Complete Works, Volume 2

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G. Routledge, 1886
 

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Page 353 - Sundays any neighbors were welcome to attend the service, where my mother acted as a very emphatic clerk, and the prayer for the High Court of parliament under our most religious and gracious king was very stoutly delivered. The brave Hagan was a parson without a living, as I was a militia colonel without a regiment. Hagan had continued to pray stoutly for King George in Williamsburg, long after his excellency our governor had run away : but on coming to church one Sunday to perform his duty, he...
Page 219 - By the list of disabled officers, many of whom are of rank, you may perceive, sir, that the army is much weakened. By the nature of the river the most formidable part of this armament is deprived of the power of acting, yet we have almost the whole force of Canada to oppose. In this situation there is such a choice of difficulties that I own myself at a loss how to determine. The...
Page 256 - So it was, my dear, twenty years ago, much more inflammable than it is now," remarks the colonel. " Nonsense, Mr. Lambert," is mamma's answer. " Look, look ! " cries Hetty, running forward and pointing to the little square, and the covered gallery, where was the door leading to Madam Bernstein's apartment, and round which stood a crowd of street urchins, idlers and yokels, watching the company.
Page 219 - They are of opinion that they should try by conveying up a corps of 4,000 or 5,000 men (which is nearly the whole strength of the army, after the points of Levi and Orleans are...
Page 219 - In this situation there is such a choice of difficulties that I own myself at a loss how to determine. The affairs of Great Britain I know require the most vigorous measures, but then the courage of a handful of brave men should be exerted only where there is some hope of a favourable event.
Page 46 - It was strange that in a savage forest of Pennsylvania, a young Virginian officer should fire a shot, and waken up a war which was to last for sixty years, which was to cover his own country and pass into Europe, to cost France her American colonies, to sever ours from us, and create the great Western republic; to rage over the Old World when extinguished in the New ; and, of all the myriads engaged in the vast contest, to leave the prize of the greatest fame with him who struck the first blow !...

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