 | Benjamin Silliman - 1822 - 152 strani
...had approached nearly within swords' length, they reined up and halted; I then named the gentlemen, and General Burgoyne, raising his hat most gracefully, said ' The fortune of war, Ge* neral Gates, has made me your prisoner;' to which the conqueror, returning a courtly salute, promptly... | |
 | James Thacher - 1827 - 502 strani
...they approached nearly within sword's length, they reined up and halted. I then named the gentlemen, and General Burgoyne, raising his hat most gracefully,...General Gates, has made me your prisoner.' To which the coi qncror, returning a courtly salute, promptly replied, ' I shall always be ready to bear testimony,... | |
 | James Thacher - 1827 - 494 strani
...within sword's length, they reined up and halted. I then named the gentlemen, and General Burgoyno, raising his hat most gracefully, said, ' The fortune...General Gates, has made me your prisoner.' To which the cor queror, returning a courtly salute, promptly replied, ' I shall always be ready to bear testimony,... | |
 | James Thacher - 1827 - 506 strani
...halted. I then named the gentlemeji, and General Burgoyno, raising his hat most gracerblly, «aid, ' The fortune of war, General Gates, has made me your prisoner.' To which the corqueror, returning a courtly salute, promptly replied, 'I shall always be ready to bear testimony,... | |
 | William Leete Stone - 1838 - 568 strani
...within sword's length, they reined up and halted. I then named the gentlemen, and General Burgoync, raising his hat most gracefully, said — ' The fortune...— ' I shall always be ready to bear testimony that il has not been through any fault of your Excellency.' " should be a spectator of .the humiliation... | |
 | John Warner Barber, Henry Howe - 1842 - 652 strani
...had approached nearly within sword's length, they reined up, and halted. I then named the gentlemen, and General Burgoyne, raising his hat most gracefully, said ' The fortune of war, General Gates, has mnde me your prisoner ;' to which the conqueror, returning a courtly salute, promptly replied, ' I... | |
 | William Leete Stone - 1844 - 552 strani
...they reined up and halted. I then named the gentlemen, and General Burgoynr, raisins, his hat nio?t gracefully, said — 'The fortune of war, General...the conqueror, returning a courtly salute, promptly rrrfifd —'I shall always be, ready to hrnr testimony that it has not been through any fault ol' your... | |
 | Henry Clay Watson - 1850 - 488 strani
...length, they reined up and halted. Colonel Wilkinson then named the gentlemen, and the British commander said, ' The fortune of war, General Gates, has made me your prisoner.' Then Gates replied, complimenting him on his bravery and generalship. I could see the meeting of the... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1851 - 594 strani
...reined tip and halted. Colonel Wilkinson then named the gentlemen, and General Burgoyne, raising his hat gracefully, said, " The fortune of war, General Gates, has made me your prisoner." The victor promptly replied, " I shall always be ready to bear testimony that it has not 4 See Wilkinson.... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1851 - 606 strani
...reined up and halted. Colonel Wilkinson then named the gentlemen, and General Burgoyne, raising his hat gracefully, said, " The fortune of war, General Gates, has made me your prisoner." The victor promptly replied, " I shall always be ready to bear testimony that it has not 81 Humiliating... | |
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Burgoyne, raising his hat most gracefully, said : " The fortune of war, General Gates, has made me your prisoner ; " to which the other, returning his salute, replied, " I shall always be ready to testify that it has not been through any fault of your... 
