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... fleet appeared in the Patuxent preparatory to the movement upon Washington . And Mrs. Key refused to leave home , while Mr. Key was thus daily exposed to danger . Believing , as we did , that an attack would probably be made on ...
... fleet appeared in the Patuxent preparatory to the movement upon Washington . And Mrs. Key refused to leave home , while Mr. Key was thus daily exposed to danger . Believing , as we did , that an attack would probably be made on ...
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... fleet . And finding their own efforts unavailing , and alarmed for his safety , his friends in and about Marlbro ' thought it advisable that Mr. West should hasten to Georgetown , and request Mr. Key to ob- tain the sanction of the ...
... fleet . And finding their own efforts unavailing , and alarmed for his safety , his friends in and about Marlbro ' thought it advisable that Mr. West should hasten to Georgetown , and request Mr. Key to ob- tain the sanction of the ...
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... fleet in the Chesapeake , to be made ready without delay ; and Mr. John S. Skinner , who was agent for the government for flags of truce and exchange of prisoners , and who was well known as such to the officers of the fleet , was ...
... fleet in the Chesapeake , to be made ready without delay ; and Mr. John S. Skinner , who was agent for the government for flags of truce and exchange of prisoners , and who was well known as such to the officers of the fleet , was ...
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... fleet , at the mouth of the Potomac , preparing for the ex- pedition against Baltimore . He was courteously received by Admiral Cochrane , and the officers of the army , as well as the navy . But when he made known his business , his ...
... fleet , at the mouth of the Potomac , preparing for the ex- pedition against Baltimore . He was courteously received by Admiral Cochrane , and the officers of the army , as well as the navy . But when he made known his business , his ...
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... fleet for some days ; and must be detained until the attack on Baltimore , which was then about to be made , was over . But he was assured that they would make him and Mr. Skinner , as comfortable as possible , while they detained them ...
... fleet for some days ; and must be detained until the attack on Baltimore , which was then about to be made , was over . But he was assured that they would make him and Mr. Skinner , as comfortable as possible , while they detained them ...
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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.