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... batteries of Leuthen . Standing up in central Europe , this strong - hearted hero " determined to save his country or perish . " With Russia , Sweden , Austria and France closing steadily upon him with their powerful armies , his brave ...
... batteries of Leuthen . Standing up in central Europe , this strong - hearted hero " determined to save his country or perish . " With Russia , Sweden , Austria and France closing steadily upon him with their powerful armies , his brave ...
Page 82
... batteries . " About going into battle , he said " The regiment of cavalry that shall not instantly charge when ordered , shall be dismounted and sent into garrison - the battalion of infantry that shall but falter , shall lose its ...
... batteries . " About going into battle , he said " The regiment of cavalry that shall not instantly charge when ordered , shall be dismounted and sent into garrison - the battalion of infantry that shall but falter , shall lose its ...
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... batteries . On Monday night , while the deafening explo- sions were filling the inhabitants of Boston with terror , he ordered General Thomas with two thousand men to march swiftly across the neck and occupy the heights . Bundles of hay ...
... batteries . On Monday night , while the deafening explo- sions were filling the inhabitants of Boston with terror , he ordered General Thomas with two thousand men to march swiftly across the neck and occupy the heights . Bundles of hay ...
Page 143
... batteries , and fall furiously on the enemy . Howe prepared at once to storm the American works , and commanded Earl Percy with three thousand men to attack them without delay . Washington anticipating this , galloped to the heights and ...
... batteries , and fall furiously on the enemy . Howe prepared at once to storm the American works , and commanded Earl Percy with three thousand men to attack them without delay . Washington anticipating this , galloped to the heights and ...
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... batteries on Dorchester Neck , so as to command more com- pletely the enemy's shipping . The British discerned the movement , and immediately turned their heavy guns upon the Americans . The latter replied from all their batteries , and ...
... batteries on Dorchester Neck , so as to command more com- pletely the enemy's shipping . The British discerned the movement , and immediately turned their heavy guns upon the Americans . The latter replied from all their batteries , and ...
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Page 483 - If in the opinion of the People, the distribution or modification of the Constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected by an amendment in the way which the Constitution designates. But let there be no change by usurpation; for though this, in one instance, may be the instrument of good, it is the customary weapon by which free governments are destroyed. The precedent must always greatly overbalance in permanent evil any partial or transient benefit which the use can at any...
Page 482 - ... the spirit of party. But in those of the popular character, in governments purely elective, it is a spirit not to be encouraged. From their natural tendency it is certain there will always be enough of that spirit for every salutary purpose. And there being constant danger of excess, the effort ought to be, by force of public opinion, to mitigate and assuage it. A fire not to be quenched, it demands a uniform vigilance to prevent its bursting into a flame, lest, instead of warming, it should...
Page 486 - ... establishing, with powers so disposed, in order to give trade a stable course, to define the rights of our merchants, and to enable the government to support them, conventional rules of intercourse, the best that present circumstances and mutual opinion will permit, but temporary, and liable to be, from time to time, abandoned or varied, as experience and circumstances shall dictate...
Page 484 - In the execution of such a plan, nothing is more essential than that permanent, inveterate antipathies against particular Nations, and passionate attachments for others should be excluded ; and that in place of them just and amicable feelings towards all should be cultivated. The Nation, which indulges towards another an habitual hatred, or an habitual fondness, is in some degree a slave.
Page 481 - However combinations or associations of the above description may now and then answer popular ends they are likely, in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government, destroying afterward the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion.
Page 106 - Caesar had his Brutus — Charles the First his Cromwell — and George the Third — ("Treason," cried the Speaker — "treason, treason," echoed from every part of the House.
Page 482 - It serves always to distract the public councils and enfeeble the public administration. It agitates the community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms ; kindles the animosity of one part against another ; foments occasionally riot and insurrection.
Page 481 - Let me now take a more comprehensive view, and warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party, generally.
Page 483 - Promote then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.
Page 477 - In looking forward to the moment which is intended to terminate the career of my public life, my feelings do not permit me to suspend the deep acknowledgment of that debt of gratitude which I owe to my beloved...