The supplicating tears of the women and moving petitions of the men melt me into such deadly sorrow, that I solemnly declare, if I know my own mind, I could offer myself a willing sacrifice to the butchering enemy, provided that would contribute to the... Life of George Washington - Stran 232avtor: Washington Irving - 1900Celotni ogled - O knjigi
| John Marshall - 1804 - 648 strani
...account here. " The supplicating tears of the women, and moving petitions of the men, melt me with such deadly sorrow, that I solemnly declare, if I...provided that would contribute to the people's ease." Colonel Washington had been prevented from taking post at fort Cumberland, (the extreme position towards... | |
| John Marshall - 1804 - 654 strani
...account here. . " The supplicating tears of the women, and moving petitions of the men, melt me with such deadly sorrow, that I solemnly declare, if I...provided that would contribute to the people's ease." Colonel Washington had been preventedfrom taking post at fort Cumberland, (the extreme position towards... | |
| John Marshall - 1804 - 562 strani
...account here. ** The supplicating tears of the women, and moving petitions of the men, melt me with such deadly sorrow, that I solemnly declare, if I know my own mind, I eould offer myself a willingsacrifice to the butchering enemy, provided that would contribute to the... | |
| David Ramsay - 1807 - 396 strani
...governor, he observed, " the supplicating tears of the women, and moving petitions of the men, melt me with such deadly sorrow, that I solemnly declare, if I...provided that would contribute to the people's ease." Virginia presented a frontier of three hundred and sixty miles, exposed to- these incursions. Hard... | |
| Aaron Bancroft - 1807 - 576 strani
...account here. " The supplicating tears of the women, and moving petitions of the men, melt me with such deadly sorrow, that I solemnly declare, if I...sacrifice to the butchering enemy, provided that would conduce to the people's ease." The inefficiency of the militia he thus pourtrays. " The inhabitants... | |
| Aaron Bancroft - 1808 - 604 strani
...account here. " The supplicating tears of the women, and moving petitions of the men, melt me with such deadly sorrow, that I solemnly declare, if I...sacrifice to the butchering enemy, provided that would conduce to the people's ease." The inefficiency of the militia he thus pourtrays, " The inhabitants... | |
| 1809 - 574 strani
...account here. '.' The supplicating tears of the women, and the moving petitions of the men, melt me with such deadly sorrow, that I solemnly declare, if I...sacrifice to the butchering enemy, provided that would conduce to the people's ease.' demned ; left to act and proceed at hazard ; accountable for the •... | |
| Joseph Delaplaine - 1815 - 314 strani
...he observes, in a communication to the governor, "and the moving petitions of the men, melt me with such deadly sorrow, that I solemnly declare, if I...enemy, provided that would contribute to the people's case." It was at this moment of alarm and peril, that Peyton Randolph stepped forward, with several... | |
| Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 546 strani
...here.' And he adds, ' the supplicating tears of the women, and moving petitions of the men, melt me with such deadly sorrow, that I solemnly declare, if I...provided that would contribute to the people's ease.' Such representations as these, at length, induced the assembly to resolve, that the Virginia regiment... | |
| Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 552 strani
...women, and moving petitions of the men, melt me with such deadly sorrow, that I solemnly declare, if 1 know my own mind, I could offer myself a willing sacrifice...provided that would contribute to the people's ease.' Such representations as these, at length, induced the assembly to resolve, that the Virginia regiment... | |
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