 ... moment ; so will every officer that was present. The interpreter was a Dutchman, little acquainted with the English tongue, therefore might not advert to the tone and meaning of the word in English ; but, whatever his motives were for so doing, certain...  The Writings of George Washington - Stran 122avtor: George Washington - 1889Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 546 strani
...therefore might not advert to the tone and meaning of the word in English; but, whatever his motives for so doing, certain it is, he called it the death,...we found it otherwise, in a literal translation.' As soon as the Virginia regiment was reinforced with some companies from North Carolina and Maryland,... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 590 strani
...therefore might not advert to the tone and meaning of the word in English; but, whatever his motives for so doing, certain it is, he called it the death,...we found it otherwise, in a literal translation.' As soon as the Virginia regiment was reinforced with some companies from North Carolina and Maryland,... | |
 | George Washington - 1847 - 574 strani
...whatever his motives were for so doing, certain it is, he called it the death, or the loss, of the Sieur Jumonville. So we received and so we understood...every horse belonging to the camp killed or taken «way during the action ; so that it was impracticable to bring any thing off, that our shoulders were... | |
 | Charles Wentworth Upham - 1856 - 422 strani
...whatever his motives were for so doing, certain it is, we called it the death, or the loss, of the Sieur Jumonville. So we received, and so we understood...mortification, we found it otherwise in a literal translation." One of Washington's officers also testified to the facts in the case in the following manner. " When... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - 1858 - 944 strani
...But whatever his motives were for so doing, certain it is he called it the death or the lose of the sieur Jumonville. So we received and so we understood...mortification, we found it otherwise in a literal translation." It is a noticeable incident of this painful reverse at the commencement of Washington's military career,... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - 1863 - 874 strani
...But whatever his motives were for so doing, certain it is he called it the death or the loss of the sieur Jumonville. So we received and so we understood...mortification, we found it otherwise in a literal translation." It is a noticeable incident of this painful reverse at the commencement of Washington's military career,... | |
 | Neville B. Craig - 1876 - 608 strani
...certain it is. he called it the death, or the loss, of the Sieur Jumonvillc. So we received, and so wo understood it, until to our great surprise and mortification,...the action ; so that it was impracticable to bring anything off that our shoulders were not able to bear; and to wait there was impossible, for we had... | |
 | Neville B. Craig - 1876 - 604 strani
...whatever his motives were for so doing, certain it is, he called it the death, or the loss, of the Sieur Jumonville. So we received, and so we understood...horses at the Meadows is certain ; that there was not oven a possibility to bring them away, is equally certain, as we had every horse belonging to the camp... | |
 | Thomas Jones - 1879 - 786 strani
...word in English ; but whatever his motives, certain it is, he called it the death, or the loss of the Sieur Jumonville. So we received and so we understood...mortification, we found it otherwise in a literal translation." 3 NOTE LIV. THE EMIGRATION AND CAREER OF FRANCIS LEWIS. Vol. //.,/. 357. AMONG the manuscripts in the... | |
 | Thomas Jones - 1879 - 792 strani
...word in English ; but whatever his motives, certain it is, he called it the death, or the loss of the Sieur Jumonville. So we received and so we understood...mortification, we found it otherwise in a literal translation."3 NOTE LIV. THE EMIGRATION AND CAREER OF FRANCIS LEWIS. Vol. If., p. 357. AMONG the manuscripts... | |
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