 | Francis Parkman - Canada - 1884 - 538 pages
...English; but, whatever his motives for so doing, certain it is that he called it the death or the loss of the Sieur Jumonville. So we received and so we...mortification, we found it otherwise in a literal translation." Sparks, Writings of Washington, II. 464, 4G5. D. CHAPTEE VII. BRADDOCK. IT has been said that Beaujeu,... | |
 | Francis Parkman - Canada - 1884 - 552 pages
...English ; but, whatever his motives for so doing, certain it is that he called it the death or the loss of the Sieur Jumonville. So we received and so we...mortification, we found it otherwise in a literal translation." Sparks, Writings of Washington, II. 464, 465. D. CHAPTER VII. BEADDOCK. IT has been said that Beaujeu,... | |
 | Francis Parkman - Canada - 1884 - 542 pages
...whatever his motives for so doing, certain it is that he called it the death or the loss of the Sienr Jumonville. So we received and so we understood it,...mortification, we found it otherwise in a literal translation." Sparks, Writings of Washington, II. 464, 465. 1). CHAPTER VII. BRADDOCK. IT has been said that Beaujen,... | |
 | George Washington - United States - 1889 - 558 pages
...but, whatever his motives were for so doing, certain it is, he called it the death, or the loss, of Sieur Jumonville. So we received and so we understood...mortification, we found it otherwise in a literal translation. "That we left our baggage and horses at the Meadows is certain ; that there was not even a possibility... | |
 | Francis Parkman - America - 1898 - 478 pages
...English ; but, whatever his motives for so doing, certain it is that he called it the death or the loss of the Sieur Jumonville. So we received and so we...mortification, we found it otherwise in a literal translation." Sparks, Writings of Washington, ii. 464, 465. D. CHAPTER VII. BRADDOCK. IT has been said that Beaujeu,... | |
 | John Frederick Schroeder - Presidents - 1903 - 540 pages
...but whatever his motives were for so doing, certain it is he called it the ' death ' or the ' loss ' of the Sieur Jumonville. So we received and so we...we found it otherwise in a literal translation."* On the morning (July 4, 1754) after the signing of the articles of capitulation Washington, amid the... | |
 | Henry Smith Williams - World History - 1904 - 766 pages
...English; but, whatever his motives for so doing, certain it is that he called it the 'death' or the 'loss' of the sieur Jumonville. So we received and so we...we found it otherwise in a literal translation."* BENJAMIN FRANKLIN'S SCHEME OF UNION (1754 AD) Hitherto the intercolonial wars had originated in European... | |
 | Francis Parkman - Canada - 1907 - 482 pages
...English ; but, whatever his motives for so doing, certain it is that he called it the death or the loss of the Sieur Jumonville. So we received and so we...mortification, we found it otherwise in a literal translation." Sparks, Writings of Washington, 1i. 464, 465. D. CHAPTER VII. BRADDOCK. IT has been said that Beaujeu,... | |
 | Francis Parkman - Canada - 1910 - 596 pages
...English ; but, whatever his motives for so doing, certain it is that he called it the death or the loss of the Sieur Jumonville. So we received and so we...mortification, we found it otherwise in a literal translation." Sparks, Writings of Washington, ii. 464, 466. D. CHAPTER VII. BRADDOCK. IT has been said that Beaujeu,... | |
 | George Thornton Fleming - Pittsburgh (Pa.) - 1922 - 642 pages
...were for so doing, certain it is he called it 'the death' or 'the loss of Sieur Jumonville,' so he received, and so we understood it, until to our great surprise and mortification we found otherwise in a literal translation." Washington was not learned in French. He had in his command a... | |
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... moment ; so will every officer that was present. The interpreter was a Dutchman, little acquainted with the English tongue, therefore, might not advert to the tone and meaning of the word in English ; but, whatever his motives were for so doing, certain... 
