 I will raise a thousand men, subsist them at my own expense and march to the relief of Boston," was now ready to make good his word. He began to drill soldiers, and wrote to his brother that, if need be, he would accept the command of the soldiers from...  George Washington - Seite 731895Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Edward Howard Griggs - 1927 - 392 Seiten
...most eloquent speech ever made." It is so brief it can be quoted entire. Washington stood up and said: "I will raise a thousand men, subsist them at my own expense, and march myself at their head for the relief of Boston".* That was his "most eloquent speech": a man of deeds,... | |
 | 1922 - 270 Seiten
...what one of his contemporaries described as "the most eloquent speech that ever was made." He said : "I will raise a thousand men, subsist them at my own expense, and march them to the relief of Boston." In the course of the summer delegates to the congress were appointed... | |
 | 2004 - 320 Seiten
...and when the trouble finally came to a head in New England, he declared in the Virginia Convention, "I will raise a thousand men, subsist them at my own expense, and march them to the relief of Boston." Men of that spirit and of Washington's military reputation were rare,... | |
 | Ohio State University. Alumni Association - 1915 - 550 Seiten
...Washington's. Perhaps you do not remember that, though it is easier to remember and better worth remembering: "I will raise a thousand men, subsist them at my own expense, and march them to the relief of Boston." When the first Congress met at Philadelphia he was one of the three... | |
 | A. J. Langguth - 1989 - 644 Seiten
...if the Bostonians began to fight the British. As the arguments raged, Washington had risen to say, "I will raise a thousand men, subsist them at my own expense and march myself at their head for the relief of Boston." It was the most eloquent speech that Lynch had ever... | |
 | New England Historic Genealogical Society Staff - 1995 - 542 Seiten
...Virginia Convention that speech which Lynch of Carolina says is the most eloquent that ever was made : " I will raise a thousand men, subsist them at my own expense, and march with them at their head for the relief of Boston." These were his words, — and his name is Washington.... | |
 | Lon Cantor - 2003 - 244 Seiten
...Congress. From the tenor of the debates, he became convinced that action, not words, was required. He said, "I will raise a thousand men, subsist them at my own expense, and march myself at their head for the relief of Boston." Always a man of his word Washington went back to Virginia... | |
 | A. A. Sorensen - 2004 - 414 Seiten
...north, and debated what to do if the Bostonians began to fight the British. Washington defiantly said, "I will raise a thousand men, subsist them at my own expense and march myself at their head for the relief of Boston." Patrick Henry claimed to be "no longer a Virginian,... | |
 | John Wien Forney - 1881 - 452 Seiten
...Convention, that speech which Lynch, of Carolina, says is the most eloquent speech that ever was made : 'I will raise a thousand men, subsist them at my own expense, and march with them at their head for the relief of Boston.' These were his words— and his name is Washington."... | |
 | James Grant Wilson, John Fiske - 1889 - 858 Seiten
...of the sufferings resulting from the port bill, he is said to have exclaimed, impulsively : •• I will raise a thousand men, subsist them at my own expense, and march with them, at their head, for the relief of Boston." He little dreamed at that moment that within two... | |
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