 | Francis Parkman - United States - 1897 - 586 pages
...my account here. " 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...enemy, provided that would contribute to the people's ease."1 In the turmoil around him, patriotism and public duty seemed all to be centred in the breast... | |
 | Francis Parkman - America - 1897 - 434 pages
...my account here. " 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...enemy, provided that would contribute to the people's ease."1 In the turmoil around him, patriotism and public duty seemed all to be centred in the breast... | |
 | Hu Maxwell, Howard Lleyellyn Swisher - Hampshire County (W. Va.) - 1897 - 784 pages
...of the men, melt me with such deadly* sorrow that I solemnly declare, if I know my own mind, I would offer myself a -willing sacrifice to the butchering...provided that Would contribute to the people's ease." Ha found no -adequate means of defense. Indians butchered the people and fled. Pur suit was nearly... | |
 | Hu Maxwell, Howard Llewellyn Swisher - Hampshire County (W. Va.) - 1897 - 778 pages
...of the men, melt me with such deadly sorrow that I solemnly declare, if I kno%v my own mind, I would offer myself a willing sacrifice to the butchering...enemy, provided that would contribute to the people's case." He found no adequate means of defense. Indians butchered the people and fled. Pursuit was nearly... | |
 | Royall Bascom Smithey - Virginia - 1898 - 286 pages
...which he said : " 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...provided that would contribute to the people's ease." He exerted himself to the utmost to stop the atrocities of the savages, building a fort at Winchester... | |
 | Arthur Granville Bradley - Canada - 1900 - 438 pages
...supplicating tears of the women and moving SUFFERING IN CANADA [1757 petitions of the men melt me into such deadly sorrow, that I solemnly declare, if I...provided that would contribute to the people's ease." Washington was giving up a life of ease and comfort, neglecting an estate to whose management he was... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson Chapman - History - 1900 - 248 pages
...supplicating tears of the women," Washington wrote to Dinwiddie, "and moving petitions of the men melt me into such deadly sorrow, that I solemnly declare, if I...provided that would contribute to the people's ease." In Pennsylvania matters were in a still more lamentable case. Governor Morris summoned the Assembly... | |
 | Richard Ellsworth Fast, Hu Maxwell - West Virginia - 1901 - 536 pages
...of the men, melt me with such deadly sorrow that I solemnly declare, if I know my own mind, I would offer myself a willing sacrifice to the butchering...provided that would contribute to the people's ease." The Governor of Virginia, not knowing what he ought to do, was about to^-erder the FIGHTING FOR POSSESSION.... | |
 | Rowland H. Rerick - Ohio - 1902 - 436 pages
...in April, 1756 : "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...provided that would contribute to the people's ease." Again, "It is not possible to conceive the situation and danger of this miserable country. Such numbers... | |
 | John Frederick Schroeder - Presidents - 1903 - 588 pages
...account here ! " 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...provided that would contribute to the people's ease. [" Lord Fairfax has ordered men from the adjacent counties, but when they will come, or in what numbers,... | |
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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... 
