 and received the weary, affrighted men. ;; They were so much exhausted with fatigue," says a British historian, "that they were obliged to lie down for rest on the ground, their tongues hanging out of their mouths like those of dogs after a chase.  Pamphlets. American History - Stran 1341875Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Léon Chotteau - 1876 - 462 strani
...dc 2,000 hommes. Enfin, aprèc avoir essuyé do nornbrousecescarmouches, ils rcntrèrent I Boston, ¿their tongues hanging out of their mouths like those of dogs after a chase, ¿ la langue pendant hors do Ia bouche comme des chiens aprèe la chasse. lbs laissaientdernière cix... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1877 - 660 strani
...fugitives. Many of the soldiers fell upon the ground completely overcome with fatigue, some of them "with their tongues hanging out of their mouths, like those of dogs after a chase." Percy dared not tarry long, for the woods were swarming with Minute-men. After brief rest and partaking... | |
 | John Jacob Anderson - 1880 - 372 strani
...cannon kept the Americans at bay, Percy formed his men into a square, enclosing the fugitives, who lay down for rest on the ground, ' their tongues hanging...of their mouths like those of dogs after a chase.' Delay to the British was sure to prove ruinous. Aware of his peril, Percy, resting but half an hour,... | |
 | John Jacob Anderson - 1881 - 408 strani
...cannon kept the Americans at bay, Percy formed his men into a square, enclosing the fugitives, who lay down for rest on the ground, ' their tongues hanging...of their mouths like those of dogs after a chase.' Delay to the British was sure to prove ruinous. Aware of his peril, Percy, resting but half an hoiir,... | |
 | Eben Greenough Scott - 1882 - 368 strani
...square, which, under Lord Percy, had been prudently drawn up to receive them. Here they threw themselves on the ground, " their tongues hanging out of their mouths like those of dogs after a chase," said an eyewitness.' But little time could be afforded for rest, and the sorebeset and weary column... | |
 | 1875 - 980 strani
...latitile," the British historian, Stcdman, writes, li!ic\ «ere obliged to lu- down lor rest on the giound, their tongues hanging out of their mouths, like those of dogs after a chase." For a short time there was now a legation of battle; bnt the tioops committed the most reckless destruction... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1884 - 484 strani
...kept the Americans at bay, Percy formed his detachment into a square, enclosing the fugitives, who lay down for rest on the ground, " their tongues hanging...of their mouths like those of dogs after a chase." After the junction of the fugitives with Percy, the troops under his command amounted to fully two... | |
 | John Jacob Anderson - 1885 - 412 strani
...timely arrival of the re-enforcement which had been sent for. These iormed a hollow square at Lexington, and received the weary, affrighted men. 'They were...ground, their tongues hanging out of their mouths like doga after a chase.' "—Rev. Alex. McKenzie. 2. Death of Warren (p. 71), t 21).—" After meeting... | |
 | William Willder Wheildon - 1885 - 48 strani
...Stedman says, when the retreating troops reached Lexington, "they were so much exhausted with fatigue that they were obliged to lie down for rest on the...ground, their tongues hanging out of their mouths, like thole of dogs after a chase." [Things were worse at Charlestown: they had all travelled from twenty... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1885 - 490 strani
...kept the Americans at bay, Percy formed his detachment into a square, enclosing the fugitives, who lay down for rest on the ground, " their tongues hanging...of their mouths like those of dogs after a chase." After the junction of the fugitives with Percy, the troops under his command amounted to fully two... | |
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