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Lippard, George, 1822-1854 [1847], Washington and his generals, or, Legends of the revolution (G. B. Zieber & Co., Philadelphia) [word count] [eaf251]. To look up a word in a dictionary, select the word with your mouse and press 'd' on your keyboard.
Page Dedication.
Introductory Essay by the Rev. C. BOOK THE FIRST, PART THE FIRST, I. The Red Cross in Philadelphia 25 The Entrance of the British 25 Lord Cornwallis at the head of his II. The Haunt of the Rebel 27 The Old-time village 27 The view from Chesnut Hill 28 Washington on the Skippack 29 III. The Camp of the Britisher 29 Chew's house before the battle 29 The position of the British Army 30 Night in Germantown 30 The names, not recorded in the IV. The Night-March 32 Washington by his camp-fire 32 His plan of battle 33 The legions on their battle march 34 PART THE SECOND, I. The Daybreak Watch 35 The sentinel on Mount Airy 35 The sound that he hears 36 II. The first corse of Germantown 36 The dream of the sentinel 36
Washington comes to battle 37 The hunt of death begins 38 Pulaski's war-cry 39 The flash of musquetry 40
Washington and his Generals in The halt at Chew's House 42 III. The Flag of Truce 43 The Volunteer of Mercy 43 His murder 44 PART THE THIRD, I. The forlorn hope 44 A sight worth a score of years, to see 45 The fate of the stormers 46 II. The horseman and his message 47 Washington, receives intelligence 47 III. The British General 48 Scene in Germantown 48 The British army, in full force, IV. Legend of General Agnew 49 The old man in the graveyard 49 The rifle-shot 50 V. The contest in the village Sullivan's charge 50 The density of the fog 50 VI. Chew's house again 50 Fighting in the dark 50 VII. The adventure of Washington 51 He rushes into the enemy's fire 51
PART THE FOURTH. I. Washington in danger 52 His gallant exploit 53 II. The unknown form 53 Death, in the Riot, the Home and One face among a thousand 54 The Messenger of Peace 54 III. The Revel of Death 56 The drop from the ceiling 56 Not blood but wine 57 The last drop from the Goblet 58 IV. The Wissahikon 59 A poem of everlasting beauty 59 The Hessians and the Continentals 60 The vengeance of the Continentals 61 V. The Crisis of the fight 61 Nine o'clock in the morning 61 The daring of the Chieftains 62 The Curse of Washington 63 VI. “Retreat.” 64
Washington's agony 64 PART THE FIFTH, I. The soldier and his burden 65 The group by the wayside 65 How goes the battle? 66 The last fight of the veteran 67 “Lost!” 68 II. How the legions came back from The terror of the retreat 68 The wound of General Nash 69
Washington's last look at the field 69 III. Captain Lee 69 His daring adventure 70 He foils the Hanovarians 71 IV. Sunset upon the battle-field 71 The spirit of desolation 71 Death, supreme, among the wrecks The murdered boy 72 V. The legend of General Agnew He will go `Home!' to morrow! 73 The last dead man of the battle day 74 PART THE SIXTH, I.
Washington and his Generals before II. Funeral sermon over the dead 76 The preacher speaks of the dead 76 —To Washington 77 —Of the Heroes of the Past 78 III. Prayer for the dead 79 The last scene 80 BOOK SECOND.
The Wissahikon 85 Introduction—the beauty of the I. The consecration of the Deliverer The Monastery 87 A strange scene 88 The Priest of Wissahikon 89 The last day of 1773 90 A wild superstition 91 The new World, the Ark of Freedom Prayer of the father and son 93 The Deliverer comes 94 The Prophet speaks to him 95 A maiden looks upon the scene 96 The Deliverer is consecrated 97 He takes the oath 98
Washington visits the ruins 98 II. The Midnight Death 99 Scene on the Wissahikon at midnight Ellen 100 Old Michael meets the Tory band 101 The Parricide 102 The Orphan's curse 103 The yell of the dying horse and III. The Bible Legend of the Wissahikon A memory of “Paoli!” 104 The ordeal 105 The Old and New Testaments 106 This speaks, Life, that, Death 106 The hand of Providence 107 IV. The temptation of Washington 107 Washington in prayer 108 The stranger in the red uniform 108 A Dukedom for the Rebel 109 Scorn from the Rebel to the King 110
V. Washington as duke, king The Viceroy Washington 111 He is presented to the King 112 He is crowned in Independence He is beheaded on Tyburn Hill 113
As he is! 114 VI. The hero Woman 115 The block house among the The young girl beholds her She loads the rifle 117 A terrible picture 117 She points the rifle to the powder VII. King George in Westminster An afternoon among the dead 119 How the good king looked 120 How he scorned the widow's What strange sights he saw 121 Orphans curse him! 122 He visits Valley Forge 123
Washington prays against him 124 He goes mad again 125 VIII. Valley Forge 126 The Tory and his daughter The plot to entrap Washington 127 The Room on the Right and the The old man beholds his victim 129 The last word of the death-stricken IX. The Mansion on the Schuylkill The falls of Schuylkill 131 A scene of the olden time 132 The last secret of Cornelius The Sister, in her Vision sees Amable in danger 134 The libertine enjoys the sight A red Indian 136 A white Indian 137
`Do not lift the coffin-lid from Indian to the last 139 X. The graveyard of Germantown Its memories of God and Immortality A father—a Mother—two The old Quaker and the Skeletons A rough battle picture 142 `He saw Washington!' 143 —`Cornwallis!' 144 XI. “Remember Paoli!” 144 The camp fire of Mad Anthony 144 The Massacre 145 Stony Point 146 How Anthony `Remembered BOOK THIRD. I. The Mother and her babe 151 Scene in a New England church, The strange vision of the The Babe grown to Manhood— One drop of virtue, in a sea of II. The Druggist of New Haven 154 The fearful nature of this history The deformed Children of The Druggist 155 How he became a Soldier 156 Ticonderoga! 156 III. The March through the Wilderness Napoleon and Arnold 158
Washington and Arnold, — interview The Kennebec—a lone Indian 159 The Murder of a Priest at the Arnold claims the Wilderness—
The River of the Dead 162 The Banner of the Stars 162 The Lake 162 The fearful dangers of Arnold and He sees Quebec! 163 IV. The attack on Quebec 163 Montgomery and Arnold pledge Arnold, with his Men,advances Arnold in his glory 166 Aaron Burr bends over the Arnold in the madness of the V. The War-Horse Lucifer 169 Retreat of the American army— VI. The Ape-and-Viper God 170 The renown of Arnold 170 The Spirit of Party 170 The injustice of Congress to His adventure near Danbury 172 VII. The Bridal-Eve 172 The festival and wager 173 The Apparition 173 The bloody scalp and long An awful bridal Eve! 176 VIII. The Black Horse, and his Horatio Gates before his tent 176
The Black Horse and his Rider 177 “Ho! Warren! forward?” 178 The scene with the retreating A strange spectacle! 180 The crisis of the conflict 180 In the moment of peril, the Champion The Battle is won—fate of the Arnold the Conqueror 183 IX. Arnold the Military Commander The aisle of Christ Church 183
The Tory Aristocracy of Philadelphia Its cowardice, meanness and The difficulty of Arnold's His long expected trial and the The nature of these offences 188 A court of History, for the trial X. Who was this accuser? 190 General Cadwallader and the Serious charges against the The summing up of the evidence Arnold's memorable words 192 XI. The Disgrace of Arnold 192 The day of the reprimand 192 He cannot `live down persecution' The scene of the Reprimand 194 The portrait of the Accuser 195 XII. Arnold at Landsdowne 196 He meditates the Future 196 His Palace—his Wife—his The silent influence of his XIII. Arnold the Traitor 199 The struggle 199 Three visitors 200 The Dispatch to Sir Henry Arnold alone with his wife 201 XIV. The Fall of Lucifer 201 Tragedy and Common-Place 201 The Breakfast table of the The wife and the babe of the The expected Guest, does not The bursting of the thunder-bolt 205 Arnold under the British flag 206
Washington learns the The Mother and Washington 208 The Ship Vulture and its Passenger XV. The Tulip-Poplar, or the Seven men watch for robbers 210 The day-dream of the wayfarer 211 Three men of the seven, arrest The Pass of Arnold 213 The development 214 The bribe 215 A prisoner, a spy and the Vulture The Poor Men Heroes of the The blunder by which Arnold XVI. The Knight of the Meschianza A scene of romance 219 The Tournament 220 The scene sadly changed 221 The Gallows 221 The victim for the Sacrifice 222 The Knight of the Meschianza Flowers on the Gibbet 223 XVII. John Champe 224 The luxurious chamber 224 A mysterious visitor 225 The Ghost of John Andre 226 The wife of Arnold and the
Washington in his Tent 228 A Knight of the Revolution 229 Only one way to save Andre? 230 The Camp of Lee's Legion 231 John Champe 232 The Deserter 233 The Pursuit 234 The stratagem 235 The hounds at fault 236 John Champe, the doomed man 237 “Powhatan save your master!” 238 The Crisis 239 Lee's laughter 240 A beautiful woman 241
Arnold's Oath 243 Champe alone with Arnold 244
Washington's letter 245 The memory of the gallant How he died 246 Vengeance upon the Double The Phantom of Arnold's life 249 The Man who has not one Lee's encampment again— “Champe a brave and honest Explanation of the Mystery 252 One of the noblest names in XVIII. The Temptation of Sir Henry A calm evening and a cloudless Sir Henry Clinton shudders at Exchange the Traitor for the Sir Henry's terrible temptation 256 Arnold's sneer 257 XIX. The Sisters 257 A flower garden 257 The bud and the moss rose 258 The Sisters talk of the absent 259 The Presentiment of the Second The return of the aged soldier 261 The fatal intelligence 261 The Brother's Star 262 XX. Andre the Spy 263 Andre a partner in Arnold's
The Wife of Arnold, also a
Washington condemned him Tears for the fate of Andre 264 XXI. Nathan Hale 264 The farewell of the student The Blessing of the aged
The Betrothed 266 The Cell of the doomed Spy 266 The Martyr who has perilled Honor The last night of the Doomed 268 The Death of the Martyr 269 No monument for him! 270 XXII. The Martyr of the South 270 Gloom in Charleston 270 The Gallows and the Murderer 271 The Prayer of the Sister and the The Response of the titled Murderer 273 The farewell beside the gibbet 274 The cry of the Idiot Boy 275 The contempt of Washington 276 XXIII. Arnold in Virginia 276 Arnold the Destroyer 276 Despised by all—the men who A strange legend 277 The Benighted traveller and the An old soldier's opinion of Arnold 279 The emotion of the stranger 280 The old hunter sees a vision of XXIV. The three words which followed The burning of New London and The death of Leydard 283 British magnanimity 283 The guilt and weakness of King The three words 284 Talleyrand and Arnold 285 The Remorse of the Traitor 286 The obscurity of his death 286 XXV. Arnold; his glory, his wrongs, His early life 287 The prime of his manhood 288
Washington's opinion of him 289 His marriage—his enemies—his Review of his offences, difficulties Motives of the Author in this dark
XXVI. The Right Arm 293 An awful death-bed 294 A superhuman Remorse 295 The last memory of the fallen The Right arm 296 BOOK THE FOURTH. THE BATTLE OF BRANDYWINE. I. The Glory of the Land of Penn 299 Pennsylvania neglected by history 299 Her monuments 300 II. The Prophet of the Brandywine Description of the Valley of Brandywine Prophecy uttered forty years before III. The Fear of War 306 The landing of Howe 306 IV. The Gathering of the Hosts 306 The encampment of Washington
Howe, Cornwallis and their hirelings V. The Preacher of Brandywine 309 The Preacher Heroes of the Revolution Hymn to the Preacher Heroes 310 Revolutionary Sermon 312 Prayer of the Revolution 314 VI. The Dawn of the Fight 315
Washington holds council under La Fayette 316 The attack at Chadd's Ford 317 VII. The Quaker Temple 318 Survey of the battle-field 319 Howe comes to battle 320 VIII. Washington comes to battle 321 The approach of the American IX. The Hour of Battle 322 The moment before the contest Howe gives the signal 322 The battle 323 X. The Poetry of Battle 324
The Idiot King and the Warrior XI. Lord Percy's dream. 325 The story of Percy, told by him to He beholds his Dream 326 His charge 327 He meets his Indian Brother 328 XII. The Last Hour 329 Retreat of Washington 329 Daring of the Boy La Fayette 329 XIII. Pulaski 330 In his glory 330 How he spoke English 331
Washington a man of genius 332 Pulaski rescues the Chieftain 333 Night comes down on Pulaski 333 XIV. Washington's last charge at
Washington the Man 334 The key to his character 335 He surveys the battle 336 He goes down, to say to the British— The carnage of his last charge 338 La Fayette wounded 339 The smile of the Brandywine 340 XV. The Hunter Spy 340 Scene among the mountains 340
Washington, the Colonel at Braddock's The three fugitives 342 The sleeping spy 343 His punishment 346 The Boy looks in his father's face 347 A horrible picture 348 XVI. The son of the Hunter Spy 348 The old man and his memory 349 The peasant girl, Mary 350 The son of the Hunter Spy 352 The arm of the maiden, supplies the The Black Hercules 355 The haystack 356 The son, avenges the death of the The infamous butcheries of England The Vow of the Negro Sampson 360 XVII. Black Sampson 360
War, the parent of many virtues 361 The American Union a sacred The guilt of the wretch who would The memories of the Negro Prince 363 The outraged Mary 364 The Dog—`Debbil' 365 Sampson prepares to `go a-mowing.' 366 He mows British stubble 367 The last scene of Mary 368 The fate of the Son of the Hunter XVIII. The Mechanic Hero of Brandywine A scene of British mercy 372 The strange battle-cry 374 The three last shots of the dying XIX. Anthony Wayne at Brandywine 375 The boy and the mimic fight 375 The Man and the bloody battle 376 Wayne and his Roan horse 377 His riflemen drive back the Hessians The doubt of Washington 379 Wayne beholds the battle of the The appearance of Kniphausen 383 The charge of Mad Anthony 384 XX. Forty-seven years after the La Fayette comes again to the His emotion as he contrasts the condition BOOK THE FIFTH. I. The Day. The old state house 391 The old man, the boy, and the Bell 392 The message of the Bell to the The fifty-six, and the Speech of the The message of the Declaration 395 The New Exodus of God's People, The signing of the Parchment 397
II. The Apostle to the New The River shore, two hundred The Landing of the Apostle 400 The Mission of The Apostle 401 The Pipe of Peace 402 III. “Back eighteen hundred years!” 403 The Declaration traced from the The Hut of the Carpenter 404 Godhead enshriaed in the form of The Bride of the Living God 406 The Doubt of Divinity 407 IV. The Wilderness 407 The skeleton people 408 The self-communion of the Nazarene 409 The Prince of this world 410 The Panorama of Empire 411 Ninevah—Rome, Imperial—Rome, The bloody grandeur of the Monster The voice of the Tempter, to every The Pharasee of the Pulpit 414 The Viper of the Press 415 The Ministering of the Angels 415 VI. “The Outcast” 416 Sabbath in the synagogue 416 The appearance of the Carpenter's He announces the great Truth, in The “Infidel” is thrust from the The Godhead shines from the brow The last look of the Outcast upon The name of the Outcast covers all The Coming of the day of God 423 VII. The hope of eighteen hundred The fate of the Saviour's mission Pope George of England and his
VIII. The Council of Freemen 425
Washington, Adams, Rush, Franklin, The word “Independence” first IX. The Battle of the Pen 427 The author—his garret—the battle “Common Sense” in a book 428 The name of the Stranger 429 X. The Author-Soldier 429 He follows the Army of Washington The libeller of the dead 429 X. The People and the Criminal 430 A King on Trial; his Crime, treason King George, guilty of treason and Thomas Paine pleads for the life XI. King Guillotine 433 Death of Louis and Marie The offerings to the bloody Majesty XII. Truth from the carnage 434 The principle of the French Revolution The hideous murders that have been The Reign of Terror contrasted with XIII. The Reign of the King of The chamber in the palace 436 `The orange-faced dandy' and his XIV. The fall of King Guillotine 437 The Hall of the National Assembly— The Death of the King of the reign XV. The Bible 439 The Palace-Prison of the Luxemburg Genius profaned in the “Age of
The beauty, tenderness, truth of The mistake of Thomas Paine 442 My motives in the discussion of his Christianity not the dogma of a creed XVI. The death-bed of Thomas Paine 445 A dying old man 445 The hyena-fang of the bigot, enters A Quaker speaks Hope! to the `No grave for your bones, in Christian He dies 447 While we pity the Deist, we should XVII. Review of the History 449 XVIII. The last day of Jefferson and The fourth of July, 1826 449 Fifty years after the Great Day 450 The Home of Quincy 451 The Death of John Adams 452 The Hermitage of Monticello 453 The Death of Thomas Jefferson 454 A miracle 454 A dark contrast 454 XIX. The nameless death 455 The Prison 455 The Prisoner 456 An infamous law, upheld by pirates XX. The last of the Signers 457 Life, leaf, light mingle in Death 457 The old man dies before the Crucifix
The Violater of the Grave, The vilest Wretch 461 The man who blasphemes the Dead 462 A Traitor coated in Gold 463 The Assassin of souls 464 What is, and what is not, “well Glimpses of “Common Sense.” 466 The old malice of a Tory 468 Burke the Scyophant 469 A warning to Traitors' descendants 470 The children of the Author-Hero 471
Romance of the Revolution. I. Michael X X X: a tradition The Soldier returning home 475 The war-horse Old Legion 476 The Memory of Alice 477 Home! 478 The foreboding of death 479 The Soldier and his father 480 The Chamber of Alice 481 The curtained bed 482 The Revelation 483 The death of the white horse 484 The Covenant of Blood 485 The dream of the Godlike face 486 The bracelet of Alice 487 Alice! 488 The Revenge of the Legionary 489 Michael the soldier, and Michael the II. The ninth Hour 491 A scene in Valley Forge 491
Washington and the Sergeant 492 A strange volunteer for a work of The Bridegroom looks upon the The fear of the word, Nine 495 The last kiss 496 An old mansion in a dark dell 497 “Death to Washington!” 498 The Ordeal 499 The Spy 500 “Ah!”—how the memory of childhood A strange revelation in the history Again the fatal number—Nine! 503
Washington—Wayne—La Fayette— III. Washington's trust 504 The fallen goblet 505 An half hour of suspense—the guests The Bride and Bridegroom alone 506 The Ninth hour of the Ninth Day The Sight which Washington
IV. The Preacher-General 509 Sabbath Noon—the Church of St. The Sacrament 510 Strange words from a Preacher 511 Beneath the Gown, or Hero's heart 512 The Preacher-General 513 His adventure 514 Yorktown 514 Who was the Preacher-General 515 V Trenton, or the footstep in the The Poetry of Home 516 The footstep in the Snow 517 “Trenton!” 518 VI. A picture of Toil 519 A scene of Night, Music, Romance 520 The true Nobleman of God 521 VII. The Rest of the Pilgrim 522 The Jerusalem of the Soul 522 The Rock of Wissahikon 522 Legends of the Lost-Nations of A sublime vision 523 The three Empires 524 Legends of the golden and bloody The Soldier of the New Crusade 525 The Author to the reader 526 A new pilgrimage 527 | |||
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