 Honored Madam: If it is in my power to avoid going to the Ohio again, I shall; but if the command is pressed upon me by the general voice of the country, and offered upon such terms as cannot be objected against, it would reflect dishonor on me to refuse...  George Washington - Seite 85von Henry Cabot Lodge - 1889Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | John Frederick Schroeder - 1903 - 588 Seiten
...to her anxiety not to have him venture again ; and to her he replied as follows : " Honored Madam : If it is in my power to avoid going to the Ohio again,...against, it would reflect dishonor on me to refuse it ; and that, I am sure, must, and ought, to give you greater uneasiness than my going in an honorable... | |
 | Sara Agnes Rice Pryor - 1903 - 478 Seiten
...she was at home she received his final word. " HONORED MADAM : If it is in my power to avoid going to Ohio again, I shall ; but if the command is pressed...cannot be objected against, it would reflect dishonor upon me to refuse it, and that, I am sure must, or ought, to give you greater uneasiness than my going... | |
 | Agnes Mawson - 1905 - 206 Seiten
...Mt. Vernon, and while there was urged to solicit command of the Virginia forces; this he declined. He wrote to his mother : " If it is in my power to...reflect dishonor on me to refuse it." The same day the command of all the Virginia forces was offered to Washington and accepted. For the next three years... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1905 - 572 Seiten
...accustomed from childhood to treat her, with a calm patriotism of the Eoman stamp. " Honored Madam : If it is in my power to avoid going to the Ohio again,...against, it would reflect dishonor on me to refuse it ; and that, I am sure, must, and ought, to give you greater uneasiness than my going in an honorable... | |
 | Julian Alvin Carroll Chandler, Travis Butler Thames - 1907 - 408 Seiten
...English burial service at the grave. Washington returned to Mount Vernon, worn out with his campaign. He wrote to his mother: "If it is in my power to avoid...cannot be objected against, it would reflect dishonor upon me to refuse it." The very day on which he wrote this letter the Governor offered to him the command... | |
 | J. A. C. Chandler, T. B. Thames - 1907 - 436 Seiten
...English burial service at the grave. Washington returned to Mount Vernon, worn out with his campaign. He wrote to his mother: "If it is in my power to avoid...cannot be objected against, it would reflect dishonor upon me to refuse it." The very day on which he wrote this letter the Governor offered to him the command... | |
 | Wayne Whipple - 1911 - 848 Seiten
...and ordered a regiment of a thousand men to be raised. Washington, who had returned to Mount Vernon ill and worn-out, was urged to solicit the command,...The same day he was offered the command of all the Virginia forces on his own terms, and accepted. Virginia believed in Washington, and he was ready to... | |
 | Paul Wilstach - 1916 - 426 Seiten
...again not to endanger his life in farther armed exploits. He replied from Mount Vernon: "HONORED MADAM, "If it is in my power to avoid going to the Ohio again,...cannot be objected against, it would reflect dishonor upon me to refuse; and that, I am sure, must or ought to give you greater uneasiness, than my going... | |
 | Wayne Whipple - 1916 - 188 Seiten
...her mother-heart. Again she entreated him to give up running into constant danger. He wrote in reply: "If it is in my power to avoid going to the Ohio again,...the general voice of the country, and offered upon 80 such terms as cannot be objected against, it would reflect dishonor upon me to refuse it." It is... | |
 | Charles McClellan Stevens - 1917 - 222 Seiten
...business man. His reply to her is quite significant of the character of Washington: "Honored Madam: "If it is in my power to avoid going to the Ohio again,...voice of the country, and offered upon such terms as can not be objected against, it would reflect dishonor upon me to refuse it; and that, I am sure, must,... | |
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