 Delaware in 1776, trembling for the fate of America, which nothing but the infatuation of the enemy could have saved; we should not have remained all the succeeding winter at their mercy, with sometimes scarcely a sufficient body of men to mount the ordinary...  The Struggle for American Independence - Page 2by Sydney George Fisher - 1908Full view - About this book
 | William Gordon - United States - 1801 - 478 pages
...latter part of thislas,t winder, he and his army have remained at the mercy of •the royal troops, with sometimes scarcely a sufficient body of men to mount the ordinary guards, liable every moment to be dissipated, if the enemy had only thought pj-gpci- to march a. II. Y v ' - gainst... | |
 | William Gordon - United States - 1801 - 478 pages
...the latter part of this last winter, he and his- army have remained at the mercy of the royal troops, with sometimes scarcely a sufficient body of men to mount the ordinary guards, liable every moment to be dissipated, if the enemy had only thought .pruac* U> raarck a. . II. Y v • gainst... | |
 | John Marshall - Generals - 1805 - 666 pages
...the infatuation of the enemy could have saved ; we should not have remained all the succeeding winter at their mercy, with sometimes scarcely a sufficient...dissipated, if they had only thought proper to march against us : we should not have been under the necessity of fighting at Brandywine, with an unequal number... | |
 | Aaron Bancroft - 1807 - 576 pages
...the infatuation of the enemy could have saved ; we should not have remained all the succeeding winter at their mercy, with sometimes scarcely a sufficient...dissipated, if they had only thought proper to march against us ; we should not have been under the necessity of fighting at Brandy wine, with an unequal number... | |
 | Aaron Bancroft - 1808 - 604 pages
...the infatuation of the enemy could have saved ; we should not have remained all the succeeding winter at their mercy, with sometimes scarcely a sufficient...dissipated, if they had only thought proper to march against us ; we should not have been under the necessity of fighting at Brandywine, with an unequal number... | |
 | Aaron Bancroft - Presidents - 1826 - 238 pages
...the infatuation of the enemy could have saved ; we should not have remained all the succeeding winter at their mercy, with sometimes scarcely a sufficient body of men to mount lite ordinary guards, liable at every moment to be dissipated, if they had only thought proper to march... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1835 - 590 pages
...the infatuation of the enemy could have saved ; we should not have remained all the succeeding winter at their mercy, with sometimes scarcely a sufficient...dissipated, if they had only thought proper to march against us ; we should not have been under the necessity of fighting at Brandywine, with an unequal number... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1835 - 580 pages
...the infatuation of the enemy could have saved ; we should not have remained all the succeeding winter at their mercy, with sometimes scarcely a sufficient...dissipated, if they had only thought proper to march against us; we should not have been under the necessity of fighting at Brandywine, with an unequal number of... | |
 | John Marshall - Presidents - 1836 - 534 pages
...the infatuation of the enemy could have saved ; we should not have remained all the succeeding winter at their mercy, with sometimes scarcely a sufficient...dissipated, if they had only thought proper to march against us ; we should not have been under the necessity of fighting at Brandywine with an unequal number of... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - United States - 1839 - 586 pages
...the infatuation of the enemy could have saved ; we should not have remained all the succeeding winter at their mercy, with sometimes scarcely a sufficient...dissipated, if they had only thought proper to march against us ; we should not have been under the necessity of fighting at Brandywine, with an unequal number... | |
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