The History of Virginia: From Its First Settlement to the Present Day, Volume 3author, 1805 |
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Halaman 164
... Fort Duquesne by a body of French and Indians - Is routed with great slaughter . Panic of the regular troops .-- Death of Brad dock -- Coolness and bravery of Washington and the provincials - They cover the retreat of the army . Their ...
... Fort Duquesne by a body of French and Indians - Is routed with great slaughter . Panic of the regular troops .-- Death of Brad dock -- Coolness and bravery of Washington and the provincials - They cover the retreat of the army . Their ...
Halaman 165
... Fort Duquesne . Virginians move in detachments from Winchester Battle of Loyal Hanny . Defeat and slaughter of the British . Celebrated retreat of captain Bullet . Fort Duqueste evacuated An assembly . Death of Fauquier - Ha character ...
... Fort Duquesne . Virginians move in detachments from Winchester Battle of Loyal Hanny . Defeat and slaughter of the British . Celebrated retreat of captain Bullet . Fort Duqueste evacuated An assembly . Death of Fauquier - Ha character ...
Halaman 178
... Fort Duquesne under Washington , on whcm , by the death of colonel Fry , devolved the command of the expedition . CHAP . III . ceived that a large bo- But 178 HISTORY OF.
... Fort Duquesne under Washington , on whcm , by the death of colonel Fry , devolved the command of the expedition . CHAP . III . ceived that a large bo- But 178 HISTORY OF.
Halaman 179
... Fort Duquesne , and was confirmed by the accounts of deserters . THE only hope of success in the expedition , was to attack the French fort before it was rein- forced from Canada ; and even then , a concur- rence of favourable ...
... Fort Duquesne , and was confirmed by the accounts of deserters . THE only hope of success in the expedition , was to attack the French fort before it was rein- forced from Canada ; and even then , a concur- rence of favourable ...
Halaman 181
... Fort Duquesne . These considerations induced De Villier to propose terms , and a Rag of truce was dispatched to Mr. Washington for this pur- pose . But the proposed capitulation contained Conditions too humiliating to be brooked by the ...
... Fort Duquesne . These considerations induced De Villier to propose terms , and a Rag of truce was dispatched to Mr. Washington for this pur- pose . But the proposed capitulation contained Conditions too humiliating to be brooked by the ...
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Halaman 393 - I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat; if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war, Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said, 'Logan is the friend of white men.
Halaman 393 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it: I have killed many: I have fully glutted my vengeance: for my country I rejoice at the beams of peace. But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
Halaman 38 - I thank you in their name for bringing back into their country the calumet which your predecessor received from their hands. It was happy for you that you left under ground that murdering hatchet which has been so often dyed in the blood of the French.
Halaman 308 - That it is inseparably essential to the freedom of a people, and the undoubted right of Englishmen, that no taxes be imposed on them but with their own consent, given personally or by their representatives.
Halaman 321 - House to tax America, I was ill in bed. If I could have endured to have been carried in my bed, so great was the agitation of my mind for the consequences, I would have solicited some kind hand to have laid me down on this floor, to have borne my testimony against it.
Halaman 325 - I am one who will lift up my hands against it. In such a cause, your success would be hazardous. America, if she fell, would fall like the strong man. She would embrace the pillars of the state, and pull down the constitution along with her.
Halaman 324 - Parliament, with the statute book doubled down in dog's ears, to defend the cause of liberty. If I had, I myself would have cited the two cases of Chester and Durham. I would have cited them to show that, even under former arbitrary reigns, Parliaments were ashamed of taxing a people without their consent, and allowed them representatives.
Halaman 308 - That trial by jury, is the inherent and invaluable right of every British subject in these colonies. VIII. That the late act of parliament, entitled, An act for granting and applying certain stamp duties, and other duties, in the British colonies and plantations in America, etc...
Halaman 321 - There is an idea in some, that the colonies are virtually represented in this House. I would fain know by whom an American is represented here...
Halaman 309 - X. That as the profits of the trade of these colonies ultimately centre in Great Britain to pay for the manufactures which they are obliged to take from thence, they eventually contribute very largely to all supplies granted there to the crown.