Biographical Sketches of Great and Good Men: Designed for the Amusement and Instruction of Young PersonsPutnam & Hunt, 1829 - 89 strán (strany) |
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Strana 72 - ... pledged themselves to live in love with William Penn and his children, as long as the sun and moon should endure.
Strana 4 - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape. An Historical Tale." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States...
Strana 34 - Sir — Nathan Palmer, a lieutenant in your king's service, was taken in my camp as a spy ; he was tried as a spy ; he was condemned as a spy ; and he shall be hanged as a spy. PS Afternoon. He is hanged.
Strana 42 - ... character, his knowledge and his talents, offered to free him from his chains, and make his passage as agreeable as possible. Columbus rejected his friendly offer, saying, " Sir, I thank you ; but these chains are the rewards and honors for my services from my king, whom I have served as faithfully as my God ; and as such, I will carry them with me to my grave.
Strana 71 - Before him were carried various articles of merchandise, which, when they came near the sachems, were spread upon the ground. He held a roll of parchment, containing the confirmation of the treaty of purchase and amity, in his hand. One of the sachems, who was the chief of them, then put upon his own head a kind of chaplet, in which appeared a small horn.
Strana 34 - He had but fifty men under his command, and he did not wish to have his weakness known ; yet he was unwilling to deny the request. He however sent a flag of truce, and directed the officer to be brought in the night. In the evening, lights were placed in all the college windows, and in every apartment of the vacant houses throughout the town. The officer on his return, reported that general Putnam's army could not consist of less than four or five thousand men.
Strana 66 - There is a faith which overcomes the world, and there is a faith which is overcome by the world.
Strana 33 - ... prisoner with them. At night he was stripped, and a fire was kindled to roast him alive ; but a French officer saved him. The next day he arrived at Ticonderoga, and thence he was carried to Montreal. About the year 1759, he was exchanged, through the ingenuity of his fellow prisoner, col. Schuyler. When peace took place, he returned to his farm. He was ploughing in his field, in 1775, when he heard the news of the battle of Lexington. He immediately unyoked his team, left his plough on the spot,...
Strana 16 - Howboyes, entered the field well mounted and armed ; on his shoulders were fixed a pair of great wings, compacted of eagle feathers, within a ridge of silver, richly garnished with gold and precious stones...