Young Folks' History of the United StatesLee and Shepard, 1875 - 370 páginas |
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... defeated . Soon after this , Oglethorpe left the colony for England . The other trustees . who had been appointed by the king , were in many respects unpopular . Some of their laws were very vexatious as , for instance , that which ...
... defeated . Soon after this , Oglethorpe left the colony for England . The other trustees . who had been appointed by the king , were in many respects unpopular . Some of their laws were very vexatious as , for instance , that which ...
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... defeated . The English were victorious ; but General Wolfe died in the hour of victory . Hearing the shouts , " They fly ; they fly ! " he asked , " Who fly ? " Hearing it was the French , he said , " Now God be praised : I die happy ...
... defeated . The English were victorious ; but General Wolfe died in the hour of victory . Hearing the shouts , " They fly ; they fly ! " he asked , " Who fly ? " Hearing it was the French , he said , " Now God be praised : I die happy ...
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... defeated . They lost several battles ; and Washington with his main army had to leave New York to the British troops , and to retreat gradually through New Jersey , followed by Lord Cornwallis , who reached one side of the Dela- ware ...
... defeated . They lost several battles ; and Washington with his main army had to leave New York to the British troops , and to retreat gradually through New Jersey , followed by Lord Cornwallis , who reached one side of the Dela- ware ...
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... defeated them also . This success helped to encourage the Americans ; and a still greater event followed . Burgoyne , with his whole army , encamped at Saratoga , and was followed thither by General Gates with an American force . Two ...
... defeated them also . This success helped to encourage the Americans ; and a still greater event followed . Burgoyne , with his whole army , encamped at Saratoga , and was followed thither by General Gates with an American force . Two ...
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... brave in the open field , at the battle of Eutaw Springs , S.C. ( 1780 ) . Gen. Nathanael Greene commanded the Americans in this fight , defeating the British severely ; and Greene's whole cam- paign. 208 YOUNG FOLKS ' UNITED STATES .
... brave in the open field , at the battle of Eutaw Springs , S.C. ( 1780 ) . Gen. Nathanael Greene commanded the Americans in this fight , defeating the British severely ; and Greene's whole cam- paign. 208 YOUNG FOLKS ' UNITED STATES .
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Página 320 - Neither party expected for the war the magnitude or the duration which it has already attained. Neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict might cease with, or even before, the conflict itself should cease. Each looked for an easier triumph, and a result less fundamental and astounding. Both read the same Bible, and pray to the same God ; and each invokes his aid against the other.
Página 357 - Done in convention, by the unanimous consent of the States present, the seventeenth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, and of the independence of the United States of America the twelfth.
Página 305 - In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free — honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope of earth.
Página 305 - That, on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever, free...
Página 347 - Sect. 4. The times, places, and manner of holding elections for senators and representatives shall be prescribed in each state by the legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by law make or alter such regulations, except as to th.e places of choosing senators.
Página 342 - He has abdicated government here, by declaring us out of his protection, and waging war against us. He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burned our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people. He is, at this time, transporting large armies of foreign mercenaries to complete the works of death, desolation and tyranny already begun, with circumstances of cruelty and perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the head of a civilized nation.
Página 118 - I thank God, there are no free schools nor printing, and I hope we shall not have these hundred years. For learning has brought disobedience and heresy, and sects into the world, and printing has divulged them, and libels against the best government. God keep us from both"!
Página 155 - The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour: The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Página 218 - Welcome, mighty chief, once more, Welcome to this grateful shore: Now no mercenary foe Aims again the fatal blow, Aims at thee the fatal blow. Virgins fair, and matrons grave, These thy conquering arm did save, Build for thee triumphal bowers; Strew, ye fair, his way with flowers, Strew your Hero's way with flowers.
Página 320 - The Almighty has. His own purposes. " Woe unto the world because of offences ! for it must needs be that offences come ; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh.