 | Frederic Gregory Forsyth - 1906 - 138 strani
...people of the democracy: "Such a dearth of public spirit and such a 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 see again !" At this time and up to 1778,... | |
 | Arthur Johnston - 1908 - 316 strani
...year, to a correspondent he complained: " Such a dearth of public spirit and such a 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. . . . And such a mercenary spirit pervades... | |
 | Arthur Johnston - 1908 - 318 strani
...year, to a correspondent he complained : " Such a dearth of public spirit and such a 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. . . . And such a mercenary spirit pervades... | |
 | George Washington - 1908 - 500 strani
...diligent. Such a dearth of public "^ spirit, and want of virtue, such stock-jobbing, and fertility in all low arts to obtain advantages of one kind or another,...change of military arrangement, I never saw before, and pray God I may never be witness to again. What will be the ultimate end of these manreuvers is... | |
 | 1917 - 388 strani
...discouragement. In one of his letters he says : " 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 ... I may never be witness to again." By January 1, 1776, the new Continental army was... | |
 | Walter Neale - 1910 - 162 strani
...wrote to Congress and to his subordinates. " 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. What will be the end of these mano3uvre... | |
 | Walter Neale - 1910 - 160 strani
...to his subordinates. " 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 pray God's mercy that I may never be witness to again. What will be the end of these manoeuvre... | |
 | A. Wyatt Tilby - 1911 - 460 strani
...indignation : ' such a dearth of public spirit, and such a want of virtue,' he wrote in a private letter ; ' such stock-jobbing and fertility in all the low arts...change of military arrangement, I never saw before.' But there is a force in a free community which, when it is fairly roused, is far more effective than... | |
 | Allen French - 1911 - 492 strani
...thirty-five hundred men had enlisted, he wrote: "Such a dearth of public spirit, such stock-jobbing, and such fertility in all the low arts to obtain advantages...change of military arrangement, I never saw before, and pray God's mercy I may never be witness to again." A week later he found himself under obligations... | |
 | A. Wyatt Tilby - 1912 - 500 strani
...indignation : ' such a dearth of public spirit, and such a want of virtue,' he wrote in a private letter ; ' such stock-jobbing and fertility in all the low arts...change of military arrangement, I never saw before.' But there is a force in a free community which, when it is fairly roused, is far more effective than... | |
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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... 
