The supplicating tears of the women and moving petitions of the men melt me into such deadly sorrow that I solemnly declare, if I know my own mind, I could offer myself a willing sacrifice to the butchering enemy, provided that would contribute to the... The life of George Washington - Seite 39von John Marshall - 1804Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Washington Irving - 1857 - 1384 Seiten
...sorrow, that I solemnly declare, if I know my own mind, I could offer myself a •willing sacrifice to the butchering enemy, provided that would contribute to the people's ease." The unstudied eloquence of this letter drew from the governor an instant order for a militia force... | |
| Wills De Hass - 1851 - 438 Seiten
...deadly sorrow that I solemnly declare, if I know my own mind, I could offer myself a willing sacrifice to the butchering enemy, provided that would contribute to the people's ease." SO long as the French were permitted to hold their position at the head of the Ohio. Notwithstanding... | |
| Henry Howe - 1852 - 614 Seiten
...deadly sorrow, that I solemnly declare, if I know my own mind, I could offer myself a willing sacrifice to the butchering enemy, provided that would contribute to the people's ease." These agonizing sensations were heightened by base calumnies against the army, and indirectly against... | |
| John Frost - 1853 - 624 Seiten
...deadly sorrow that I solemnly declare, if I know my own mind, I could offer myself a willing sacrifice to the butchering enemy, provided that would contribute to the people's ease." Immediately on his return from the fatal field of Monongahela, Washington had been appointed to the... | |
| Timothy Shay Arthur, William Henry Carpenter - 1853 - 354 Seiten
...deadly sorrow, that I solemnly declare, if I know my own mind, I could offer myself a willing sacrifice to the butchering enemy, provided th,at would contribute to the people's ease." As the only remedy for disasters which threatened, otherwise, the inevitable destruction of all the... | |
| Charles Wentworth Upham - 1856 - 422 Seiten
...deadly sorrow, that I solemnly declare, if I know my own mind, I could offer myself a willing sacrifice to the butchering enemy, provided that would contribute to the people's ease." In addition to all his other trials and troubles, at this lime, there was a secret conspiracy around... | |
| J. T. Headley - 1856 - 520 Seiten
...deadly sorrow, that I solemnly declare, if I know my own mind, I could offer myself a willing sacrifice to the butchering enemy, provided that would contribute to the people's ease." It was enough to move a heart of etone, to see that young man, only twenty-four years of age, burning... | |
| Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1857 - 594 Seiten
...deadly sorrow, that I solemnly declare, if I know my own mind, I could offer myself a willing sacrifice to the butchering enemy, provided that would contribute to the people's ease." Some difficult questions of subordination arising in the course of the confused and obstructed preparations... | |
| E. Cecil - 1859 - 292 Seiten
...deadly sorrow, that I solemnly declare, if I know my own mind, I could offer myself a willing sacrifice to the butchering enemy, provided that would contribute to the people's ease." On receiving this letter, the Governor immediately ordered out the militia. Lord Fairfax, Washington's... | |
| Washington Irving - 1859 - 498 Seiten
...deadly sorrow, that I solemnly declare, if I know my own mind, I could offer myself a willing sacrifice to the butchering enemy, provided that would contribute to the people's ease." The unstudied eloquence of this letter drew from the governor an instant order for a militia force... | |
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