The Administration of the American Revolutionary ArmyLongmans, Green and Company, 1904 - 229 Seiten |
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... Lafayette by filling his mind with hopes of " glory and shining projects " ; " and I must confess to my shame , " he wrote to Washington , " that it is a too certain way of deceiving me . " But Lafayette was not to be seduced : he ...
... Lafayette by filling his mind with hopes of " glory and shining projects " ; " and I must confess to my shame , " he wrote to Washington , " that it is a too certain way of deceiving me . " But Lafayette was not to be seduced : he ...
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... Lafayette expresses the opinion in his memoirs that the real wish of the plotters was to put General Lee , then a prisoner in New York , in command of the army.5 The attack on Washington had failed completely . Congress gave Gates and ...
... Lafayette expresses the opinion in his memoirs that the real wish of the plotters was to put General Lee , then a prisoner in New York , in command of the army.5 The attack on Washington had failed completely . Congress gave Gates and ...
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... Lafayette , and the " Baron " de Kalb3— had been promised by Deane the rank of major - general . Mauroy is little known ; but Lafayette and Kalb have gained honorable places in Ameri- can history , and may serve as types of the two ...
... Lafayette , and the " Baron " de Kalb3— had been promised by Deane the rank of major - general . Mauroy is little known ; but Lafayette and Kalb have gained honorable places in Ameri- can history , and may serve as types of the two ...
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... Lafayette alone was taken into the American service.2 The reasons for this partiality were frankly set forth in the res- olution granting him a commission : — " Whereas , " it ran , " the Marquis de Lafayette , out of his great zeal to ...
... Lafayette alone was taken into the American service.2 The reasons for this partiality were frankly set forth in the res- olution granting him a commission : — " Whereas , " it ran , " the Marquis de Lafayette , out of his great zeal to ...
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... Lafayette's conduct at Barren Hill , at Monmouth , and in Vir- ginia justified his appointment ; but his greatest ... Lafayette , although a foreigner , asked to be ap- pointed special envoy to carry the ratifications to London . See ...
... Lafayette's conduct at Barren Hill , at Monmouth , and in Vir- ginia justified his appointment ; but his greatest ... Lafayette , although a foreigner , asked to be ap- pointed special envoy to carry the ratifications to London . See ...
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Seite 158 - Sir, no occurrence in the course of the war has given me more painful sensations, than your information of there being such ideas existing in the army, as you have expressed, and I must view with abhorrence and reprehend with severity. For the present the communication of them will rest in my own bosom, unless some further agitation of the matter shall make a disclosure necessary.
Seite 158 - Let me conjure you, then, if you have any regard for your country, concern for yourself, or posterity, or respect for me, to banish these thoughts from your mind, and never communicate, as from yourself or any one else, a sentiment of the like nature.
Seite 194 - But faith has its limits as well as temper, and there are points beyond which neither can be stretched, without sinking into cowardice, or plunging into credulity...
Seite 200 - ... the gratification of every wish so far as may be done consistently with the great duty I owe my country, and those powers we are bound to respect, you may freely command my services to the utmost extent of my abilities.
Seite 165 - ... it may drive you from the field; — that the wound often irritated and never healed, may at length become incurable; and that the slightest mark of indignity from congress now must operate like the grave, and part you forever; that in any political event, the army has its alternative.
Seite 200 - And let me conjure you, in the name of our common country, as you value your own sacred honor, as you respect the rights of humanity, as you regard the military and national character of America, to express your utmost horror and detestation of the man who wishes, under any specious pretences, to overturn the liberties of our country...
Seite 172 - ... then shall I have learned what ingratitude is, then shall I have realized a tale, which will embitter every moment of my future life. But I am under no such apprehensions. A country, rescued by their arms from impending ruin, will never leave unpaid the debt of gratitude.
Seite 175 - ... nothing now remains but for the actors of this mighty scene to preserve a perfect unvarying consistency of character through the very last act ; to close the drama with applause, and to retire from the military theatre with the same approbation of angels and men which has crowned all their former virtuous actions.
Seite 200 - I am possessed of in your favor, let me entreat you, gentlemen, on your part, not to take any measures which, viewed in the calm light of reason, will lessen the dignity, and sully the glory, you have hitherto maintained.
Seite 187 - With a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you : I most devoutly wish that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy, as your former ones have been glorious and honorable.