 | John Malcolm Forbes Ludlow - 1889 - 288 strani
...wrote, speaking of military arrangements, ' Such a dearth of public spirit, and such want of virtue, such stock-jobbing and fertility in all the low arts to obtain advantages of one kind or another ... I never saw before, and pray God's mercy that I may never be witness to again.' Such ' a mercenary... | |
 | Maine Historical Society - 1890 - 514 strani
...anxiety. In a letter to Joseph Reed, he wrote : " Such a dearth of public spirit and such want of virtue ; such stock-jobbing and fertility in all the low arts...change of military arrangement, I never saw before, and I pray God's mercy that I may never be witness to again. . . Could I have foreseen what I have... | |
 | Maine Historical Society - 1890 - 504 strani
...Joseph Reed, he wrote : " Such a dearth of public spirit and such want of virtue ; such stock- jobbing and fertility in all the low arts to obtain advantages...change of military arrangement, I never saw before, and I pray God's mercy that I may never be witness to again. . . Could I have foreseen what I have... | |
 | Maine Historical Society - 1890 - 500 strani
...In a letter to Joseph Reed, he wrote : " Such a dearth of public spirit and siu-h want of virtue ; such stock-jobbing and fertility in all the low arts...to obtain advantages of one kind or another in this O great change of military arrangement, I never saw before, and I pray God's mercy that I may never... | |
 | William Edward Hartpole Lecky - 1893 - 524 strani
...few lines from a letter of Nov. 28, 1775. ' Such a dearth of public spirit, and such want of virtue, such stockjobbing and fertility in all the low arts...change of military arrangement, I never saw before, and pray God's mercy that I may never be witness to again. . . . I have been obliged to allow furloughs... | |
 | Goldwin Smith - 1893 - 366 strani
...Boston, 28th November. 1775, he writes : " Such a dearth of public spirit and such want of virtue, such stock-jobbing and fertility in all the low arts...change of military arrangement, I never saw before, and pray God's mercy that I may never be witness to again." This wail runs through his letters, growing... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1893 - 668 strani
...and such want of virtue, such stock-jobbing, and fertility in all the low arts to obtain advantage of one kind or another in this great change of military arrangement, I never saw before, and I pray God's mercy that I may never be witness to again. What will be the end of these manoeuvres... | |
 | Charles Cooper King - 1894 - 306 strani
...but disaster and defeat. As he wrote to Eeed : " Such dearth of public spirit, such want of virtue, such stock-jobbing and fertility in all the low arts to obtain advantages of one kind or another in the great change of military arrangement, I never saw before, and I pray God's mercy that I may never... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1896 - 668 strani
...and such want of virtue, such stock-jobbing, and fertility in all the low arts to obtain advantage of one kind or another in this great change of military arrangement, I never saw before, and I pray God's mercy that I may never be witness to again. What will be the end of these manoeuvres... | |
 | William Edward Hartpole Lecky - 1898 - 546 strani
...few lines from a letter of Nov. 28, 1775. ' Such a dearth of public spirit, and such want of virtue, such stockjobbing and fertility in all the low arts...change of military arrangement, I never saw before, and pray God's mercy that I may never be witness to again. . . . I have been obliged to allow furloughs... | |
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Such a dearth of public spirit, and such want of virtue, such stock-jobbing, and fertility in all the low arts to obtain advantages of one kind or another, in this great change of military arrangement, I never saw before, and pray God's mercy that I may... 
