The Old Bell of Independence; Or, Philadelphia in 1776. Henry Clay Watson

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СКАЧАТЬ prisoners. Only half-a-dozen were killed by fire-arms. The lake was examined at sunrise, and fifteen bodies were drawn from its remorseless bosom. The remainder, McPherson among them, escaped."

      "That Nick Odell was nearly equal to old Nick himself in stratagems," said Wilson, when Smith had concluded.

      "It's a wonder the men didn't freeze to death under the snow," said Morton. "I think I should have been opposed to trying such a way of disposing of myself."

      "Oh! there 's no doubt about its keeping you warm," said old Harmar.

      "How can cold snow keep men warm?" enquired Thomas Jefferson Harmar.

      "I suppose," answered Higgins, "that it's much like blowing your warm breath on anything hot to cool it."

      As nobody seemed disposed to contradict this explanation, old Higgins took it for granted that he was correct; and Thomas Jefferson was satisfied.

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      "Now," said young Harmar, who, as a literary gentleman, was anxious to collect as many incidents of the Revolution as he could from these old men; "now, Mr. Higgins, you must oblige us by recalling something of your experience."

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