideas ; its foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery, subordination to the superior race, is his natural and normal condition.
Pagina 451 - Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord; He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored; He hath loosed the fateful lightning of his terrible swift sword. His truth is marching on.
Pagina 435 - And I further declare and make known that such persons of suitable condition, will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service. And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution, upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind, and the gracious favor of Almighty God.
Pagina 420 - He sincerely hopes that your views and your action may so accord with his as to assure all faithful citizens who have been disturbed in their rights of a certain and speedy restoration to them, under the Constitution and the laws. And having thus chosen our course, without guile and with pure purpose, let us renew our trust in God, and go forward without fear and with manly hearts.
Pagina 85 - Lay in the fruitful valley. Vast meadows stretched to the eastward, Giving the village its name, and pasture to flocks without number.
Pagina 308 - 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 451 - Oh be swift my soul, to answer him ! be jubilant, my feet ! Our God is marching on. In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea, With a glory in his bosom that transfigures you and me: As he died to make men holy, let us die to make men free, While God is marching on.
Pagina 482 - A duty devolves upon me which is, perhaps, greater than that which has devolved upon any other man since the days of WASHINGTON. He never would have succeeded except for the aid of Divine Providence, upon which he at all times relied. I feel that I cannot succeed without the same Divine aid which sustained him, and on the same Almighty Being I place my reliance for support...
Pagina 197 - Now, gentlemen, I would rather be the author of that poem than take Quebec.
Pagina 467 - And then there will be some black men who can remember that with silent tongue, and clenched teeth, and steady eye, and wellpoised bayonet, they have helped mankind on to this great consummation, while I fear there will be some white ones unable to forget that with malignant heart and deceitful speech they strove to hinder it.