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... George Washington - Seite 87von Henry Cabot Lodge - 1889Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 546 Seiten
...here.' And he adds, ' the supplicating tears of the women, and moving petitions of the men, melt me with such deadly sorrow, that I solemnly declare, if I...provided that would contribute to the people's ease.' Such representations as these, at length, induced the assembly to resolve, that the Virginia regiment... | |
| Paul Allen - 1822 - 620 Seiten
...Virginia, he observes, "The supplicating tears of the women, and moving petitions of the men, melt me with such deadly sorrow, that I solemnly declare, if I...provided that would contribute to the people's ease." Thus the third year of the war was closed, without a solitary advantage to the cause of Great Britain,... | |
| Aaron Bancroft - 1826 - 238 Seiten
...account here. " The supplicating tears ef the women, and moving petitions of the men, melt me with such deadly sorrow, that I solemnly declare, if I...myself a willing sacrifice to the butchering enemy f provided that would conduce to the people's ease." The inefficiency of the militia he thus portrayed.... | |
| George Washington - 1834 - 574 Seiten
...the murder of helpless families may be laid to my account here ! The supplicating tears of the women, and moving petitions of the men, melt me into such...provided that would contribute to the people's ease. Lord Fairfax has ordered men from the adjacent counties, but when they will come, or in what numbers,... | |
| George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1834 - 574 Seiten
...the murder of helpless families may be laid to my account here ! The supplicating tears of the women, and moving petitions of the men, melt me into such...provided that would contribute to the people's ease. Lord Fairfax has ordered men from the adjacent counties, but when they will come, or in what numbers,... | |
| Edward Charles M'Guire - 1836 - 430 Seiten
...murder of helpless families may be laid to my account here ! " The supplicating tears of the women, and moving petitions of the men, melt me into such...provided that would contribute to the people's ease. " Two days after the above he wrote to the same : — " Not an hour, nay scarcely a minute, passes,... | |
| Edward Everett - 1836 - 652 Seiten
...murder of helpless families may be laid to my account here ! The supplicating tears of the women, the moving petitions of the men, melt me into such deadly...provided that would contribute to the people's ease ! ' And here I close the detail. You behold in this one extract your Washington, complete, mature,... | |
| Robert W. Lincoln - 1836 - 530 Seiten
...governor, observed— "The supplicating tears of the women and moving petitions of the men, melt me with such deadly sorrow, that I solemnly declare, if I...provided that would contribute to the people's ease." He was indefatigable in representing to the governor the wretched condition of the inhabitants, and... | |
| Edward Everett - 1836 - 654 Seiten
...murder of helpless families may be laid to my account here ! The supplicating tears of the women, the moving petitions of the men, melt me into such deadly sorrow, that 1 solemnly declare, if I know my own mind, I could offer myself a willing sacrifice to the butchering... | |
| George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1837 - 654 Seiten
...the murder of helpless families may be laid to my account here ! The supplicating tears of the women, and moving petitions of the men, melt me into such...provided that would contribute to the people's ease." These agonizing sensations were heightened by a circumstance here alluded to, the more painful because... | |
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