The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries, כרכים 3-5John Austin Stevens, Benjamin Franklin DeCosta, Henry Phelps Johnston, Martha Joanna Lamb, Nathan Gillett Pond A. S. Barnes., 1880 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 81
עמוד 14
... present , and many carriages remarkable for their elegance and lightness , admiring the martial scene , to which the beauty of the locality and the perfection of the day added fresh charm . The rapidity of the evolutions of the troops ...
... present , and many carriages remarkable for their elegance and lightness , admiring the martial scene , to which the beauty of the locality and the perfection of the day added fresh charm . The rapidity of the evolutions of the troops ...
עמוד 20
... present no account of a combined movement of troops of different nationalities executed with more order and precision than this historic march from the embattled cliffs of the Hudson to the quiet waters of the Head of Elk . JOHN AUSTIN ...
... present no account of a combined movement of troops of different nationalities executed with more order and precision than this historic march from the embattled cliffs of the Hudson to the quiet waters of the Head of Elk . JOHN AUSTIN ...
עמוד 30
... present building erected on its site . Smith was tried by a court - martial which assembled on Saturday , the 30th of September , and continued by adjournments for about four weeks . The charge against him was , " For 30 SMITH'S HOUSE ...
... present building erected on its site . Smith was tried by a court - martial which assembled on Saturday , the 30th of September , and continued by adjournments for about four weeks . The charge against him was , " For 30 SMITH'S HOUSE ...
עמוד 31
... present occupant . Mr. Lilburn has obliged me with the following particulars : There is no reliable information as to the exact time the house was built , but it must have been long anterior to the Revolution . Tradition says Aaron Burr ...
... present occupant . Mr. Lilburn has obliged me with the following particulars : There is no reliable information as to the exact time the house was built , but it must have been long anterior to the Revolution . Tradition says Aaron Burr ...
עמוד 35
... present it is but two feet above the water of the swamp . The question now arises : for what purpose was this wall built ? Surely not for protection against an enemy , for the Iroquois in their strongholds always selected those sites ...
... present it is but two feet above the water of the swamp . The question now arises : for what purpose was this wall built ? Surely not for protection against an enemy , for the Iroquois in their strongholds always selected those sites ...
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עמוד 79 - He said unto them: Therefore every scribe instructed in the kingdom of heaven, is like to a man that is a householder, who bringeth forth out of his treasure new things and old.
עמוד 48 - The waters which fall from this horrible precipice do foam and boil after the most hideous manner imaginable, making an outrageous noise, more terrible than that of thunder ; for when the wind blows out of the south their dismal roaring may be heard more than fifteen leagues off.
עמוד 92 - This unhappy and devoted province has been so long in a state of anarchy, and the yoke of ministerial oppression has been laid so heavily on it, that great allowances are to be made for troops raised under such circumstances. The deficiency of numbers, discipline, and stores, can only lead to this conclusion, that their spirit has exceeded their strength.
עמוד 439 - His Majesty taking the said Report into Consideration, was pleased with the Advice of his Privy Council to approve thereof, and to Order, as it is hereby Ordered, that the said Petition...
עמוד 1 - ... of attacking New York, and instead thereof to remove the French troops and a detachment from the American army to the Head of Elk, to be transported to Virginia for the purpose of cooperating with the force from the West Indies against the troops in that State.
עמוד 103 - I understand that you are advised and have some thoughts of putting your son George to sea. I think he had better be put apprentice to a tinker, for a common sailor before the mast has by no means the common liberty of the subject; for they will press him from a ship where he has fifty shillings a month and make him take twenty-three, and cut, and slash, and use him like a negro, or rather like a dog.
עמוד 102 - If the title of great man ought to be reserved for him, who cannot be charged with an indiscretion or a vice, who spent his life in establishing the independence, the glory, and durable prosperity of his country, who succeeded in all that he undertook, and whose successes were never won at the expense of honor, justice, integrity, or by the sacrifice of a single principle, this title will not be denied to Washington.
עמוד 93 - ... it is among the most difficult tasks I ever undertook in my life to induce these people to believe that there is or can be danger, till the bayonet is pushed at their breasts ; not that it proceeds from any uncommon prowess, but rather from an unaccountable kind of stupidity in the lower class of these people, which, believe me, prevails but too generally among the officers...
עמוד 433 - ... children destitute of a bed to lie on, or bread to live on? Have you lost a parent or a child by their hands, and yourself the ruined and wretched survivor?
עמוד 455 - Sacred to the memory of the Baron de Kalb, Knight of the Royal Order of Military Merit, Brigadier of the armies of France, and Major General in the service of the United States of America; having served with...