 ... be appointed commander-in-chief. Whether he thought an election a compliment due to him, and intended to have the honor of declining it, or whether he would have accepted it, I know not. To the compliment, he had some pretensions ; for, at that time,...  Life of George Washingtonavtor: Washington Irving - 1873Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Washington Irving - 1857 - 1384 strani
...compliment, he had some pretensions ; for, at that time, his exertions, sacrifices, and general merits in the cause of his country, had been incomparably greater...Congress. The active interest he had manifested in the cause was well known, and the public had an almost extravagant idea of his military qualifications.... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1855 - 566 strani
...compliment, he had some pretensions ; for, at that time, his exertions, sacrifices, and general merits in the cause of his country, had been incomparably greater...Congress. The active interest he had manifested in the cause was well known, and the public had an almost extravagant idea of his military qualifications.... | |
 | Henry Flanders - 1855 - 682 strani
...compliment he had some pretensions, for, at that time, his exertions, sacrifices, and general merits in the cause of his country, had been incomparably greater...officer, were decisive objections to him in my mind. In canvassing this subject out of doors, I found, too, that even among the delegates of Virginia there... | |
 | John Stetson Barry - 1857 - 488 strani
...^^_ account of his exertions, sacrifices, and general merits in the 1776. cause of his country," tfce "delicacy of his health, and his entire want of experience in actual service," were pleaded as objections against his appointment. Nor would it have been politic on the part of his... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1859 - 498 strani
...compliment he had some pretensions; for, at that time, his exertions, sacrifices, and general merits in the cause of his country had been incomparably greater...officer, were decisive objections to him in my mind." The opinion evidently inclined in favour of Washington, yet it was promoted by no clique of partisans... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1860 - 482 strani
...compliment,' he had some pretensions ; for, at that time, his exertions, sacrifices, and general merits in the cause of his country, had been incomparably greater...Congress. The active interest he had manifested in the cause was well known, and the public had an almost extravagant idea of his military qualifications.... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1860 - 492 strani
...had some pretensions ; for, at that time, his exertions, sacrifices, and general merits in the causo of his country, had been incomparably greater than...Congress. The active interest he had manifested in the cause was well known, and the public had an almost extravagant idea of his military qualifications.... | |
 | George Washington Parke Custis - 1860 - 670 strani
...compliment ne had some pretensions ; for, at that time, his exertions, saerifices, and general merits in the cause of his country, had been incomparably greater...of his health, and his entire want of experience in aetual service, though an excellent militia officer, were decisive objeetions to him in my mind. In... | |
 | John Adams, Charles Francis Adams - 1865 - 580 strani
...compliment he had some pretensions, for, at that time, his exertions, sacrifices, and general merits in the cause of his country had been incomparably greater...officer, were decisive objections to him in my mind. In canvassing this subject, out of doors, I found too that even among the delegates of Virginia there... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1870 - 570 strani
...sacrifices, and general merits in the cause of his country, had been incomparably greater than (hose of Colonel Washington. But the delicacy of his health,...Congress. The active interest he had manifested in the cause was well known, and the public had au almost extravagant idea of his military qualifications.... | |
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