 The supplicating tears of the women and moving petitions of the men melt me into such deadly sorrow that I solemnly declare, if I know my own mind, I could offer myself a willing sacrifice to the butchering enemy, provided that would contribute to the...  The life of George Washington - Page 39by John Marshall - 1804Full view - About this book
 | James Parton - 1878 - 792 pages
...deadly sorrow, that I solemnly declare, if I know my own mind, I could offer myself a willing sacrifice to the butchering enemy, provided that would contribute to the people's ease." The county colonels were all in arms during that time of terror. Colonel John Madison, in Orange, the... | |
 | John Thomas Scharf - Maryland - 1879 - 594 pages
...deadly sorrow, that I solemnly declare, if I know my own mind, I could offer myself a willing sacrifice to the butchering enemy, provided that would contribute to the people's ease." On the 24th he writes: " The deplorable situation of this people is no more to be described than my... | |
 | John Thomas Scharf - Maryland - 1879 - 598 pages
...deadly sorrow, that I solemnly declare, if I know my own mind, I could offer myself a willing sacrifice to the butchering enemy, provided that would contribute to the people's ease." On the 24th he writes : " The deplorable situation of this people is no more to be described than my... | |
 | Henry Cabot Lodge - United States - 1881 - 598 pages
...sorrow, that I solemnly declare, if I fcnow ray own mind, I could offer myself a willing saerifice to the butchering enemy, provided that would contribute to the people's ease." There are here revealed not only the miseries of the country and the trials of Washington's situation,... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - Acadia - 1882 - 400 pages
...sorrow, that I solemnly declare, if I know my own mind, that I could offer myself a willing sacrifice to the butchering enemy, provided that would contribute to the people's ease." This letter called forth an order from the Governor for a force of militia from the upper counties... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1881 - 986 pages
...deadly sorrow, that I solemnly declare, if I know my own mind, I could offer myself a willing sacrifice to the butchering enemy, provided that would contribute to the people's ease." The unstudied eloquence of this letter drew from the governor an instant order for a militia force... | |
 | John Lewis Peyton - Augusta County (Va.) - 1882 - 420 pages
...deadly sorrow that I solemnly declare, if I know my own mind, I could offer myself a willing -sacrifice to the butchering enemy, provided that would contribute to the people's ease." The campaign of 1755, closed by the failure of Braddock's expedition and that under Gen. Shirley against... | |
 | John Esten Cooke - Virginia - 1883 - 562 pages
...deadly sorrow that I solemnly declare, if I know my own mind, I could offer myself a willing sacrifice to the butchering enemy, provided that would contribute to the people's ease." It was hard to reduce the chaos to order, but the work was performed ; and soon the frontier was in... | |
 | Francis Parkman - Canada - 1884 - 548 pages
...deadly sorrow, that I solemnly declare, if I know my own mind, I could offer myself a willing sacrifice to the butchering enemy, provided that would contribute to the people's ease." l In the turmoil around him, patriotism and public duty seemed all to be centred in the breast of one... | |
 | Francis Parkman - United States - 1884 - 578 pages
...deadly sorrow, that I solemnly declare, if I know my own mind, I could offer myself a willing sacrifice to the butchering enemy, provided that would contribute to the people's ease." l In the turmoil around him, patriotism and public duty seemed all to be centred in the breast of one... | |
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