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... skill soon obtained him the situation of mate on board the vessel . He subsequently joined the royal navy , and so distinguished himself for ability and resolution , that he CAPTAIN COOK . 11 was speedily promoted . At the.
... skill soon obtained him the situation of mate on board the vessel . He subsequently joined the royal navy , and so distinguished himself for ability and resolution , that he CAPTAIN COOK . 11 was speedily promoted . At the.
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... joined by Arnold , afterwards so noto- rious for his treachery . This man had formerly been a horse - dealer , but sympathizing with the wild spirit of the times , had raised a small regiment , called " the green mountain boys , " and ...
... joined by Arnold , afterwards so noto- rious for his treachery . This man had formerly been a horse - dealer , but sympathizing with the wild spirit of the times , had raised a small regiment , called " the green mountain boys , " and ...
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... joined by Arnold . Descending the river St. Lawrence , he soon came to Point aux Trembles , but not soon enough to prevent general Carleton and his staff entering Quebec . Arnold , who had struggled with many difficulties , here joined ...
... joined by Arnold . Descending the river St. Lawrence , he soon came to Point aux Trembles , but not soon enough to prevent general Carleton and his staff entering Quebec . Arnold , who had struggled with many difficulties , here joined ...
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... joined the main body of the English army . In the meanwhile , the continental congress , which was now strengthened by the presence of Franklin , continued its deliberations . Amongst other important acts , they drew up a plan of ...
... joined the main body of the English army . In the meanwhile , the continental congress , which was now strengthened by the presence of Franklin , continued its deliberations . Amongst other important acts , they drew up a plan of ...
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... joined the first general congress as a delegate for Virginia , and was a member of the second also ; but not till the last moment , nor till he saw that all hope of a just settlement was gone , did he give in to the idea of a final ...
... joined the first general congress as a delegate for Virginia , and was a member of the second also ; but not till the last moment , nor till he saw that all hope of a just settlement was gone , did he give in to the idea of a final ...
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Seite 37 - As to pay, Sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress, that, as no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment, at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it. I will keep an exact account of my expenses. Those, I doubt not, they will discharge; and that is all I desire.
Seite 486 - Why should ye be stricken any more ? ye will revolt more and more : the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it ; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores : they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.
Seite 15 - They planted by your care! No, your oppressions planted them in America. They fled from your tyranny, to a then uncultivated and inhospitable country, where they exposed themselves to almost all the hardships to which human nature is liable, and, among others, to the cruelties of a savage foe, the most subtle, and I will take...
Seite 502 - Come forth out of thy royal chambers, O Prince of all the kings of the earth ! put on the visible robes of thy imperial majesty, take up that unlimited sceptre which thy almighty Father hath bequeathed thee ; for now the voice of thy bride calls thee, and all creatures sigh to be renewed.
Seite 368 - Government is not made in virtue of natural rights, which may and do exist in total independence of it; and exist in much greater clearness, and in a much greater degree of abstract perfection : but their abstract perfection is their practical defect.
Seite 475 - So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; and should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.
Seite 405 - And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
Seite 205 - For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
Seite 400 - O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
Seite 37 - But, lest some unlucky event should happen unfavourable 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 myself equal to the command I am honored with.