 | Jared Sparks - 1839 - 436 ページ
...quiet scheme of life I had prescribed for myself ; for, though entirely unexpected and undesired by me, the will of an oppressed people, compelled to choose between liberty and slavery, must be obeyed." Under these noble and selfsacrificing views and feelings, Montgomery accepted the commission tendered... | |
 | Charles Jacobs Peterson - 1848 - 586 ページ
...quiet scheme of life I had prescribed for myself; for, though entirely unexpected and undesired by me, the will of an oppressed people, compelled to choose between liberty and slavery, must be obeyed." These were noble sentiments, and, in a few months, he sealed them with his blood. One of the first... | |
 | Thomas D'Arcy McGee - 1852 - 248 ページ
...quiet scheme of life I had prescribed for myself ; for though entirely unexpected and undesired by me, the will of an oppressed people, compelled to choose between liberty and slavery, must be obeyed." Major General Schuyler, having fallen ill at Ticonderoga, the sole command devolved on Montgomery,... | |
 | Thomas D'Arcy McGee - 1852 - 248 ページ
...quiet scheme of life I had prescribed for myself; for though entirely unexpected and undesired by me, the will of an oppressed people, compelled to choose between liberty and slavery, 5 must be obeyed." Major General Schuyler, having fallen ill at Ticonderoga, the sole command devolved... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1855 - 606 ページ
...quiet scheme of life I had prescribed for myself; for, though entirely unexpected and undesired by me, the will of an oppressed people, compelled to choose between liberty and slavery, must be obeyed." At the time of receiving his commission, Montgomery was about thirty-nine years of age, and the beau... | |
 | Henry Walter De Puy - 1855 - 452 ページ
...fired upon their left, and threw it into disorder. But Montgomery hastened forward with the by me, the will of an oppressed people, compelled to choose between liberty and slavery, must be obeyed." Under these noble and selA sacrificing views and feelings, Montgomery accepted the commission tendered... | |
 | Henry Walter De Puy - 1855 - 450 ページ
...fired upon their left, and threw it into disorder. But Montgomery hastened forward with the by me, the will of an oppressed people, compelled to choose between liberty and slavery, must be obeyed." Under these noble and self sacrificing views and feelings, Montgomery accepted the commission tendered... | |
 | Thomas D'Arcy McGee - 1855 - 248 ページ
...scheme of life I had prescribed for myself; for though entirely unex-' pected and undesired by me, the will of an oppressed people, compelled to choose between liberty and slavery, 5 must be obeyed." Major General Schnyler, having fallen ill at Ticonderoga, the sole command devolved... | |
 | New York state - 1857 - 852 ページ
...in June following was appointed Brigadier-General by the Continental Congress. He at once " obeyed the will of an oppressed people, compelled to choose between liberty and slavery," and set out at the head of an expedition against Canada. After reducing St Johns, Chambly and Montreal,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1859 - 498 ページ
...quiet scheme of life I had prescribed for myself; for, though entirely unexpected and undesired by me, the will of an oppressed people, compelled to choose between liberty and slavery, must be obeyed." At the time of receiving his commission, Montgomery was about thirty-nine years of age, and the beau... | |
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It is an event," writes he to a friend, " which must put an end for a while, perhaps forever, to the quiet scheme of life I had prescribed for myself; for, though entirely unexpected and undesired by me, the will of an oppressed people, compelled to choose... 
