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William Blake

Does the Eagle know what is in the pit?

Or wilt thou go ask the Mole:

Can Wisdom be put in a silver rod?

Or Love in a golden bowl?

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One who, or that which, accelerates.

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CHAPTER XIII.

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anding of :he British on Long Island ; Battle of Brooklyn ; the American Forces Driven from LongIsland ; Occupation of New Yoik by the British ; Washington's Encampment at Harlem Height*—at White Plains, Storming of Fort Washington ; the Retreat through New Jersey; Capture ofGeneral Lee; Condition of Prisoners; Lake Champlain— Destruction of the American Vewels;Generosity of Carleton; Rhode Island Seized by the British, 870 |2 CONTENTS. CHAPTER XTV. PAO» Congress at Baltirmre; Army Organization; Powers Conferred upon Washington; Passage of theDelaware, and Recovery of Trenton; Battle of Princeton; End of the Campaign; Marauding Par-ties ; Negotiation with European Powers ; Foreign Officers in the American Service, 274