| George Washington - 1795 - 392 sayfa
...truly di'ftreffing. The check our detach-* ment fuflaincd on the twenty-feventh ultimo has difpirited* too great a proportion of our troops, and filled their minds with apprehenfion and defpair. The militia, inftead of calling forth their utmoft efforts to a brave and... | |
| Tobias Smollett - 1795 - 612 sayfa
...is truly diftrefimg. The check our detachment luftained en the twenty -feventh ultimo has difpirited too great a . proportion of our troops, and filled their minds with apprehenfion and defpair. The militia, inftead of calling forth their utmoft ek forts to a brave and... | |
| John Adolphus - 1802 - 570 sayfa
...fays, "is truly diftreffmg. The check " our detachment fuftained, on the 2?th ultimo, " has difpirited too great a proportion of our " troops, and filled their minds with apprehen" fion and defpair. The militia, inttead of " calling forth their utmoft efforts to a brave... | |
| John Marshall - 1804 - 562 sayfa
...described : " Our situation is truly distressing. The check our detachment sustained, on the 27th ultimo, has dispirited too great a proportion of our troops,...our losses, are dismayed, intractable, and impatient to return. Great numbers of them have gone off; in some instances, almost by whole regiments ; in many,... | |
| John Marshall - 1804 - 654 sayfa
...d filled their minds with apprehension and espait. The militia, instead of calling forth 1776. cir utmost efforts to a brave and manly opposition, in...our losses, are dismayed, intractable, and impatient to return. Great numbers of them have gone off, in some instances, almost by whole regiments, in many,... | |
| John Marshall - 1804 - 648 sayfa
..."our situation is truly distressing. The check our detachment sustained on the twenty- seventh ultimo, has dispirited too great a proportion of our troops, and filled their minds with apprehension and CHAP, vu. despair. The militia, instead of calling forth 1776. their utmost efforts to a brave and... | |
| Aaron Bancroft - 1807 - 576 sayfa
...Congress. " Our situation is truly distressing. The check our detachment sustained on the 27th ultimo, has dispirited too great a proportion of our troops,...our losses, are dismayed, intractable and impatient to return. Great numbers of them have gone of.. ..in some instances, almost by whole regiments, -by... | |
| Aaron Bancroft - 1808 - 584 sayfa
...Congress. " Our situation is truly distressing. The check our detachment sustained on the 27th ultimo, has dispirited too great a proportion of our troops,...our losses, are dismayed, intractable, and impatient to return. Great numbers of them have gone off — in some instances, almost by whole regiments, by... | |
| 1809 - 574 sayfa
...congress thus describes the stale of his army, which had just experienced a defeat in Long Island. ' The militia, instead of calling forth their utmost...our losses, are dismayed, intractable and impatient to return. Great numbers of them havegon* off — in some instances, almost by whole regiments, by... | |
| John Adolphus - 1810 - 484 sayfa
...fays, " is truly diftreffing. The check our detachment fuftained, on the 27th ultimo, has difpirited too great a proportion of our troops, and filled their minds with apprehenfion and defpair. The militia, inftead of calling forth their utmoft efforts to a brave and... | |
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