 In one word, I would not take any risk of being entangled upon the river, like an ox jumped half over a fence and liable to be torn by dogs front and rear without a fair chance to gore one way or kick the other.  Complete Works - Stran 12avtor: Abraham Lincoln - 1894Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Wayne Whipple - 1908 - 762 strani
...June, 1863, Lincoln warns General Hooker not to run any risk of being entangled on the Rappahannock " like an ox jumped half over a fence and liable to...without a fair chance to gore one way or kick the other. " On the loth he warns Hooker not to go south of the Rappahannock upon Lee's moving north of it. "... | |
 | Wayne Whipple - 1908 - 828 strani
...June, 1863, Lincoln warns General Hooker not to run any risk of being entangled on the Rappahannock " like an ox jumped half over a fence and liable to...without a fair chance to gore one way or kick the other. " On the loth he warns Hooker not to go south of the Rappahannock upon Lee's moving north of it. "... | |
 | Richard Watson Gilder - 1909 - 196 strani
...those who have been for ages dead are kept alive in the memories of men by an immortal art. tangled upon the river like an ox jumped half over a fence...front and rear without a fair chance to gore one way and kick the other." It was also to Hooker that he wrote: " Only those generals who gain successes... | |
 | Ripley Hitchcock - 1909 - 464 strani
...its best in these days. To Hooker, meditating movements along and across the Rappahannock, he wrote: "I would not take any risk of being entangled upon...jumped half over a fence, and liable to be torn by dogs in front and rear without a fair chance to gore one way or kick the other." ' And again: "If the head... | |
 | Godfrey Rathbone Benson Baron Charnwood - 1917 - 508 strani
...thought of himself going south of it and attacking Richmond. Lincoln dissuaded him, since he might be " entangled upon the river, like an ox jumped half over a fence " ; he could not take Richmond for weeks, and his communications might be cut; besides, Lincoln added,... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1920 - 362 strani
...point, while his main force would in some way be getting an advantage of you northward. In one word, I would not take any risk of being entangled upon...without a fair chance to gore one way or kick the other. If Lee would come to my side of the river, I would keep on the same side, and fight him or act on the... | |
 | Walter Gaston Shotwell - 1923 - 398 strani
...there, while the main column would be getting an advantage in the north. ' In other words,' he wrote, ' I would not take any risk of being entangled upon...a fair chance to gore one way or kick the other.' With this homely advice Lincoln turned the communication over to Halleck, who suggested that Hooker... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1906 - 524 strani
...getting an advantage of you northward. In one word, I would not take any risk of being entangled up on the river like an ox jumped half over a fence and...and rear without a fair chance to gore one way or to kick the other. If Lee would come to my side of the river I would keep on the same side and fight... | |
 | Daniel Kilham Dodge - 1924 - 198 strani
...word, I would not take any risk of being entangled upon the river, like an ox jumped half over the fence, and liable to be torn by dogs front and rear...a fair chance to gore one way or kick the other." The following examples are taken at random, most of them, like the two just quoted, being from the... | |
 | Clarence Edward Noble Macartney - 1925 - 256 strani
...point, while his main force would in some way be getting an advantage of you northward. In one word, I would not take any risk of being entangled upon...without a fair chance to gore one way or kick the other. If Lee should come to my side of the river, I would keep on the same side, and fight him or act on... | |
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