This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 edition. Excerpt: ... And sons of distant Delaware, And still remoter Shannon; And Major Lee with horses rare, And Proctor with his cannon.6 All wondrous proud in arms they came; What hero would refuse To tread the rugged path to fame Who had a pair of shoes.7 At six, the host with sweating buff Arrived at Freedom's Pole:8 When ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 edition. Excerpt: ... And sons of distant Delaware, And still remoter Shannon; And Major Lee with horses rare, And Proctor with his cannon.6 All wondrous proud in arms they came; What hero would refuse To tread the rugged path to fame Who had a pair of shoes.7 At six, the host with sweating buff Arrived at Freedom's Pole:8 When Wayne, who thought he'd time enough, Thus speechified the whole. "Oh ye, whom glory doth unite, Who Freedom's cause espouse;--Whether the wing that's doomed to fight, Or that to drive the cows--corpulent Van Bummels, dwellers on the pleasant Bronx, says the learned Diedrich Knickerbocker," were the first inventors of suppawn or mush and milk." 6 The numbers of Irish in the Pennsylvania line often caused it to be called, in the war, the line of Ireland. Lee, of the dragoons, --Light-horse Harry as he was styled, --was distinguished by the superior equipage of his corps, and its dashing achievements. He says that Wayne's brigade though good fighters were over-fond of pleasure, and moved with larger trains than any equal corps in the service. 7 They are of a thin, long-legged make, most of them without shoes and stockings, and without coats, and sometimes they throw away their arms when they are close pursued.--MS. Mathew's Journal. 8 Freedom's--i. e. Liberty-Pole, a long tree stuck in the ground. Its place was between Orangetown and Tinack.--MS. Am. O. B. Aug. 22, 1780. ttyS /fctZU, r X, S A PAGE OF THE "COW CHACE," IN ANDRE'S HANDWRITING. (From the original MS. owned by the Drexcl Institute, Philadelphia, and not before reproduced. Ere yet you tempt your further way, Or into action come; Hear, soldiers, what I have to say; And take a pint of rum. Intemp'rate valour then will string Each nervous arm the better: So all the land shall IO...
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Add this copy of The Block-House By Bull's Ferry to cart. $37.63, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2018 by Sagwan Press.
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