 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1834 - 578 Seiten
...situation, and that of this army, produces many an unhappy hour when all around me are wrapped in sleep. Few people know the predicament we are in, on a thousand...happier I should have been, if, instead of accepting the command under such circumstances, I had taken my musket on my shoulder and entered the ranks, or,... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1834 - 580 Seiten
...situation, and that of this army, produces many an unhappy hour when all around me are wrapped in sleep. Few people know the predicament we are in, on a thousand...happier I should have been, if, instead of accepting the command under such circumstances, I had taken my musket on my shoulder and entered the ranks, or,... | |
 | George Washington - 1847 - 588 Seiten
...situation, and that of this army, produces many an unhappy hour when all around me are wrapped in sleep. Few people know the predicament we are in, on a thousand...happier I should have been, if, instead of accepting the command under such circumstances, I had taken my musket on my shoulder and .entered the ranks,... | |
 | Thaddeus Allen - 1847 - 574 Seiten
...around me are wrapped in sleep. Few people know the predicament we are in on a thousand accounts ; and fewer still will believe, if any disaster happens to these lines, from what cause it flows. / have often thought how much, happier I should have been, if, instead of accepting the command under... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1848 - 394 Seiten
...14th of January, 1776, "produces many an unhappy hour when all around me are wrapped in sleep. Few people know the predicament we are in, on a thousand...happier I should have been, if, instead of accepting the command under such circumstances, I had taken my musket on my shoulder, and entered the ranks ;... | |
 | Edward Everett - 1859 - 872 Seiten
...and that of this army, produces many an unhappy hour, when all around me are wrapped in sleep. Few people know the predicament we are in on a thousand...happier I should have been, if, instead of accepting the command under such circumstances, I had taken my musket on my shoulder and entered the ranks ;... | |
 | George Washington - 1852 - 168 Seiten
...and that of this army, produces many an uneasy1s1 hour, when all around me are wrapped in sleep. Few people know the predicament we are in, on a thousand...if any disaster happens to these Lines, from what causes1s2 it flows. I have often thought how much happier I should have been, if, instead of accepting... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1855 - 554 Seiten
...and that of this army, produces many an unhappy hour, when all around me are wrapped in sleep. Few people know the predicament we are in on a thousand...happier I should have been, if, instead of accepting the command, under such circumstances, I had taken my musket on my shoulder and entered the ranks ;... | |
 | Edward Everett - 1855 - 170 Seiten
...and that of this army, produces many an unhappy hour, when all around me are wrapped in sleep. Few people know the predicament we are in on a thousand...happier I should have been, if, instead of accepting the command under such circumstances, I had taken my musket on my shoulder and entered the ranks ;... | |
 | John Lord Taylor - 1856 - 434 Seiten
...and when, to explain the real cause, would be to insure disaster. January 14th, he wrote : — " Few people know the predicament we are in, on a thousand...accepting of a command under such circumstances, I had 1 Irving's Life of "Washington, Vol. II. p. 35. 1 Ibid. p. 117. taken my musket upon my shoulder, and... | |
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The reflection on my situation and that of this army, produces many an unhappy hour, when all around me are wrapped in sleep. Few people know the predicament we are in on a thousand accounts ; fewer still will believe, if any disaster happens to these... 
