The Real America in Romance: With Reading Courses, Being a Complete and Authentic History of America from the Time of Columbus to the Present Day, Volumen 9Wm. H. Wise, 1908 |
Otras ediciones - Ver todo
The Real America in Romance, with Reading Courses: Being a Complete and ... John R. Musick,Edwin Markham No hay ninguna vista previa disponible - 2018 |
REAL AMER IN ROMANCE W/READING Edwin 1852-1940 Markham,John R. (John Roy) 1849-1901 Musick No hay ninguna vista previa disponible - 2016 |
REAL AMER IN ROMANCE W/READING Edwin 1852-1940 Markham,John R. (John Roy) 1849-1901 Musick No hay ninguna vista previa disponible - 2016 |
Términos y frases comunes
Albert Stevens Americans answered arms Arnold asked attack August Steckel battle bayonet began Boston boys brave British army Brown Burgoyne camp cannon Captain captured Clinton Colonel colonies command congress continental continental congress Cornwallis cried declared enemy Estella face father fell fight fire force Fort Mifflin Gates gawl George goin hand head heard Hessians hill horse hundred independence Indians Jacob Jean Stevens John Adams Jonathan Stevens Kalb king knew Lexington liberty Long Island Marion Marquis de Lafayette morning musket never night Niles parliament party patriots Peter Horry Philadelphia prisoners Putnam ranks regiment retreat rifle river road roar Rugby Tavern sent shot Simon Tapley Sir Henry Clinton soldiers soon South Carolinia surrender Tarleton terrible thousand tion took Tories town troops Valley Forge wagon Washington wife wounded York young zounds
Pasajes populares
Página 82 - Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery ! Our chains are forged ; their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable — and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come! It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, peace; but there is no peace.
Página 80 - We have petitioned, we have remonstrated, we have supplicated, we have prostrated ourselves before the throne, and have implored its interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry and parliament. Our petitions have been slighted ; our remonstrances have produced additional violence and insult ; our supplications have been disregarded ; and we have been spurned with contempt from the foot of the throne.
Página 81 - There is no longer any room for hope. If we wish to be free, if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending, if 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 ! They tell us,...
Página 81 - There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone: it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.
Página 297 - If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms — never — never — never...
Página 81 - They tell us, sir, that we are weak ; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house? Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction?
Página 82 - Gentlemen may cry peace, peace, but there is no peace. The war is actually begun. The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms. Our brethren are already in the field. Why stand we here idle ? What is it that gentlemen wish ? What would they have ? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery ? Forbid it, Almighty God ! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death...
Página 294 - My enemies take an ungenerous advantage of me. They know the delicacy of my situation, and that motives of policy deprive me of the defence I might otherwise make against their insidious attacks. They know I cannot combat their insinuations, however injurious, without disclosing secrets, which it is of the utmost moment to conceal.
Página 296 - You may swell every expense and every effort still more extravagantly; pile and accumulate every assistance you can buy or borrow; traffic and barter with every little pitiful German prince that sells and sends his subjects to the shambles...
Página 130 - That it be recommended to the respective assemblies and conventions of the united colonies, where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs has been hitherto established to adopt such government as shall, in the opinion of the representatives of the people, best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular, and America in general.