 Could I have foreseen what I have experienced and am likely to experience, no consideration upon earth should have induced me to accept this command," No one drew closer to Washington in this time of his troubles and perplexities than General Greene.  Life of George Washington - Stran 101avtor: Washington Irving - 1885Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Mary Agnes Best - 1925 - 400 strani
...all be surprised at any disaster that may happen. Could I have foreseen what I have experienced ... no consideration upon earth should have induced me to accept this command. ... It grieves me to see so little of that patriotic spirit which I was taught to believe was characteristic... | |
 | Rupert Hughes - 1927 - 746 strani
...run me into one evil whilst I am endeavoring to avoid another; but the lesser must be chosen. ence, no consideration upon earth should have induced me to accept this command. A regiment or any subordinate department would have been accompanied with ten times the satisfaction,... | |
 | Owen Wister - 1928 - 298 strani
...will be prevailed upon to stay no longer than their terms. . . . Could I have f orseen what I have, and am likely to experience, no consideration upon...earth should have induced me to accept this command . . . but we must bear up ... and make the best of mankind as they are, since we can not have them... | |
 | George Washington - 1931 - 684 strani
...am endeavoring to avoid another; but the lesser must be chosen. Could I have foreseen what I have, and am likely to experience, no consideration upon...earth should have induced me to accept this command. A regiment or any subordinate department would have been accompanied with ten times the satisfaction,... | |
 | 2004 - 320 strani
...words, though he never allowed himself the actions of despair: "Could I have foreseen what I have, and am likely to experience, no consideration upon...earth should have induced me to accept this command." The coming of relief was so slow and gradual as to be hardly appreciable. In the spring of 1778 there... | |
 | Erna Risch - 1981 - 492 strani
...never saw before and pray God I may never be witness to again. . . . Could I have foreseen what I have, and am likely to experience, no consideration upon Earth should have induced me to accept this command.2 Despite the small number who were willing to enlist — a persistent problem throughout the... | |
 | Richard N. Rosenfeld - 1998 - 1012 strani
...should not be at all surprised at any disaster that may happen . . . Could I have foreseen what I have & am likely to experience, no consideration upon Earth should have induced me to accept this Command . . . Powder is also so much wanted that nothing without it can be done..."8 Wednesday, November 29,... | |
 | Alan Axelrod - 2000 - 426 strani
...never saw before, and pray God I may never be witness to again .... Could I have foreseen what I have, and am likely to experience, no consideration upon...earth should have induced me to accept this command." —George Washington in a letter, November 28, 1775 By January 14, 1776, only 8,212 men of the 20,370... | |
 | John E. Ferling - 2002 - 430 strani
...confessed to an aide that had he foreseen the mountainous difficulties he would find within his own army, "no consideration upon Earth should have induced me to accept this Command." Only when the first snow of the season fell in December, and intelligence reports reached his desk... | |
 | Merrill Jensen - 2004 - 754 strani
...this would "destroy the little subordination" he had achieved. "Could I have foreseen what I have, and am likely to experience, no consideration upon...earth should have induced me to accept this command." 13 On New Year's Day 1776, Washington issued a general order proclaiming the "commencement to the new... | |
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