The Works of Washington Irving in Twelve Volumes, Volume 10Putnam, 1881 |
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Pagina x
... Town - The Indian Guide- Treachery - An Anxious Night - Perils on the Allegany River - Queen Aliquippa- The old Watch - coat - Return across the Blue Ridge ... CHAPTER X. Reply of the Chevalier de St. Pierre - Trent's Mission to the ...
... Town - The Indian Guide- Treachery - An Anxious Night - Perils on the Allegany River - Queen Aliquippa- The old Watch - coat - Return across the Blue Ridge ... CHAPTER X. Reply of the Chevalier de St. Pierre - Trent's Mission to the ...
Pagina 20
... town , and the scaling ladders proved too short . That part of the attack , however , with which Lawrence was concerned , distinguished itself by its bravery . The troops sustained unflinching a destructive fire for several hours , and ...
... town , and the scaling ladders proved too short . That part of the attack , however , with which Lawrence was concerned , distinguished itself by its bravery . The troops sustained unflinching a destructive fire for several hours , and ...
Pagina 36
... town ot ' Winchester . In a diary kept with his usual minuteness , Washington speaks with delight of the beauty of the trees and the richness of the land in the neighborhood , and of his riding through a noble grove of sugar maples on ...
... town ot ' Winchester . In a diary kept with his usual minuteness , Washington speaks with delight of the beauty of the trees and the richness of the land in the neighborhood , and of his riding through a noble grove of sugar maples on ...
Pagina 37
... town of Winchester . Here , after supper , most of the company stretched themselves in backwood style , before the fire ; but Washington was shown into a bed - room . Fatigued with a hard day's work at surveying , he soon undressed ...
... town of Winchester . Here , after supper , most of the company stretched themselves in backwood style , before the fire ; but Washington was shown into a bed - room . Fatigued with a hard day's work at surveying , he soon undressed ...
Pagina 51
... town , where he had hoisted the English flag over his resi dence , and over that of the sachem . This was in consequence of the hostility of the French who had recently captured , in the neighborhood , three white men in the employ of ...
... town , where he had hoisted the English flag over his resi dence , and over that of the sachem . This was in consequence of the hostility of the French who had recently captured , in the neighborhood , three white men in the employ of ...
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Parole e frasi comuni
affairs alarm American arms army Arnold arrived artillery attack batteries boats Boston Braddock British camp campaign Canada Canadians cannon Captain Carleton cause Clinton Colonel colonies command commander-in-chief committee conduct Congress Connecticut council Crown Point defence detachment encamped enemy enemy's England Ethan Allen expedition Fairfax fire force Fort Cumberland Fort Duquesne Fort Washington French friends frontier Gage garrison Gates George George Clinton Governor Dinwiddie Green Mountain Boys guard guns half-king head-quarters Highlands honor horses House of Burgesses Hudson hundred Indians John King's Lake land letter Long Island Lord Lord Loudoun Massachusetts ment miles military militia Montgomery Montreal Mount Vernon mountains night officers Ohio orders party passed patriot prisoners province Putnam Quebec received redoubt Reed regiment reinforcements reply retreat river Schuyler sent Seth Warner ships soldiers spirit thousand Ticonderoga tion town troops Virginia Washington wounded writes York
Brani popolari
Pagina 415 - I should enjoy more real happiness in one month with you at home, than I have the most distant prospect of finding abroad, if my stay were to be seven times seven years. But as it has been a kind of destiny that has thrown me upon this service, I shall hope that my undertaking it is designed to answer some good purpose.
Pagina 313 - Britain; and that the King's Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal and Commons of Great Britain in Parliament assembled, had, hath and of right ought to have, full power and authority to make laws and statutes of sufficient force and validity to bind the colonies and people of America, subjects of the Crown of Great Britain in all cases whatsoever.
Pagina 365 - Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt. 5 Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the Lord chase them.
Pagina 359 - County, were adopted, and Peyton Randolph, Richard Henry Lee, George Washington, Patrick Henry, Richard Bland, Benjamin Harrison, and Edmund Pendleton, were appointed delegates, to represent the people of Virginia in the General Congress.
Pagina 388 - ... we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon, until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained ; we must fight ! I repeat it, Sir, we must fight ! An appeal to arms, and to the God of hosts, is all that is left us.
Pagina 193 - 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 415 - You may believe me, my dear Patsy, when I assure you in the most solemn manner that, so far from seeking this appointment, I have used every endeavor in my power to avoid it, not only from my unwillingness to part with you and the family, but from a consciousness of its being a trust too great for my capacity...
Pagina 370 - When your lordships look at the papers transmitted us from America, when you consider their decency, firmness, and wisdom, you cannot but respect their cause, and wish to make it your own.
Pagina 318 - How far, then, their attention to our rights and privileges is to be awakened or alarmed, by starving their trade and manufactures, remains to be tried.
Pagina 412 - Virginia who was among us and very well known to all of us, a gentleman whose skill and experience as an officer, whose independent fortune, great talents, and excellent universal character, would command the approbation of all America and unite the cordial exertions of all the Colonies better than any other person in the Union.