 Percy formed his detachment into a square, enclosing the fugitives, who lay down for rest on the ground, " their tongues hanging out of their mouths like those of dogs after a chase.  The History of Maine - Page 372by John Stevens Cabot Abbott - 1892 - 608 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Abiel Holmes - America - 1829 - 650 pages
...Smith's party, " who were so much exhausted with fatigue, that they were obliged to lie down for rest on the ground, their tongues hanging out of their mouths, like those of dogs after a chase." Stedman. 2 In this excursion, 65 of the regulars were killed, 180 wounded, and 23 made prisoners ;... | |
 | Daniel MacKinnon - Great Britain - 1833 - 540 pages
...Smith's party, who were so much ex" hausted with fatigue that they were obliged to lie down for rest " on the ground, their tongues hanging out of their mouths like " those of dogs after a chase." — S1cdnutn's Hillary of lke American War. 4to. vol. I. page 118. * Colonels Ward. Priddle, Heath,... | |
 | Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1836 - 574 pages
...flung themselves at full length, utterly spent with fatigue, says one of their own Commissaries, and " their tongues " hanging out of their mouths like those of dogs " after a chase ! " * After some brief interval for rest * Stedman's History of the American "War, vol. ip 1 18. E... | |
 | John Warner Barber - Latter Day Saint churches - 1841 - 590 pages
...Castleton, Col. Arnold arrived, attended only by a servant. This officer belonged lie down for rest on the ground, their tongues hanging out of their mouths, like those of dogs after a chase."—Stcdman. to New Haven in Connecticut. As soon as the news arrived at that place that hostilities... | |
 | George Lillie Craik, Charles MacFarlane - Great Britain - 1841 - 834 pages
...were so exhausted with fatigue, that for the most part they threw themselves on the ground, " with their tongues hanging out of their mouths, like those of dogs after a chase." When they were somewhat refreshed Lord Percy slowly moved the whole body towards Boston. The militia,... | |
 | Jacob K. Neff - Military art and science - 1845 - 642 pages
...Smith's party, who were so much exhausted with fatigue, that they were obliged to lie down for rest on the ground ; their tongues hanging out of their mouths like those of dogs after a chase." We are not prepared to say how this unpoetical comparison and rather equivocal eulogium was received.... | |
 | John Frost - United States - 1845 - 480 pages
...the same British writer which we have before quoted, " that they were obliged to lie down for rest on the ground, their tongues hanging out of their mouths, like those of dogs after a chase." After resting in this manner for a few minutes, Lord Percy deemed it prudent to commence his march... | |
 | John Frost - United States - 1845 - 474 pages
...the same British writer which we have before quoted, " that they were obliged to lie down for rest on the ground, their tongues hanging out of their mouths, like those of dogs after a chase." After resting in this manner for a few minutes, Lord Percy deemed it prudent to commence his march... | |
 | Charles MacFarlane - Great Britain - 1846 - 472 pages
...were so exhausted with fatigue, that for the most part they threw themselves on the ground, " with their tongues hanging out of their mouths, like those of dogs after a chace." When they were somewhat refreshed Lord Percy slowly moved the whole body towards BOST ton.... | |
 | William Cutter - United States - 1848 - 450 pages
...according to Stedman, " were so much exhausted with fatigue, that they were obliged to lie down for rest on the ground, their tongues hanging out of their mouths, like those of dogs after a chase." The enemy, now amounting to about seventeen hundred men, having halted an hour or two at Lexington,... | |
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