 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
 | Edwin Wiley, Irving Everett Rines, Albert Bushnell Hart - 1916 - 560 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."* However, Washington spared no effort to render the frontier safe from Indian attack, and shortly afterward... | |
 | Charles McClellan Stevens - 1917 - 222 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." But the Virginia newspapers very freely cast the blame for the Indian's success on the military management.... | |
 | Wayne Whipple - 1918 - 294 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." While he was riding to and from Williamsburg, the provincial capital of Virginia, and Winchester, where... | |
 | William Cecil Pendleton - 1920 - 728 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 summer and autumn of 1757 were spent by Washington in repairing the old forts and in building a... | |
 | Henry Van Dyke - 1921 - 304 Seiten
...hear him cry in passion unrestrained: "If I know my own mind, I could offer myself a living sacrifice to the butchering enemy, provided that would contribute to the people's ease. I would be a living offering to the savage fury and die by inches to save the people." "The ever favourite... | |
 | Henry Van Dyke - 1921 - 234 Seiten
...hear him cry in passion unrestrained: "If I know my own mind, I could offer myself a living sacrifice to the butchering enemy, provided that would contribute to the people's ease. I would be a living offering to the savage fury and die by inches to save the people." " The ever favorite... | |
 | Henry Van Dyke - 1921 - 304 Seiten
...hear him cry in passion unrestrained: "If I know my own mind, I could offer myself a living sacrifice to the butchering enemy, provided that would contribute to the people's ease. I would be a living offering to the savage fury and die by inches to save the people." "The ever favourite... | |
 | National Americana Society - 1922 - 784 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... | |
 | Emma Lilian Dana - 1923 - 232 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. I would be a willing offering to savage fury and die by inches to save the people." PEACE AND MOUNT... | |
 | Oren F. Morton - 1925 - 352 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 .... Colonel Fairfax has ordered out the militia from below, but no one knows if it will have any effect. Three... | |
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