that instead of pushing on with vigor, without regarding a little rough road, they were halting to level every molehill, and to erect bridges over every brook, by which means we were four days in getting twelve miles. Life of George Washington - Stran 167avtor: Washington Irving - 1860Celotni ogled - O knjigi
| John Burk - 1805 - 490 strani
...laments it in a letter to his brother. " 1 found," said he, " that instead of pushing on with vigour, without regarding a little rough road, they were halting...mole- hill, and to erect bridges over every brook. "f • Life of t Ibidem. IT took up nearly one month to complete the remainder oi the jourr-ey, a distance... | |
| 734 strani
...advice, four days were consumed in a march of nineteen miles, " and instead of pushing on with vigour, without regarding a little rough road, they were halting to level every mole hill, and to erect bridge* over every brook." During the unfortunate skirmish at Monongahela, Washington assisted in person,... | |
| Aaron Bancroft - 1808 - 584 strani
...the enterprising spirit of his American aid. In a letter written at the moment, he says, " I found that instead of pushing on with vigor, without regarding...mole hill, and to erect bridges over every brook." In four days they advanced only nineteen miles. The indisposition of Colonel Washington now became... | |
| Aaron Bancroft - 1808 - 604 strani
...American aid. In a letter written at the moment, he says, " I found that instead of pushing on. \vi«h vigor, without regarding a little rough road, they...mole hill, and to erect bridges over every brook," In four days they advanced only nineteen miles. The indisposition of Colonel Washington now became... | |
| 1832 - 564 strani
...Washington, in a letter to his brother, written during the march, " that instead of pushing on with vigour, without regarding a little rough road, they were halting to level every molehill, and to erect bridges over every brook." By these means they employed four days in reaching... | |
| George Washington - 1834 - 574 strani
...at the time. But this prospect was soon clouded, and my hopes brought very low indeed, when I found, that, instead of pushing on with vigor, without regarding...little rough road, they were halting to level every molehill, and to erect bridges over every brook, by which means we were four days in getting twelve... | |
| George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1834 - 574 strani
...at the time. But this prospect was soon clouded, and my hopes brought very low indeed, when I found, that, instead of pushing on with vigor, without regarding...little rough road, they were halting to level every molehill, and to erect bridges over every brook, by which means we were four days in getting twelve... | |
| Robert W. Lincoln - 1836 - 530 strani
...with the celerity that had been expected. "I found," said Washington, in a letter to his brother, " that instead of pushing on with vigor, without regarding...mole hill, and to erect bridges over every brook." They were four days in passing over .the first nineteen miles from the Little Meadows. Here the sickness... | |
| Robert W. Lincoln - 1842 - 610 strani
...with the celerity that had been expected. " I found," said Washington, in a letter to his brother, " that instead of pushing on with vigor, without regarding...mole hill, and to erect bridges over every brook." They were four days in passing over the first nineteen miles from the Little Meadows. • Here the... | |
| Jacob K. Neff - 1845 - 642 strani
...letter written during the march, to his brother, " I found that instead of pushing on with vigour, without regarding a little rough road, they were halting to level every mole-hill, and to erect bridges over every brook." At the end of four days they were only nineteen... | |
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