American Patriots and Statesmen, from Washington to Lincoln: Patriotism of the revolution and Constitution, 1775-1789Albert Bushnell Hart Printed at the Collier Press, 1916 |
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... marching home one set of men , bringing in another , the havoc and waste occasioned by the first , the repairs necessary for the second , with a thousand incidental charges and inconveniences , which have arisen , and which it is scarce ...
... marching home one set of men , bringing in another , the havoc and waste occasioned by the first , the repairs necessary for the second , with a thousand incidental charges and inconveniences , which have arisen , and which it is scarce ...
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... the hardships they have en- dured for want of it . There have been instances , and I speak from the most undoubted authority , of considerable detachments marching barefooted over rugged tracts of ice 64 Independence.
... the hardships they have en- dured for want of it . There have been instances , and I speak from the most undoubted authority , of considerable detachments marching barefooted over rugged tracts of ice 64 Independence.
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Albert Bushnell Hart. of considerable detachments marching barefooted over rugged tracts of ice and snow , and marking the route they took by the blood that issued from their feet ; but neither these terrible extremities , nor the ...
Albert Bushnell Hart. of considerable detachments marching barefooted over rugged tracts of ice and snow , and marking the route they took by the blood that issued from their feet ; but neither these terrible extremities , nor the ...
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... marching to and from camp at a most amazing expense ; nor are the injuries to which a country is exposed by the frequent marching and counter- marching of men , to be disregarded . Further , whilst they are in service , the States to ...
... marching to and from camp at a most amazing expense ; nor are the injuries to which a country is exposed by the frequent marching and counter- marching of men , to be disregarded . Further , whilst they are in service , the States to ...
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... English , the other according to the Prussian or French style . There was only one thing in which they were uniform , and that was , the way of marching in the maneuvers and on the line of march . They I 20 Creation of a Union.
... English , the other according to the Prussian or French style . There was only one thing in which they were uniform , and that was , the way of marching in the maneuvers and on the line of march . They I 20 Creation of a Union.
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 15 - These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot, will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country, but he that stands it now deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.
Seite 43 - That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence ; and therefore all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience ; and that it is the duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love and charity towards each other.
Seite 239 - The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other.
Seite 40 - That government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security, of the people, nation, or community...
Seite 33 - They will celebrate it with thanksgiving, with festivity, with bonfires, and illuminations. On its annual return they will shed tears, — copious, gushing tears ; not of subjection and slavery, not of agony and distress, but of exultation, of gratitude, and of joy.
Seite 316 - In these sentiments, Sir, I agree to this Constitution with all its faults, if they are such; because I think a general Government necessary for us, and there is no form of Government but what may be a blessing to the people if well administered...
Seite 29 - Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart to this vote.
Seite 40 - ... of all the various modes and forms of government, that is best which is capable of producing the greatest degree of happiness and safety, and is most effectually secured against the danger of maladministration ; and that, when...
Seite 39 - That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity, namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property...
Seite 365 - Heaven itself has ordained ; and since the preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and the destiny of the republican model of government, are justly considered as deeply, perhaps as finally staked, on the experiment intrusted to the hands of the American people.