 Your honor may depend I will not be surprised, let them come at what hour they will, and this is as much as I can promise; but my best endeavors shall not be wanting to effect more. I doubt not, if you hear I am beaten, but you will hear at the same time...  George Washington - Seite 541895Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Virginia. Lieutenant Governor (1751-1758 : Dinwiddie), Robert Dinwiddie - 1883 - 608 Seiten
...wanting to deserve more. I doubt not but if you hear I am beaten, but you will, at the same [time] hear that we have done our duty in fighting as long [as] there was a possibility of hope. I have sent Lieut. West, accompanied with Mr. Sprilldorph "* and a Guard of 20... | |
 | Mary Mapes Dodge - 1886 - 504 Seiten
...I can promise. But my best endeavors shall not be wanting to effect more. I doubt not, if you hear I am beaten, but you will hear at the same time that...in fighting as long as there was a shadow of hope." The camp was now a lively place. The Indians, afraid of the French, began to flock to it. and the companies... | |
 | George Washington - 1889 - 560 Seiten
...wanting to deserve more. I doubt not, but if you hear I am beaten, but you will, at the same [time,] hear that we have done our duty, in fighting as long [as] there was a possibility of hope. I have sent Lieutenant West, accompanied with Mr. Splitdorph and a guard of 20... | |
 | Elbridge Streeter Brooks - 1895 - 224 Seiten
...soldier and a conqueror. 7 AT GREAT MEADOWS. CHAPTER IV. COLONEL WASHINGTON OF MOUNT VERNON. '"T^HE brave man — like the boy who is really brave —...were brave words for a young leader in the strait in which he found himself, but it was George Washington's way of doing things all through his life.... | |
 | Brooks, Elbridge S. - 1895 - 216 Seiten
...and a conqueror. m 'Wmimmm. AT GREAT MEADOWS. CHAPTER IV. COLONEL WASHINGTON OF MOUNT VERNON. nr*HE brave man — like the boy who is really brave —...were brave words for a young leader in the strait in which he found himself, but it was George Washington's way of doing things all through his life.... | |
 | Paul Leicester Ford - 1896 - 378 Seiten
...to one," adding, " I doubt not, but if you hear I am beaten, but you will, at the same [time,] hear that we have done our duty, in fighting as long [as] there was a possibility of hope," and in this he was as good as his word. When sickness detained him in the Braddock... | |
 | Paul Leicester Ford - 1897 - 378 Seiten
...to one," adding, " I doubt not, but if you hear I am beaten, but you will, at the same [time,] hear that we have done our duty, in fighting as long [as] there was a possibility of hope," and in this he was as good as his word. When sickness detained him in the Braddock... | |
 | John Frederick Schroeder - 1903 - 588 Seiten
...be wanting to deserve more. I doubt not but if you hear I am beaten, you will at the same time hear that we have done our duty in fighting as long as there was a possibility of hope. " I have sent Lieutenant West to conduct the prisoners in. I have showed them... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1905 - 572 Seiten
...I can promise ; but my best endeavors shall not be wanting to effect more. I doubt not, if you hear I am beaten, but you will hear at the same time that...we have done our duty in fighting as long as there is a shadow of hope." The fact is, that Washington was in a high state of military excitement. He was... | |
 | Wayne Whipple - 1918 - 280 Seiten
...as I can promise. But my best endeavors shall not be wasted to effect more. "I doubt not if you hear I am beaten, but you will hear at the same time that...in fighting as long as there was a shadow of hope." 162 Brave words for a military commander of twenty-two! Yet this was not a boastful utterance, for... | |
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