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... enemy's ships made their way up the Potomac , and appeared before Alexan- dria , which was compelled to capitulate ; and the squadron remained there some days , plundering the town of tobacco , and whatever else they want- ed . It was ...
... enemy's ships made their way up the Potomac , and appeared before Alexan- dria , which was compelled to capitulate ; and the squadron remained there some days , plundering the town of tobacco , and whatever else they want- ed . It was ...
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... enemy ; for he was a volunteer in the Light Artillery , commanded by Major Peter , which was composed of citizens of the District of Columbia , who had uniformed them- selves , and offered their services to the government , and who had ...
... enemy ; for he was a volunteer in the Light Artillery , commanded by Major Peter , which was composed of citizens of the District of Columbia , who had uniformed them- selves , and offered their services to the government , and who had ...
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... enemy on Washington , or Georgetown ; and preparations were making , on our part , to annoy them by bat- teries on shore , when they descended the river . The knowledge of these preparations probably has- tened their departure ; and the ...
... enemy on Washington , or Georgetown ; and preparations were making , on our part , to annoy them by bat- teries on shore , when they descended the river . The knowledge of these preparations probably has- tened their departure ; and the ...
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... . Key and the children went with me to Frederic , and thence to his father's on Pipe Creek , where she remained until he returned . We heard nothing from him , until the enemy retreated from Baltimore , which , as well as I LETTER . 19.
... . Key and the children went with me to Frederic , and thence to his father's on Pipe Creek , where she remained until he returned . We heard nothing from him , until the enemy retreated from Baltimore , which , as well as I LETTER . 19.
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... enemy . And when he made prisoners of the stragglers , he did not consider himself as a prisoner on parole , nor suppose himself to be violating any obligation he had incurred . For he was a gentleman of un- tainted character , and a ...
... enemy . And when he made prisoners of the stragglers , he did not consider himself as a prisoner on parole , nor suppose himself to be violating any obligation he had incurred . For he was a gentleman of un- tainted character , and a ...
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Page 33 - On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep, Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep, As it fitfully blows, now conceals, now discloses?
Page 68 - John Anderson my jo. John Anderson my jo, John, We clamb the hill thegither ; And mony a canty day, John, We've had wi' ane anither : Now we maun totter down, John, But hand in hand we'll go, And sleep thegither at the foot, John Anderson my jo.
Page 32 - Oh say, can you see, by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming! And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
Page 153 - Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more? Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore? Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies?
Page 172 - Praise, my soul, the God that sought thee, Wretched wanderer, far astray; Found thee lost, and kindly brought thee From the paths of death away...
Page 34 - Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n-rescued land Praise the power that hath made and preserved us a nation. Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, And this be our motto— "IN GOD IS OUR TRUST...
Page 33 - Their blood has wash'd out their foul footsteps' pollution. No refuge could save the hireling and slave From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave: And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
Page 173 - Wretched wanderer, far astray ; Found thee lost, and kindly brought thee From the paths of death away ; Praise, with love's devoutest feeling, Him who saw thy guilt-born fear, And, the light of hope revealing, Bade the blood-stained cross appear. 3 Lord, this bosom's ardent feeling Vainly would my lips express...
Page 172 - I'd praise thee, -^ For the bliss thy love bestows; For the pardoning grace that saves me, And the peace that from it flows...
Page 153 - And I said, It is mine own infirmity : but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most Highest.