Wendell Phillips on Civil Rights and FreedomUniversity Press of America, 1982 - 221 pages |
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Page 177
... soldiers of Europe , rounded the point . They were soldiers who had never yet met an equal , whose tread , like Caesar's , had shaken Europe - soldiers who had scaled the Pyramids , and planted the French banners on the walls of Rome ...
... soldiers of Europe , rounded the point . They were soldiers who had never yet met an equal , whose tread , like Caesar's , had shaken Europe - soldiers who had scaled the Pyramids , and planted the French banners on the walls of Rome ...
Page 181
... soldiers . Leclerc spiked his epaulettes to his shoulders , shot him , and flung him into the sea . He took his five hundred soldiers on shore , shot them on the edge of a pit , and tumbled them in . Des- salines from the mountain saw ...
... soldiers . Leclerc spiked his epaulettes to his shoulders , shot him , and flung him into the sea . He took his five hundred soldiers on shore , shot them on the edge of a pit , and tumbled them in . Des- salines from the mountain saw ...
Page 182
... soldiers . But disaster still followed his efforts . What the sword did not devour , the fever ate up . Leclerc died . Pauline carried his body back to France . Napoleon met her at Bordeaux , say- ing , " Sister , I gave you an army ...
... soldiers . But disaster still followed his efforts . What the sword did not devour , the fever ate up . Leclerc died . Pauline carried his body back to France . Napoleon met her at Bordeaux , say- ing , " Sister , I gave you an army ...
Contents
In Defense of Lovejoy | 1 |
The Boston Mob | 10 |
The Right of Petition | 23 |
Copyright | |
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