 Newport. On the other hand, the French discipline is such, that chickens and pigs walk between the tents without being disturbed, and that there is in the camp a cornfield, from which not one leaf has been touched. The Tories don't know what to say to...  Memoirs, Correspondence and Manuscripts of General Lafayette - Page 323by Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier marquis de Lafayette - 1837 - 552 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edwin Martin Stone - French - 1884 - 830 pages
...desire them to observe the good examples which were given to the French soldiers by the American troops. On the other hand, the French discipline is such, that chickens and pigs walk between the lines, without being disturbed, and that there is in the camp a cornfield of which not one leaf has... | |
 | Edwin Martin Stone - French - 1884 - 834 pages
...desire them to observe the good examples which were given to the French soldiers by the American troops. On the other hand, the French discipline is such, that chickens and pigs walk between the lines, without being disturbed, and that there is in the camp a cornfield of which not one leaf has... | |
 | Thomas Balch - United States - 1891 - 278 pages
...officers to persuade them to follow the good example given by the American troops to the French soldiers. On the other hand, the French discipline is such that chickens and hogs walk among the tents without any one disturbing them, and there is a field of maize in the camp,... | |
 | Thomas Balch - United States - 1891 - 278 pages
...officers to persuade them to follow the good example given by the American troops to the French soldiers. On the other hand, the French discipline is such that chickens and hogs walk among the tents without any one disturbing them, and there is a field of maize in the camp,... | |
 | Edward Jackson Lowell - France - 1892 - 430 pages
...such," writes Lafayette to Washington from Newport, "that chickens and pigs walk between the lines without being disturbed, and that there is in the...cornfield of which not one leaf has been touched." And Bochambeau tells with honest pride of apples hanging on r, i. 84. the trees which shaded the soldier's... | |
 | History - 1892 - 530 pages
...is such, writes Lafayette to Washington from New York, that chickens and pigs walk between the lines without being disturbed, and that there is in the...cornfield of which not one leaf has been touched." And Rochambeau tells with honest pride of apples hanging on the trees which shaded the soldiers' tents.... | |
 | History - 1892 - 530 pages
...to Washington from New York, that chickens and pigs walk between the lines without beingdisturbed, and that there is in the camp a cornfield of which not one leaf has been touched." And Rochambeau tells with honest pride of apples hanging on the trees which shaded the soldiers' tents.... | |
 | Charlemagne Tower - United States - 1894 - 570 pages
...American troops. So far are they gone in their admirations that they find a great deal to say in favor of General Varnum, and his escort of Militia Dragoons,...the other hand, the French discipline is such, that chiken and pigs walk between the tents without being disturbed, and that there is in the camp a cornfield,... | |
 | Katharine Mixer Abbott - Massachusetts - 1903 - 522 pages
...colonel assembled his officers to persuade them to follow the good example given by the American troops. On the other hand, the French discipline is such that chickens and hogs walk among the tents without any one disturbing them, and there is a field of maize in the camp... | |
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