THE time is now near at hand which must probably determine whether Americans are to be freemen or slaves ; whether they are to have any property they can call their own ; whether their houses and farms are to be pillaged and destroyed, and themselves... American Monthly Knickerbocker - Page 2781839Full view - About this book
| James Watson Webb - United States - 1880 - 438 pages
...General Herd, are to be under that of General Mercer, until the arrival of their own General Officer. The time is now near at hand which must, probably, determine whether Americans are to be free men or Slaves — whether they are to have any property they can call their own ; whether their... | |
| Gustave H. Doret - 1883 - 174 pages
...Que lui (after subject). (10) Que. ADDRESS TO THE AMERICAN TROOPS BEFORE THE BATTLE OF LONG ISLAND. The time is now near at hand which must probably determine...houses and farms are to be pillaged and destroyed, and themselves consigned to a state of wretchedness, from which no human efforts will deliver them. The... | |
| Charles Edwards Lester - United States - 1883 - 612 pages
...the time to cover the landi Washington's Address to the Army before the Battle of Long Island. — ' The time is now near at hand, which must probably...houses and farms are to be pillaged and destroyed, and themselves consigned to a state of wretchedness, from which no human efforts will deliver them. The... | |
| Otis Henry Tiffany - Anthologies - 1883 - 954 pages
...funeral pyre ! WASHINGTON'S ADDEESS TO HIS TROOPS. BEFORE THE BATTLE OF LONG ISLAND, 1776. them. |HE time is now near at hand, which must probably determine...houses and farms are to be pillaged and destroyed, and themselves consigned to a state of wretchedness, from which no human efforts will deliver The fate... | |
| Robert Kidd - Elocution - 1857 - 494 pages
...people ! VICTOR HUGO. CXXVIII.— TO THE AMERICAN TROOPS BEFORE THE BATTLE OF LONG ISLAND, 1776. 1. THE time is now near at hand which must probably determine...they are to have any property they can call their own ; and whether their houses and farms are to be pillaged and destroyed, and themselves consigned to... | |
| William Makepeace Thayer - Presidents - 1883 - 636 pages
...to his army: "The time is now near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves; whether they are to have any property they...houses and farms are to be pillaged and destroyed, and themselves consigned to a state cf wretchedness, from which no human efforts will deliver them. The... | |
| William M. Thayer - 1883 - 460 pages
...his army : " The time is now near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves ; whether they are to have any property...houses and farms are to be pillaged and destroyed, and themselves consigned to a state of wretchedness from which no human efforts will deliver them. The... | |
| Caroline Matilda Kirkland - Readers - 1866 - 402 pages
...ADDRESS TO THE AMERICAN TROOPS BEFORE THE BATTLE OF LONG ISLAND, AUGUST 27rt, 1776. GEN. WASHINGTON. THE time is now near at hand which must probably determine...houses and farms are to be pillaged and destroyed, and themselves consigned to a state of wretchedness from which no human efforts will deliver them. The... | |
| James Harrison Kennedy - Presidents - 1888 - 802 pages
...bravery. Addressing them in his order of August 2d, he says: "The time is now near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be freemen or slaves...houses and farms are to be pillaged and destroyed, and themselves consigned to a state of wretchedness from which no human efforts can deliver them. The fate... | |
| George Washington - United States - 1889 - 534 pages
...animate and pervade the whole of our Troops.' As it is difficult to determine what Objects the 1 " The time is now near at hand which must probably determine,...their own, whether their Houses, and Farms, are to be pillage1l and destroyed, and they consigned to a state of wretchedness from which no human efforts... | |
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