 How easily I could get rid of this and be at rest. I have only to ride along the line and all will be over. But it is our duty to live. What will become of the women and children of the South, if we are not here to protect them?  The Life and Campaigns of General Lee - Stran 319avtor: Edward Lee Childe - 1875 - 336 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
 | 1911 - 994 strani
...to ride along the lines and all will be over. But,' he quickly added, 'it is our duty to live, for what will become of the women and children of the South if we are not here to support and protect them?' So the decision had to be made. And he made it. ' Then there is nothing... | |
 | John Esten Cooke - 1871 - 684 strani
...be over ! " He was silent for a short time after uttering these words, and then added, with a heavy sigh : " But it is our duty to live. What will become...children of the South, if we are not here to protect them ? " The moment had now come when the fate of the retreat was to be decided. To General Gordon, who... | |
 | 1873 - 610 strani
...after a brief silence, he added, with a sigh, ' It is our duty to live. What will become of the wives and ' children of the South if we are not here to protect them? So saying, he sent in his flag of truce without further hesitation to Grant. The coming action was... | |
 | Charles Cornwallis Chesney - 1874 - 436 strani
...after a brief silence, he added, with a sigh, ' It is our duty to live. What will become of the wives and children of the South if we are not here to protect them ? ' So saying, he sent in his flag of truce without further hesitation to Grant. The coming action... | |
 | Lee Memorial Association - 1883 - 92 strani
...to ride along the lines, and all will be over." But he quickly added : " It is our duty to live, for what will become of the women and children of the South if we are not here to protect them ?" And as the thought of his country vas thus uppermost and controlling in the awful hour of surrender,... | |
 | Lee Memorial Association - 1883 - 92 strani
...to ride along the lines, and all will be over." But he quickly added : " It is our duty to live, for what will become of the women and children of the South if we are not here to protect them ?" And as the thought of his country vas thus uppermost and controlling in the awful hour of surrender,... | |
 | Lizzie Cary Daniel - 1893 - 296 strani
...after a brief silence, he added with a sigh, " It is our duty to live. What will become of the wives and children of the South if we are not here to protect them." So saying, he sent his flag of truce without further hesitation to Grant. It is not to be expected... | |
 | Henry Alexander White - 1897 - 648 strani
...get rid of this, and be at rest," he said. " I have only to ride along the line and all will be over. But it is our duty to live. What will become of the...of the South, if we are not here to protect them." His sadness was lighted up with a faint touch of humour at his own personal display when he arrayed... | |
 | Clement Anselm Evans - 1899 - 764 strani
...easily I could get rid of this and be at rest. I have only to ride along the line and all will be over. But it is our duty to live. What will become of the...the South, if we are not here to protect them? " At about this time he received, in reply to his of the 8th, the following note, of the gth, from General... | |
 | John William Jones - 1906 - 504 strani
...to ride along the lines, and all will be over. But," he quickly added, "it is our duty to live, for what will become of the women and children of the South if we are not here to support and protect them!" Capt. Robert E. Lee, Jr., gives this glimpse of his father after Appomattox... | |
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