 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.  Life of George Washington - Stran 95avtor: Washington Irving - 1869Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
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