 No man I believe ever had a greater choice of evils and less means to extricate himself from them. However, under a full persuasion of the justice of our cause, I cannot entertain an idea that it will finally sink, though it may remain for some time under...  George Washington - Seite 171von Henry Cabot Lodge - 1889Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Albert Bushnell Hart, John Gould Curtis - 1924 - 690 Seiten
...sent a party of light-Horse that seized and carried him, with every mark of triumph and indignity. You can form no idea of the perplexity of my situation....cannot entertain an Idea, that it will finally sink, tho' it may remain for some time under a cloud. . . . B. TO THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS TTJT C* eith... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart - 1901 - 692 Seiten
...sent a party of light-Horse that seized and carried him, with every mark of triumph and indignity. You can form no idea of the perplexity of my situation....cannot entertain an Idea, that it will finally sink, tho' it may remain for some time under a cloud. . . . •Ti B. TO THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS E present... | |
 | George Washington - 1932 - 668 Seiten
...who sent a party of light Horse that seized and carried him with every mark of triumph and indignity. You can form no Idea of the perplexity of my Situation....ever had a greater choice of difficulties and less 1776] JOHN DICKINSON'S NOTE 399 means to extricate himself from them. However under a full persuasion... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart - 1932 - 220 Seiten
...enlistment of a new army. If this fails, I think the game will be pretty well up." Yet, "under the fvll persuasion of the justice of our cause, I cannot entertain an Idea, that it will finally sink, tho* it may remain for some time under a cloud." But that cloud, and without a new army, he removed... | |
 | Howard H. Peckham - 1958 - 241 Seiten
...unburdened himself to his brother John in a confidential letter: I think the game is pretty near up. . . . You can form no Idea of the perplexity of my Situation....difficulties and less means to extricate himself from them. Two days later he was feeling more confident. Sullivan brought in Lee's division, which had shrunk... | |
 | Adrian Coulter Leiby - 1980 - 356 Seiten
...himself advised the removal of Philadelphia property.89 "No man . . . ," he wrote as Christmas came on, "ever had a greater choice of difficulties and less means to extricate himself from them." 90 Neither Washington on the Delaware nor Heath and Clinton in the Hudson Highlands were in a mood... | |
 | Roberto G. Fernandez - 1988 - 212 Seiten
...three miles Southwest of Flamingo. Keep this a secret. You're the only one that knows our whereabouts. You can form no idea of the perplexity of my situation....difficulties and less means to extricate himself from them. My love and sincere regards to mother Mima, brother Quinn and the family. And compliments to all inquiring... | |
 | Richard N. Rosenfeld - 1998 - 1012 Seiten
...Enemy, and disaffection of the Colonies . . . and placing too great a dependence on the Militia . . . You can form no Idea of the perplexity of my Situation....difficulties and less means to extricate himself. . -901 Thursday, December 19, 1 776. Today, the first of Tom Paine's sixteen "Crisis" essays appears.'"'2... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart - 2002 - 680 Seiten
...sent a party of light-Horse that seized and carried him, with every mark of triumph and indignity. You can form no idea of the perplexity of my situation....cannot entertain an Idea, that it will finally sink, tho" it may remain for some time under a cloud. . . . B. TO THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS E present exigency... | |
 | Washington Irving - 2005 - 417 Seiten
...and less means to extricate himself from them. Howover, under a full persuasion of the justice of out cause, I cannot entertain an idea that it will finally...though it may remain for some time under a cloud." Fortunately, Congress, prior to their adjournment, had resolved that "until they should otherwise order,... | |
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