The Scots Magazine, Band 41Sands, Brymer, Murray and Cochran, 1779 |
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... army , with the further advantage to the private men and non commiffioned officers , that they were intitled to confiderable allotments of vacant lands at the end of the troubles . The meature , befides its utility in point of frength ...
... army , with the further advantage to the private men and non commiffioned officers , that they were intitled to confiderable allotments of vacant lands at the end of the troubles . The meature , befides its utility in point of frength ...
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... army was exceedingly ha- rated during this day's march . Every ! advantageous poft was seized and difpu . ted , whilst hovering parties on the flanks and rear continually endeavoured to dif- tarb the order of march , and to pro . fit of ...
... army was exceedingly ha- rated during this day's march . Every ! advantageous poft was seized and difpu . ted , whilst hovering parties on the flanks and rear continually endeavoured to dif- tarb the order of march , and to pro . fit of ...
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... army was restrained from taking the field through the want of tents and field équipage . Lord Cornwallis , how ever , made shift with the old tents , to encamp the forces at Brunswick , on the hills that commanded the Rariton , and ...
... army was restrained from taking the field through the want of tents and field équipage . Lord Cornwallis , how ever , made shift with the old tents , to encamp the forces at Brunswick , on the hills that commanded the Rariton , and ...
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... army . If in the profecu- tion of this defign , the enemy hazarded a battle , nothing was more wifhed , nor Could any great doubt be entertained of faccefs ; or if they conftantly retired , which was more to be expected , the ...
... army . If in the profecu- tion of this defign , the enemy hazarded a battle , nothing was more wifhed , nor Could any great doubt be entertained of faccefs ; or if they conftantly retired , which was more to be expected , the ...
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... army had been collect- ed , and by the fuccefs of the laft cam- paign on the lakes , had a way opened for it to penetrate into the back parts of the New England and New - York pro- vinces . The command in this expedi- tion was committed ...
... army had been collect- ed , and by the fuccefs of the laft cam- paign on the lakes , had a way opened for it to penetrate into the back parts of the New England and New - York pro- vinces . The command in this expedi- tion was committed ...
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Seite 294 - ... from the torch of a person clothed in the dress of an attendant on a funeral, and accompanied by several others, who, like him, seemed to have been employed in the rites of sepulture.
Seite 294 - Christian should ; he is even so composed as to be now in his pulpit, ready to deliver a few exhortations to his parishioners, as is the custom with us on such occasions. Follow me, sir, and you shall hear him.
Seite 119 - Pelops' line, Or the tale of Troy divine, Or what (though rare) of later age, Ennobled hath the buskined stage. But O, sad Virgin, that thy power Might raise Musaeus from his bower, Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes as warbled to the string, Drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek, And made Hell grant what Love did seek.
Seite 293 - I have before described, in the neighbourhood of La Roche's dwelling. A light gleamed on the water, that seemed to proceed from the house ; it moved slowly along as he proceeded up...
Seite 172 - He was particularly curious with regard to the construction of clocks and watches ; and having found, after repeated trials, that he could not bring any two of them to go exactly alike, he reflected, it is...
Seite 291 - He found in them the guileless manner of the earliest times, with the culture and accomplishment of the most refined ones. Every better feeling warm and vivid ; every ungentle one repressed or overcome. He was not addicted to love ; but he felt himself happy in being the friend of Mademoiselle La...
Seite 172 - Exult, then, O sun, in the strength of thy youth ! Age is dark and unlovely ; it is like the glimmering light of the moon when it shines through broken clouds, and the mist is on the hills : the blast of the north is on the plain ; the traveller shrinks in the midst of his journey.
Seite 293 - After some little speculation on the matter, however, he could look on it as a thing fitting, if not quite agreeable, and determined on this...
Seite 233 - Thus an army was poured forth by the woods, mountains, and marshes, which in this part were thickly sown with plantations and villages. The Americans recalled their courage, and, when their regular army seemed to be entirely wasted, the spirit of the country produced a much greater and more formidable force.
Seite 33 - In order to fix more precisely the sense and application of the preceding article, the contracting parties declare, that in case of a rupture between France and England the reciprocal guarantee declared in the said article shall have its full force and effect the moment such war shall break out; and if such rupture shall not take place, the mutual obligations of the said...