National Portrait Gallery of Eminent Americans: Including Orators, Statesmen, Naval and Military Heroes, Jurists, Authors, Etc., Etc., from ...Johnson, Fry, 1862 - 488 من الصفحات |
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... sloop - of - war Drake , of twenty guns , which he attempted to board in a night attack by a bold manoeuvre , which came within an ace of success . Immediately 1 1 Mackenzie's Life of Paul Jones , I. 71 . His first thought now was to ...
... sloop - of - war Drake , of twenty guns , which he attempted to board in a night attack by a bold manoeuvre , which came within an ace of success . Immediately 1 1 Mackenzie's Life of Paul Jones , I. 71 . His first thought now was to ...
الصفحة 213
... sloop - of - war rank of second mate . In 1774 , when Kingfisher , who exercised his right of he was but a year older , his seaman- search , and informed him of the rebel- ship was put to the proof . Captain lion of the colonies , and ...
... sloop - of - war rank of second mate . In 1774 , when Kingfisher , who exercised his right of he was but a year older , his seaman- search , and informed him of the rebel- ship was put to the proof . Captain lion of the colonies , and ...
الصفحة 217
... war- fare kept up on their commerce in the Delaware , had determined on their own account , without the aid of ... sloop - of - war , which was follow- ing . He succeeded , by a dexterous ment of his countrymen at home , a picked crew 28 ...
... war- fare kept up on their commerce in the Delaware , had determined on their own account , without the aid of ... sloop - of - war , which was follow- ing . He succeeded , by a dexterous ment of his countrymen at home , a picked crew 28 ...
الصفحة 248
... sloop - of - war ; station . One of them advised him , or but the former were not ready , and his arrival in London , to take apart- Laurens had too great experience of ments at the New Hotel ; " then , " said affairs under the old ...
... sloop - of - war ; station . One of them advised him , or but the former were not ready , and his arrival in London , to take apart- Laurens had too great experience of ments at the New Hotel ; " then , " said affairs under the old ...
الصفحة 294
... attack upon the ene my's ships , " adding , “ although circum- stances have ... sloop under con- boats of the frigates at Burlington , with a force of only ... war , with the intelligence of his brave ad- venture , in a letter which he ...
... attack upon the ene my's ships , " adding , “ although circum- stances have ... sloop under con- boats of the frigates at Burlington , with a force of only ... war , with the intelligence of his brave ad- venture , in a letter which he ...
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الصفحة 372 - For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing, anxious being e'er resigned, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind...
الصفحة 156 - 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.
الصفحة 86 - Relying on its kindness in this, as in other things, and actuated by that fervent love towards it which is so natural to a man who views in it the native soil of himself and his progenitors for several generations, I anticipate, with pleasing expectation, that retreat in which I promise myself to realize, without alloy, the sweet enjoyment of partaking, in the midst of my fellow-citizens, the benign influence of good laws under a free Government — the ever favorite object of my heart — and the...
الصفحة 438 - Happy is your grace, That can translate the stubbornness of fortune Into so quiet and so sweet a style.
الصفحة 239 - Resolved, That a committee, in conjunction with one from the Senate, be appointed to consider on the most suitable manner of paying honor to the memory of the man, first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his fellow-citizens.
الصفحة 26 - But though many private persons think almost as highly of their own infallibility as of that of their sect, few express it so naturally as a certain French lady who, in a dispute with her sister, said, ' I don't know how it happens, sister, but I meet with nobody but myself that is always in the right — il n'ya que moi qui a toujours raison.
الصفحة 84 - About ten o'clock I bade adieu to Mount Vernon, to private life, and to domestic felicity ; and with a mind oppressed with more anxious and painful sensations than I have words to express, set out for New York with the best disposition to render service to my country in obedience to its call, but with less hope of answering its expectations.
الصفحة 126 - That no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested or burthened, in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief; but that all men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinions in matters of religion, and that the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge or affect their civil capacities.
الصفحة 68 - 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.
الصفحة 182 - We know the forest round us, As seamen know the sea ; We know its walls of thorny vines, Its glades of reedy grass, Its safe and silent islands Within the dark morass. Woe to the English soldiery That little dread us near ! On them shall light at midnight A strange and sudden fear ; When, waking to their tents on fire, They grasp their arms in vain, And they who stand to face us Are beat to earth again...