 | Thomas Hunter - 1884 - 670 strani
...stick on the shores of the Brest, it would cause Europe to ruu to arms from one end to the other. 16. I heard the bullets whistle, and believe me there is something charming in the sound. 17. To be prepared for war is one of the mo*st effectual ways of preserving peace. 18. First in war,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1887 - 666 strani
...fire. A few days after, in a letter to one of his brothers, Washington made his often-quoted remark, "I heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound." This remark reached the ears of George II., who dryly observed, " He would not say so if he had been... | |
 | Virginia Frances Townsend - 1887 - 318 strani
...THS NEW ?:;BLIC This speech — so Horace Walpole relates — was afterward repeated to George II. "He would not say so, if he had been used to hear many," was the king's significant comment. He, at least, could speak from experience. The second of the monarchs... | |
 | John Fiske - 1888 - 670 strani
...A few days after, in a letter to one of his brothers, Washington made his often-quoted remark, " I heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound." This remark reached the ears of George II., who dryly observed, " He would not say so if he had been... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1888 - 596 strani
...without any wound," wrote Washington to his brother ; and in a postscript these words escaped him : " I heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound." Ten of the French were killed, among them Jumonville, the commander of the party; and twenty-one were... | |
 | 1888 - 416 strani
...other parts by diHereut pupils of the school, In the order numbered. this battle, Washington said : " I heard the bullets whistle, and believe me, there is something charming in the sound." This speech, coming to the earn of King George, he said, " He would not say so if he had been used... | |
 | Virginia Frances Townsend - 1888 - 462 strani
...commander, was killed. The Americans won the victory, and sent twenty-one prisoners to the colony. ''I heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound," Washington is reported to have written to his brother. The words do not sound like him, but he was... | |
 | 1892 - 828 strani
...slight skirmish in his early days of militaryship, he wrote to one of his brothers in these words : ''I heard the bullets whistle, and believe me, there is something charming in the sound." Horace Wai pole relates that his words wandered as far as England and were . repeated to King George... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1893 - 668 strani
...fire. A few days after, in a letter to one of his brothers, Washington made his often-quoted remark, "I heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound." This remark reached the ears of George II., who dryly observed, " He would not say so if he had been... | |
 | 1900 - 728 strani
...sitting beside the blazing camp-fire, with only the sky above him, he wrote to his mother, <( I hear the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound." For years the endeavors of the children to persuade Mrs. Washington to live with them had failed. This... | |
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I heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound. 
