The Miscellaneous Works of David Humphreys: Late Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of MadridT. and J. Swords, no. 160 Pearl-street, 1804 - 394 páginas |
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... Fort Edward and the south end of Lake George . Having killed the oxen , and plundered the waggons , they retreated with their booty without having met with such resistance as might have been ex- pected from the strength of the escort ...
... Fort Edward and the south end of Lake George . Having killed the oxen , and plundered the waggons , they retreated with their booty without having met with such resistance as might have been ex- pected from the strength of the escort ...
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... fort , which had been built by Ge- neral Shirley , to protect the peltry trade , cover the country on the Mohawk ... Edward to Fort William Henry . The object was to examine the state of this fortification , which stood at the southern ...
... fort , which had been built by Ge- neral Shirley , to protect the peltry trade , cover the country on the Mohawk ... Edward to Fort William Henry . The object was to examine the state of this fortification , which stood at the southern ...
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... Fort Edward , with his regiment , to re- inforce the garrison . That officer took with him all his rich bag- gage and camp equipage , notwithstanding Major Putnam's advice to the contrary . The day following his arrival , the enemy ...
... Fort Edward , with his regiment , to re- inforce the garrison . That officer took with him all his rich bag- gage and camp equipage , notwithstanding Major Putnam's advice to the contrary . The day following his arrival , the enemy ...
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... Fort Edward : among these was the commandant of the garrison . The day succeeding this deplorable scene of carnage and bar- barity , Major Putnam having been dispatched with his Rangers to watch the motions of the enemy , came to the ...
... Fort Edward : among these was the commandant of the garrison . The day succeeding this deplorable scene of carnage and bar- barity , Major Putnam having been dispatched with his Rangers to watch the motions of the enemy , came to the ...
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... Fort Edward . He resolved to strengthen it . For this purpose one hundred and fifty men were employed in cutting timber . To cover them , Captain Little was posted ( with fifty British Regulars ) at the head of a thick swamp , about one ...
... Fort Edward . He resolved to strengthen it . For this purpose one hundred and fifty men were employed in cutting timber . To cover them , Captain Little was posted ( with fifty British Regulars ) at the head of a thick swamp , about one ...
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Página 203 - In flower of youth and beauty's pride. Happy, happy, happy pair! None but the brave, None but the brave, None but the brave deserves the fair...
Página 205 - Flush'd with a purple grace He shows his honest face: Now give the hautboys breath; he comes, he comes! Bacchus, ever fair and young, Drinking joys did first ordain; Bacchus...
Página 207 - Those are Grecian ghosts, that in battle were slain, And unburied remain Inglorious on the plain ; Give the vengeance due To the valiant crew. Behold how they toss their torches on high, How they point to the Persian abodes, And glittering temples of their hostile gods.
Página 301 - The royal band now ready stand, All ranged in dread array, sir, With stomach stout to see it out, And make a bloody day, sir. The cannons roar from shore to shore, The small arms make a rattle ; Since wars began I'm sure no man E'er saw so strange a battle. The rebel dales, the rebel vales, With rebel trees surrounded ; The distant woods, the hills and floods, With rebel echoes sounded.
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Página 300 - 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...
Página 209 - At last divine Cecilia came, Inventress of the vocal frame ; The sweet enthusiast, from her sacred store, Enlarged the former narrow bounds, And added length to solemn sounds, With nature's mother-wit, and arts unknown before. Let old Timotheus yield the prize, Or both divide the crown ; He raised a mortal to the skies ; She drew an angel down.
Página iii - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape. An Historical Tale." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States...
Página 302 - A hundred men, with each a pen, Or more, upon my word, sir, It is most true, would be too few, Their valor to record, sir. " Such feats did they perform that day Against these wicked kegs, sir, That, years to come, if they get home, They'll make their boasts and brags, sir.
Página 205 - Soothed with the sound, the king grew vain ; Fought all his battles o'er again, And thrice he routed all his foes, and thrice he slew the slain...