A History of the War of 1812-'15 Between the United States and Great BritainDodd, Mead, 1882 - 360 páginas |
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Página 72 - Bravery ; and it gives me great pleasure to say, that from the smallest boy in the ship, to the oldest seaman, not a look 'of fear was seen. They all went into action, giving three cheers, and requesting to be laid close alongside the enemy.
Página 134 - We have met the enemy and they are ours; two ships, two brigs, one schooner and one sloop.
Página 328 - Resolved, That twelve persons be appointed as delegates from this commonwealth to meet and confer with delegates from the other New England States or any other, upon the subject of their public grievances and concerns; and upon the best means of preserving our resources; and of defence against the enemy ; and to devise and suggest for adoption by those respective States such measures as they may deem expedient; and also to take measures, if they shall think...
Página 184 - The enemy retreated firing, until they got around, and in their buildings, where they made all the resistance that an overpowered soldier could do. They fought as long as one existed ; but their destruction was very soon completed. Our men rushed up to the doors of the houses, and in a few minutes killed the last warrior of them. The enemy fought with savage fury, and met death with all its horrors, without shrinking or complaining: not one asked to be spared, but fought as long as they could stand...
Página 204 - And the music of that old song Throbs in my memory still: » "A boy's will is the wind's will, And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts." I remember the sea-fight far away, How it thundered o'er the tide ! And the dead captains, as they lay In their graves, o'erlooking the tranquil bay, Where they in battle died.
Página 215 - The name of one of my poor fellows who was killed ought to be registered in the book of fame, and remembered with reverence as long as bravery is considered a virtue. He was a black man, by the name of John Johnson. A twentyfour pound shot struck him in the hip, and took away all the lower part of his body.
Página 312 - I was informed that the cockpit, the steerage, the wardroom, and the berth deck could contain no more wounded ; that the wounded were killed while the surgeons were dressing them ; and that unless something was speedily done to prevent it, the ship would soon sink from the number of shot holes in her bottom.
Página 350 - In the four quarters of the globe, who reads an American book? or goes to an American play? or looks at an American picture or statue? What does the world yet owe to American physicians or surgeons? What new substances have their chemists discovered, or what old ones have they analyzed? What new constellations have been discovered by the telescopes of Americans?
Página 350 - What have they done in the mathematics? Who drinks out of American glasses? Or eats from American plates? or wears American coats or gowns? or sleeps in American blankets? — Finally, under which of the old tyrannical governments of Europe is every sixth man a Slave, whom his fellow-creatures may buy and sell and torture?
Página 204 - The drumbeat repeated o'er and o'er, And the bugle wild and shrill. And the music of that old song Throbs in my memory still: "A boy's will is the wind's will, And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts.