I fortunately escaped without any wound; for the right wing, where I stood, was exposed to, and received, all the enemy's fire ; and it was the part where the man was killed and the rest wounded. I heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is... Life of George Washington - Stran 147avtor: Washington Irving - 1873Celotni ogled - O knjigi
| 1754 - 714 strani
...ttt Mw. iffy rTtfin ffrtt, ist»r M»g./«r J«a« /i?t rtoocf, 3 754J We Moralizing FLORIST. ftood, was exposed to, and received all the enemy's fire, and it was the part Fnm tbt WORLD, Aug. ». where the man was killed, and the reft JT has been from that fchool of natura,... | |
| George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1834 - 574 strani
...command of an experienced officer, and man of sense. It is what I have ardently wished words, — ' / heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound.' On hearing of this the king said sensibly, — ' He would not say so, if he had been used to hear many.'... | |
| Jared Sparks - 1839 - 666 strani
...on his preceding little victory, (the skirmish with Jumonville,) he concluded with these words, — 'I heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound.' On hearing of this the King said sensibly, — ' He would not say so, if he had been used to hear many.'... | |
| 1840 - 566 strani
...which Major Washington despatched on his preceding little victory, he concluded with these words : " I heard the bullets whistle, and believe me, there is something charming in the sound." On hearing of this letter, the king said sensibly, " He would not have said so, if he had used to hear... | |
| Guizot (M., François) - 1840 - 216 strani
...in which Washington, then a young major, ended the narrative of his first battle with the words, " I heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound ; " the King * Washington's Writings, Vol. II. p. 29. observed, " He would not say so, if he had been... | |
| François Guizot - 1840 - 262 strani
...and in which young Major Washington concluded a narrative of his first skirmish by these words : " I heard the bullets whistle, and believe me there is something charming in the sound." On hearing this the king said, " He would not say so, if he had been used to hear many." Washington... | |
| John Timbs - 1840 - 430 strani
...and in which young Major Washington concluded a narrative of his first skirmish by these words : " I heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound." On hearing this, the King said : " He would not say so, if he had been used to hear many." Washington... | |
| Thomas Keppel (hon.) - 1842 - 640 strani
...Major Washington dispatched on his preceding little victory, he concluded with these words : — ' 1 heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound.' On hearing of this letter, the King said sensibly, ' He would not say so if he had been used to hear... | |
| Thomas Robert Keppel - 1842 - 482 strani
...Major Washington dispatched on his preceding little victory, he concluded with these words : — ' I heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in ihr sound.' On hearing of this letter, the King said sensibly, ' He would not say so if he had been... | |
| William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1845 - 900 strani
...Washington despatched on his preceding little victory," says Walpole, " he concluded with these words, 'I heard the bullets whistle, and believe me, there is something charming in the sound.' On hearing of this, the king said sensibly, ' He would not say so if he had been used to hear many.'... | |
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