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... Washington , having ob- served these manoeuvres of the corps of valets , pointed them out to his officers , observing , ' See those fellows collecting on yonder height , the enemy will fire on them to a certainty . ' Meanwhile , the ...
... Washington , having ob- served these manoeuvres of the corps of valets , pointed them out to his officers , observing , ' See those fellows collecting on yonder height , the enemy will fire on them to a certainty . ' Meanwhile , the ...
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... Washington , Kosciuszko and Independence , " in the wildest discord , silenced the sacred song . Scomberry , the Sage of Dogue Run , arose with " meekly solemn eye " to address the choir ; the " white ladies " came out to witness the ...
... Washington , Kosciuszko and Independence , " in the wildest discord , silenced the sacred song . Scomberry , the Sage of Dogue Run , arose with " meekly solemn eye " to address the choir ; the " white ladies " came out to witness the ...
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... Washington . " This was the same Washington to whom the Indian Sachem talked as follows : “ I am a Chief , and the ruler of many tribes . My influence ex- tends to the waters of the great lakes , and 19.
... Washington . " This was the same Washington to whom the Indian Sachem talked as follows : “ I am a Chief , and the ruler of many tribes . My influence ex- tends to the waters of the great lakes , and 19.
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... Washington , " which is precisely in the style of our good old aunt's - that is to say , nicely fixed for all sorts ... Washington's life , when , on a beau- tiful day in the Spring of '97 , the departing sun began to gild the lofty ...
... Washington , " which is precisely in the style of our good old aunt's - that is to say , nicely fixed for all sorts ... Washington's life , when , on a beau- tiful day in the Spring of '97 , the departing sun began to gild the lofty ...
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... Washington at Cambridge in 1775 , some poet among them wrote the following piece , in derision of the New England people . This is the original Yankee Doodle song of the Revolution . " Father and I went down to camp , along with Captain ...
... Washington at Cambridge in 1775 , some poet among them wrote the following piece , in derision of the New England people . This is the original Yankee Doodle song of the Revolution . " Father and I went down to camp , along with Captain ...
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Hail Columbia, the Flag, and Yankee Doodle Dandy William Thomas Roberts Saffell No preview available - 2016 |
Hail Columbia, the Flag, and Yankee Doodle Dandy (1864) William Thomas Roberts Saffell No preview available - 2009 |
Hail Columbia, the Flag, and Yankee Doodle Dandy William Thomas Roberts Saffell No preview available - 2015 |
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American Anacreon in Heaven appeared army arter Aunt Phillis Bacchanalian song Bacchus Bacchus's vine Baltimore band of brothers battle Boston Boston song bout brave British chief chitter litter choir cow-boy Cully Custis dinner Dogue Run Dolly enemy eyes Father fire fish flag forever Fort McHenry freedom French Directory glorious glory gobblers gone gwine Hail Columbia hand heart Hopkinson hurrah I'se ington kegs king lady land Liberty live mansion Marse mighty Minerva Miss Nelly Mount Vernon myrtle of Venus nation neber night normous o'er patriotic peach party Philadelphia Pompey President President's March Ralph Tomlinson regiment replied round Scomberry shore sing soon Star-Spangled Banner stars Stricker stripes sumpin sung tarkeys tree turkey driver United Venus with Bacchus's Wash Washington rules William Colfax Yankee doodle dandy you's young
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Page 103 - Their blood has washed 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 79 - that the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation.
Page 103 - O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? 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 103 - 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 55 - Enjoyed the peace your valor won. Let independence be our boast, Ever mindful what it cost; Ever grateful for the prize, Let its altar reach the skies. Firm, united, let us be, Rallying round our Liberty; As a band of brothers joined, Peace and safety we shall find.
Page 56 - Behold the chief who now commands, Once more to serve his country, stands — The rock on which the storm will beat, The rock on which the storm will beat; But, armed in virtue firm and true, His hopes are fixed on Heaven and you.
Page 103 - Blest with victory and peace, may the heaven-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 :
Page 24 - The rebels — more's the pity, "Without a boat are all afloat, "And rang'd before the city. "The motley crew, in vessels new, " With Satan for their guide, sir. "Pack'd up in bags, or wooden kegs, "Come driving down the tide, sir. "Therefore prepare for bloody war, "These kegs must all be routed, "Or surely we despised shall be, "And British courage doubted.
Page 71 - When the fire is beginning to kindle, and your heart growing warm, propound these questions to it. Who is this invader? Have I a competent knowledge of him? Is he a man of good character; a man of sense?
Page 109 - I hold in my own right shall receive their freedom. To emancipate them during her life would, though earnestly wished by me, be attended with such insuperable difficulties, on account of their intermixture by...