Collections, Historical and Miscellaneous: And Monthly Literary Journal, Tom 1John Farmer J.B. Moore, 1831 |
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Strona 69 - But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.
Strona 271 - Congress give no instructions or directions to the contrary — the Council be chosen by the people of each respective county in such manner as the Council and House of Representatives shall order. That general and field officers of the militia, on any vacancy, be appointed by the two houses and all inferior officers be chosen by the respective company.
Strona 270 - Britain; protesting and declaring that we never sought to throw off our dependance upon Great Britain, but felt ourselves happy under her protection, while we could enjoy our constitutional rights and privileges, and that we shall rejoice if such a reconciliation between us and our parent state, can be effected as shall be approved by the Continental Congress, in whose prudence and wisdom we confide.
Strona 88 - Painful beyond expression have been those scenes of Blood and Devastation which the barbarous cruelty of British troops have placed before our eyes. Duty to God, to ourselves, to Posterity, enforced by the cries of slaughtered Innocents, have urged us to take up Arms in our Defence. Such a day as this was never before known, either to us or to our Fathers.
Strona 104 - We the people of Berkshire have been frequently called upon to fight, but have never been led against the enemy. We have now resolved, if you will not let us fight, never to turn out again.
Strona 69 - Equal Shares, One of which to be for the first Settled Minister, One for the Ministry, and one for the School...
Strona 26 - Lake, they discovered an Indian wigwam, in which were a man and a boy. They killed and scalped the man, and brought the boy alive to Boston, where they received the reward promised by law, and a handsome gratuity besides.
Strona 178 - Narrative of the Captivity of Mrs. Johnson, containing an Account of Her Sufferings during Four Years with the Indians and French.
Strona 122 - ... of the nuns as a redeemed captive. Her father had employed this man, Arnold, to seek out his daughter and obtain her from the French, who had hitherto succeeded in detaining her. Arnold was well calculated for this employment. He was secret, subtle, resolute and persevering. He had been some time in the city without exciting a suspicion of his business. He had ascertained where the captive was to be found — he had procured the necessary powers to secure her, and in his approach to the nunnery...
Strona 87 - Johnstown, a few miles north of the Mohawk river. Its first proprietor, William Johnson, was a native of Ireland, where he was born about the year 1714. He was a nephew of Sir Peter Warren, a distinguished naval commander in the British service. Sir Peter married Miss Watts, of New York, and purchased an extensive tract of land upon the Mohawk. When about twenty years of age, young Johnson came to America to look after his uncle's possessions in the wilderness.