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... Irving tells us , that , on the 20th , he received his commission from Hancock . On the 21st , he set out from Philadelphia on horseback , accom- panied by General Charles Lee and General Schuyler . When twenty miles out from ...
... Irving tells us , that , on the 20th , he received his commission from Hancock . On the 21st , he set out from Philadelphia on horseback , accom- panied by General Charles Lee and General Schuyler . When twenty miles out from ...
Side 58
... Irving says , on the second day of July , where he was greeted by the Provincial Congress of Massa- chusetts with a congratulatory address . The Provincial Congress of Massachusetts had taken pre- vious measures for his reception and ...
... Irving says , on the second day of July , where he was greeted by the Provincial Congress of Massa- chusetts with a congratulatory address . The Provincial Congress of Massachusetts had taken pre- vious measures for his reception and ...
Side 59
... received * It was this phrase , " the President's house , " which led Irving into the mistake which he has corrected in vol . ii . chap . 1 . with all the respect due to their rank , but 1858. ] 59 REMARKS OF MR . WINTHROP .
... received * It was this phrase , " the President's house , " which led Irving into the mistake which he has corrected in vol . ii . chap . 1 . with all the respect due to their rank , but 1858. ] 59 REMARKS OF MR . WINTHROP .
Side 60
... Irving tells us , doubtless not without authority , that he proceeded to head- quarters at Cambridge on the 2d , after the ceremony at Watertown ; and that , " as he entered the confines of the camp , the shouts of the multitude and the ...
... Irving tells us , doubtless not without authority , that he proceeded to head- quarters at Cambridge on the 2d , after the ceremony at Watertown ; and that , " as he entered the confines of the camp , the shouts of the multitude and the ...
Side 61
... Irving and Frothingham , the latter of whom says Washington " reached Cambridge on the 2d of July , about two o'clock , escorted by a cavalcade of citizens and a troop of light horse . " Mr. Frothingham adds , " On the 3d , he assumed ...
... Irving and Frothingham , the latter of whom says Washington " reached Cambridge on the 2d of July , about two o'clock , escorted by a cavalcade of citizens and a troop of light horse . " Mr. Frothingham adds , " On the 3d , he assumed ...
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Side 255 - I, AB, do swear, That I do from my heart abhor, detest, and abjure as impious and heretical, that damnable doctrine and position, That princes excommunicated or deprived by the pope, or any authority of the see of Rome, may be deposed or murdered by their subjects, or any other whatsoever.
Side 169 - The busy day — the peaceful night, Unfelt, uncounted, glided by ; His frame was firm — his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. Then with no fiery throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way.
Side 364 - ... within the limits and under the jurisdiction of the United States...
Side 56 - Once, ah, once, within these walls, One whom memory oft recalls, The Father of his Country, dwelt. And yonder meadows broad and damp The fires of the besieging camp Encircled with a burning belt.
Side 255 - I AB do sincerely promise and swear, That I will be faithful, and bear true allegiance, to their Majesties King William and Queen Mary: So help me God.
Side 255 - I do solemnly and sincerely, in the presence of God, profess, testify, and declare, that I do make this declaration, and every part thereof, in the plain and ordinary sense of the words read unto me, as they are commonly understood by Protestants, without any evasion, equivocation, or mental reservation whatsoever...
Side 412 - ... lessened his apprehension. He began in his pleasant voice ; got through two or three sentences pretty easily, but in the next hesitated ; and, after one or two attempts to go on, gave it up, with a graceful allusion to the tournament, and the troops of knights all armed and eager for the fray ; and ended with the toast, " Charles' Dickens, the guest of the nation.
Side 24 - ... to be applied to the relief of the widows, orphans, and aged parents of our beloved American fellow subjects, who, faithful to the character of Englishmen, preferring death to slavery, were for that reason only inhumanly murdered by the King's (meaning his said Majesty's) troops at or near Lexington and Concord...
Side 57 - But, lest some unlucky event should happen, unfavorable to my reputation, I beg it may be remembered by every gentleman in the room, that I, this day, declare with the utmost sincerity, I do not think 117 myself equal to the command I am honored with.
Side 344 - England, all such and so many of our loving subjects, or any other strangers that will become our loving subjects, and live under our allegiance, as shall willingly accompany them in the same voyages and plantation...