The Life and Writings of De Witt ClintonBaker and Scribner, 1849 - 381 páginas |
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Página xv
... Lake Ontario , and by a well - directed attack , captured Fort Frontenac from the French . Colonel Charles Clinton was at this time in command of Fort Herkimer , near the German Flats , in the Mohawk valley ; and as before mentioned ...
... Lake Ontario , and by a well - directed attack , captured Fort Frontenac from the French . Colonel Charles Clinton was at this time in command of Fort Herkimer , near the German Flats , in the Mohawk valley ; and as before mentioned ...
Página xvi
... Lake George through the valley of the Mohawk , and along the shores of Lake Ontario to the vicinity of the great cata- ract itself . The Englishman and the Anglo - American fought side by side against France and her dependencies , and ...
... Lake George through the valley of the Mohawk , and along the shores of Lake Ontario to the vicinity of the great cata- ract itself . The Englishman and the Anglo - American fought side by side against France and her dependencies , and ...
Página xx
... Lake Otsego a distance of nearly twenty miles . On the 1st of July , Gen. Clinton broke up his camp at Canajoharie , and crossed over to Lake Otsego , where his boats and stores had previously been carried , and , launch- ing his boats ...
... Lake Otsego a distance of nearly twenty miles . On the 1st of July , Gen. Clinton broke up his camp at Canajoharie , and crossed over to Lake Otsego , where his boats and stores had previously been carried , and , launch- ing his boats ...
Página xxi
... lake and trout in the streams , and hunt the deer upon the mountains . On the 22d of August , this division arrived at Tioga , and joined the main army under Gen. Sullivan . On the 26th of August , the whole army moved from Tioga up the ...
... lake and trout in the streams , and hunt the deer upon the mountains . On the 22d of August , this division arrived at Tioga , and joined the main army under Gen. Sullivan . On the 26th of August , the whole army moved from Tioga up the ...
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... Lake Champlain by the Northern Canal ; to Lake Ontario by the Oswego River and the Western Canal ; and to Lake Erie and the other western lakes by the latter Canal - thus af- fording an extent of inland navigation unparalleled in the ...
... Lake Champlain by the Northern Canal ; to Lake Ontario by the Oswego River and the Western Canal ; and to Lake Erie and the other western lakes by the latter Canal - thus af- fording an extent of inland navigation unparalleled in the ...
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Página 5 - When your Lordships look at the papers transmitted to us from America ; when you consider their decency, firmness, and wisdom, you cannot but respect their cause, and wish to make it your own.
Página 206 - That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona.
Página 301 - For to say, that a blind custom of obedience should be a surer obligation than duty taught and understood; it is to affirm, that a blind man may tread surer by a guide than a seeing man can by a light.
Página 327 - Hampden, that with dauntless breast The little tyrant of his fields withstood ; Some mute, inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell, guiltless of his country's blood. Th...
Página 363 - Of Law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world : all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power : both Angels and Men, and creatures of what condition soever, though each in different sort and manner, yet all, with uniform consent, admiring her as the Mother of their peace and joy.
Página 358 - Weep no more, woeful shepherds, weep no more, For Lycidas your sorrow is not dead, Sunk though he be beneath the watery floor. So sinks the day-star in the ocean bed. And yet anon repairs his drooping head, And tricks his beams, and with new-spangled ore Flames in the forehead of the morning sky...
Página 350 - ... a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit; or a terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect; or a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon; or a fort or commanding ground for strife and contention; or a shop for profit or sale; and not a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate.
Página 368 - We may go where we please, and carry with us whom we please, and buy and sell what we please : if your allies be your slaves, use them as such, command them to receive no other but your people.
Página 231 - Heaven's height, and with the centre mix the pole. Silence, ye troubled waves, and thou deep, peace, Said then the omnific Word, your discord end.
Página 311 - ... that most to be taken care of is the gentleman's calling. For if those of that rank are by their education once set right, they will quickly bring all the rest into order.