Remarks Made, on a Short Tour, Between Hartford and Quebec, in the Autumn of 1819S. Converse, 1820 - 407 pages |
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Page 6 - BBOWN, of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit : " Sertorius : or, the Roman Patriot.
Page 99 - Though I was ready to believe (for I had experienced) that patience and fortitude in a supreme degree were to be found, as well as every other virtue, under the most tender forms, I was astonished at this proposal. After so long an agitation of...
Page 97 - If General Burgoyne would permit it, he should like to be buried at six o'clock in the evening on the top of a mountain, in a redoubt which had been built there.
Page 139 - The fact was no premeditated barbarity. On the contrary, two chiefs, who had brought her off for the purpose of security, not of violence to her person, disputed which should be her guard, and in a fit of savage passion in one, from whose hands she was snatched, the unhappy woman became the victim.
Page 117 - ... the mind of every man who was present. The growing duskiness added to the scenery, and the whole marked a character of that juncture that would make one of the finest subjects for the pencil of a master that the field ever exhibited. To the canvas, and to the faithful page of a more important historian, gallant friend ! I consign thy memory. There may thy talents, thy manly virtues, their progress and their period, find due distinction ; and long may they survive, long after the frail record...
Page 258 - Frazer's regiment, who had served in Holland, and was familiar with the French language and customs, promptly replied,
Page 50 - Brown, Thomas. An Account of the People Called Shakers: Their Faith, Doctrines and Practice, Exemplified in the Life, Conversations, and Experience of the Author during the Time he Belonged to the Society, to Which is Affixed a History of Their Rise and Progress to the Present Day.
Page 103 - Some days after this, we arrived at Albany, where we so often wished ourselves ; but, we did not enter it, as we expected we should, victors! We were received by the good General Schuyler, his wife, and daughters...
Page 100 - Her anxiety and sufferings were thus protracted through seven or eight dark and cold hours ; and her reflections upon that first reception, could not give her very encouraging ideas of the treatment she was afterwards to expect. But it is due to justice, at the close of this adventure, to say, that she was received and accommodated by General Gates, with all the humanity and respect that her rank, her merits, and her fortunes deserved.
Page 125 - General Gates, advised of Burgoyne's approach, met him at the head of his camp, Burgoyne in a rich royal uniform, and Gates in a plain blue frock. When they had approached nearly within sword's length, they reined up, and halted. I then named the gentlemen, and General Burgoyne, raising his hat most gracefully, said, "The fortune of war, General Gates, has made me your prisoner...