 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
 | Arthur Johnston - 1908 - 318 strani
...military arrangement, I never saw before, and pray God's mercy that I may never be witness to again. . . . And such a mercenary spirit pervades the whole that...earth should have induced me to accept this command."* After some three years of similar experience, Washington declared : " If I were called upon to draw... | |
 | William Henry Stewart - 1908 - 248 strani
...utterly disgusted him, and he trembled at the prospect before him. On November 28, 1775, he said: " Could I have foreseen what I have experienced and...earth should have induced me to accept this command." It was hard for an officer of such patriotism to realize that any soldier could be governed by any... | |
 | George Washington - 1908 - 500 strani
...endeavoring to avoid another; but the lesser must be chosen. Could I have foreseen what I have, aniS am likely to experience, no consideration upon earth should have induced me to accept this comamnd. A regiment or any subordinate department would have been accompanied with ten times the satisfaction,... | |
 | Martin Ignatius Joseph Griffin - 1909 - 158 strani
...never be witness to again. . . . Could I have forseen what I have HANDWRITING OF MOYLAN and am like 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 Moylan's Letters.... | |
 | Josephus Nelson Larned - 1911 - 336 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." But he seems after this to have nerved himself to the endurance of anything and everything that might... | |
 | John McFarland Kennedy - 1914 - 430 strani
...saw before, and I pray God's mercy that I may never be witness to again. I tremble at the prospect. Could I have foreseen what I have experienced and...earth should have induced me to accept this command." While it is generally acknowledged that the war was inevitable, it must be remembered that it was inevitable... | |
 | 1914 - 594 strani
...before, and pray God's mercy that I may never be witness to again. * * * I tremble at the prospect. * * * Could I have foreseen what I have experienced and...earth should have induced me to accept this command." It was under such circumstances and such conditions that the American commanderin-chief conducted the... | |
 | Lionel Curtis - 1917 - 788 strani
...indulge as many more. . . . Such a mercenary spirit pervades the whole, that I should not be at all surprised at any disaster that may happen. . . . Could...consideration upon earth should have induced me to accept this command.'2 ' No troops,' he writes elsewhere, ' were ever better provided or higher paid ; yet their... | |
 | Michael Joseph O'Brien - 1919 - 642 strani
...mercenary spirit," wrote Washington in another place, "pervades the whole, that I should not at all be surprised at any disaster that may happen. . ....earth should have induced me to accept this command." J1 "No troops," he wrote in another letter, "were ever better provided or higher paid, yet their backwardness... | |
 | Michael Joseph O'Brien - 1919 - 650 strani
...mercenary spirit," wrote Washington in another place, "pervades the whole, that I should not at all be surprised at any disaster that may happen. . ....consideration upon earth should have induced me to accept this command."11 "No troops," he wrote in another letter, "were ever better provided or higher paid, yet... | |
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