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The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Forces ... - Page 25
1805
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The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American ..., Volume 2

John Marshall - Presidents - 1804 - 648 pages
...reap either honour or benefit: but on the contrary, have almost an absolute certainty of incurring displeasure below, while the murder of helpless families...number of troops were stationed,) by an unfortunate and extraordinarydifficulty, growing out of an obscurity in the royal orders, respecting the relative rank...
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The Life of George Washington,: Commander in Chief of the American ..., Volume 2

John Marshall - Generals - 1804 - 654 pages
...reap either honour or benefit: but on the contrary, have almost an absolute certainty of incurring displeasure below, while the murder of helpless families...to the people's ease." Colonel Washington had been preventedfrom taking post at fort Cumberland, (the extreme position towards the enemy held by the Americans,...
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An Essay on the Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the ...

Aaron Bancroft - 1807 - 576 pages
...reap either honour or benefit ; but, on the contrary, have almost an absolute certainty of incurring displeasure below, while the murder of helpless families...sacrifice to the butchering enemy, provided that would conduce to the people's ease." The inefficiency of the militia he thus pourtrays. " The inhabitants...
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The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the Armies of the ...

David Ramsay - Presidents - 1807 - 486 pages
...supplicating tears of the women, and moving petitions of the men, melt me with such deadly sorrow, that 1 solemnly declare, if I know my own mind, I could offer myself a willing sacrih'ce to the butchering enemy, provided that would contribute to the peoples ease." Virginia presented...
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Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Army Through ...

Aaron Bancroft - 1808 - 604 pages
...reap either honour or benefit ; but, on the contrary, have almost an absolute certainty of incurring displeasure below, while the murder of helpless families...sacrifice to the butchering enemy, provided that would conduce to the people's ease." The inefficiency of the militia he thus pourtrays, " The inhabitants...
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The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature

English literature - 1809 - 574 pages
...helpless families may be laid to my account here. '.' The supplicating tears of the women, and the moving petitions of the men, melt me with such deadly...sacrifice to the butchering enemy, provided that would conduce to the people's ease.' demned ; left to act and proceed at hazard ; accountable for the •...
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Delaplaine's repository of the lives and portraits of distinguished American ...

Joseph Delaplaine - 1815 - 314 pages
...prospect. "The supplicating tears of the women/' he observes, in a communication to the governor, "and the moving petitions of the men, melt me with such deadly...enemy, provided that would contribute to the people's case." It was at this moment of alarm and peril, that Peyton Randolph stepped forward, with several...
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A History of the United States Before the Revolution: With Some Account of ...

Ezekiel Sanford - Indians - 1819 - 546 pages
...displeasure below, while the murder of helpless families may be laid to my account here.' And he adds, ' the supplicating tears of the women, and moving petitions...provided that would contribute to the people's ease.' Such representations as these, at length, induced the assembly to resolve, that the Virginia regiment...
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A History of the United States Before the Revolution: With Some Account of ...

Ezekiel Sanford - Indians - 1819 - 590 pages
...displeasure below, while the murder of helpless families may be laid to my account here.' And he adds, ' the supplicating tears of the women, and moving petitions...provided that would contribute to the people's ease.' Such representations as these, at length, induced the assembly to resolve, that the Virginia regiment...
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A History of the American Revolution; Comprehending All the ..., Volume 1

Paul Allen - United States - 1822 - 624 pages
...his propositions to that effect. In one of his letters to the Go vernour of Virginia, he observes, " The supplicating tears of the women, and moving petitions...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,...
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