 | United States. Congress - Stark Statue (United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)) - 1895 - 286 pages
...a letter to Lord Germain, explaining the difficulties that beset him, he said, among other things: The Hampshire Grants in particular, a country unpeopled...almost unknown in the last war, now abounds in the most warlike and rebellious race of the continent, and hangs like a gathering storm on my left. Burgoyne... | |
 | George Otto Trevelyan - United States - 1907 - 524 pages
...in zeal ; and their measures are executed with a secrecy and despatch that are not to be equalled. The Hampshire Grants in particular, a country unpeopled...abounds in the most active and most rebellious race of the Continent, and hangs like a gathering storm upon my left." 1 For the space of thirty leagues... | |
 | La Fayette Wilbur - Vermont - 1899 - 388 pages
...minister, soon after the battle, said, the New Hampshire Grants, in particular, a county- unpeopled in the last war, now abounds in the most active and most rebellious race of the continent and hangs like a gathering storm on my left." GHflPTER XIII. A RESUME AND EARLY HISTORY... | |
 | Charles Spooner Forbes, Charles R. Cummings - Vermont - 1901 - 462 pages
...no wonder that a Royalist said, in a letter written soon after the outbreak, "The Hampshire Grants, a country unpeopled, and almost unknown in the last war, now abounds in the most active, and the most rebellious race of men on the continent, and hangs like a gathering storm on my left. " Yet... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - Great Britain - 1901 - 564 pages
...their farms. The Hampshire Grants, in particular, — a country unpeopled, and almost unknown, during the last war, — now abounds in the most active and most rebellious race of the continent, and hangs, like a gathering storm, upon my left. In all parts, the industry and management... | |
 | Arthur Latham Perry - American literature - 1902 - 228 pages
...bulk of the country is undoubtedly with congress," and of the Vermonters he adds, bitterly, " The New Hampshire grants in particular, a country unpeopled,...abounds in the most active and most rebellious race of the continent, and hangs like a gathering storm on my left." From that moment it was all over with... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - Great Britain - 1902 - 556 pages
...their farms. The Hampshire Grants, in particular, — a country unpeopled, and almost unknown, during the last war, — now abounds in the most active and most rebellious race of the continent, and hangs, like a gathering storm, upon my left. In all parts, the industry and management... | |
 | Agnes Hunt - History - 1904 - 196 pages
...forces point, militia to the amount of three or four thousand assemble in twenty-four hours. The New Hampshire Grants in particular, a country unpeopled...abounds in the most active and most re-bellious race of the continent, and hang like a gathering storm on my left." 1 It was due to the exertions of the... | |
 | Arthur Latham Perry - Williamstown (Mass.) - 1904 - 896 pages
...WILLIAMSTOWN AND WILLIAMS COLLEGE. CHAPTER I. •W1LLIAM8TOWN AND UENNINGTON. The Hampshire Granta, in particular, a country unpeopled and almost unknown...abounds in the most active and most rebellious race of the continent, and hangs like a gathering storm on my left. — GENKUAI. HUROOVNB, ill August, 1777.... | |
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The Hampshire Grants in particular, a country unpeopled and almost unknown in the last war, now abounds in the most active and most rebellious race of the continent, and hangs like a gathering storm upon my left. 
