 | HON. J. Y. HEADLEY - 1860 - 502 pages
...ceased to burn : " I am very sorry to hear of your loss ; I am a little sorry to hear of my own ; but that which gives me most concern is, that you should...of your non-compliance with their request, they had burned my house and laid my plantation in ruins. You ought tc have considered yourself as my representative,... | |
 | Sir Edward Cust - 1862 - 414 pages
...refreshments. It would have been less painful to me to have heard that in consequenee of your non-complianee with their request, they had burnt my house and laid the plantation in ruins. You ought to have considered yourself as my representative ; and should have reflected on the... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - Presidents - 1867 - 510 pages
...legalized robbers with abundance of supplies. Washington was much displeased. He wrote to his agent, — " It would have been a less painful circumstance to...of your non-compliance with their request, they had burned my house, and laid the plantation in ruins. You ought to have considered yourself as my representative,... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - Mount Vernon - 1870 - 456 pages
...the commander refreshments and supplies. For this the master of Mount Vernon rebuked him, saying, " It would have been a less painful circumstance to...of your non-compliance with their request, they had burned my house and laid my plantation in ruins." On the 9th of September, 1781, there was an arrival... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - Mount Vernon - 1870 - 460 pages
...giving the commander refreshments and supplies. For this the master of Mount Vernon rebuked him, saying, "It would have been a less painful circumstance to...of your non-compliance with their request, they had burned my house and laid my plantation in ruins." Virginia, to assist Lafayette and his compatriots... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - Grottoes (Va.) - 1871 - 466 pages
...the commander refreshments and supplies. For this the master of Mount Vernon rebuked him, saying, " It would have been a less painful circumstance to...of your non-compliance with their request, they had burned my house and laid my plantation in ruins." On the 9th of September, 1781, there was an arrival... | |
 | George Washington - Presidents - 1871 - 240 pages
...PROVISIONS. EAR LUND, — I am very sorry to hear of your loss. I am a little sorry to hear of my own ; but that which gives me most concern is that you should...they had burnt my house and laid the plantation in ruins. You ought to have considered yourself as my representative, and should have reflected on the... | |
 | George Washington - 1872 - 220 pages
...your loss. I am .a little sorry to hear of my own ; but that which gives ma most concern is that yon should go on board the enemy's vessels and furnish...they had burnt my house and laid the plantation in ruins. You ought to have considered yourself as my representative, and should have reflected on the... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1881 - 830 pages
...to furnish a supply of provisions, lu a letter to his manager Washington reproved him for the act. "It would have been a less painful circumstance to me to have heard that, in consequence of your sels, carry them refreshment«, commune with a parcel of scoundrels, and request a favor by asking... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant, Sydney Howard Gay - United States - 1882 - 740 pages
...have gone on board the vessels of the enemy and furnished them with refreshments. It would have been n less painful circumstance to me to have heard, that in consequence of your non-compliunce with their request, they had burnt my home and laid the plantation in ruins." Lafayette... | |
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It would have been a less painful circumstance to me to have heard, that, in consequence of your non-compliance with their request, they had burnt my house and laid the plantation in ruins. You ought to have considered yourself as my representative, and... 
