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Page 346 - I am as resolutely determined to defend the independence of Vermont, as Congress is that of the United States; and rather than fail, will retire with the hardy Green Mountain Boys into the desolate caverns of the mountains and wage war with human nature at large.
Page 346 - I do not hesitate to say, I am fully grounded in opinion, that Vermont has an indubitable right to agree on terms of a cessation of hostilities with Great Britain, provided the United States persist in rejecting her application for a union with them ; for Vermont, of all people, would be the most miserable, were she obliged to defend the independence of the united claiming States, and they, at the same time, at full liberty to overturn and ruin the independence of Vermont.
Page 138 - Saying this, I seized her wrists. She shrieked aloud, and endeavored to free herself from my grasp, but her efforts were vain. " 'Surely, surely, Wieland, thou dost not mean it. Am I not thy wife? and wouldst thou kill me? Thou wilt not ; and yet — I see — thou art Wieland no longer ! A fury, resistless and horrible, possesses thee : spare me — spare — help — help — ' "Till her breath was stopped she shrieked for help — for mercy. When she could speak no longer, her gestures, her looks,...
Page 139 - I lifted the corpse in my arms, and laid it on the bed. I gazed upon it with delight. Such was the elation of my thoughts that I even broke into laughter. I clapped my hands, and exclaimed, 'It is done! My sacred duty is fulfilled! To that I have sacrificed, 0 my God! thy last and best gift, my wife!
Page 351 - Pythagoras, that man after death would transmigrate into beasts, birds, fishes, reptiles, &c., and often informed his friends, that he himself expected to live again in the form of a large white horse.
Page 64 - Indeed," wrote some of the survivors, " how could we penetrate it? Most of our grenadiers and light infantry, the moment of presenting themselves, lost three-fourths, and many, nine-tenths Of their men. Some had only eight or nine men in a company left, some only three, four, or five.
Page 289 - York, that, after consulting with General Schuyler, " they should employ in the army to be raised for the defence of America those called Green Mountain Boys, under such officers as the said Green Mountain Boys should choose.
Page 4 - Rogers' expeditions with the New England rangers, under his command, as published in London in 1765; with notes and illustrations. To which is added an account of the life and military services of Maj.
Page 241 - Mountains to make the best terms they could with their new landlords, intimating that their cause was now desperate, and reminding him of the proverb, that "might often prevails against right." Neither admiring the delicacy of this sentiment, nor intimidated by the threat it held out, Allen replied, " The gods of the valleys are not the gods of the hills.
Page 138 - Fear was now added to her grief. 'What mean you? Why talk you of death? Bethink yourself, Wieland: bethink yourself, and this fit will pass. O why came I hither! Why did you drag me hither?' " 'I brought thee hither to fulfil a divine command. I am appointed thy destroyer, and destroy thee I must.