 | Aaron Bancroft - 1807 - 576 páginas
...states from the invasion of an enemy, so easy and practicable a business. I can assure those gentlemen, that it is a much easier and less distressing thing...draw remonstrances in a comfortable room, by a good fire side, than to occupy a cold bleak hill, and sleep under frost and snow without clothes or blankets... | |
 | Aaron Bancroft - 1808 - 584 páginas
...states from the invasion of an enemy, so easy and practicable a business. I can assure those gentlemen, that it is a much easier and less distressing thing...draw remonstrances in a comfortable room, by a good fire side, than to occupy a cold bleak hill, and sleep under frost and snow without clothes or blankets... | |
 | 1809 - 574 páginas
...without adequate means. * I can assure those gentlemen,' says Washington, alluding to his calumniators, ' that it is a much easier and less distressing thing...draw remonstrances in a comfortable room by a good lire side, than to occupy a cold bleak hill, and sleep under frost or snow without clothes or blankets.'... | |
 | David Ramsay - 1811 - 522 páginas
...complaincrs, " that it Was much easier to draw up remonstrances in a comfortable room by a good fire side, than to occupy a cold bleak hill, and sleep under frost and snow, without clothes or blankets." To the other vexations which crowded on Gen. Washington at the close of the campaign of 1777, was added... | |
 | 1829 - 290 páginas
...suffering troops, and he said, " It is much easier to censure by a good fire side, in a comfortable room, than to occupy a cold, bleak hill, and sleep under frost and snow, without either clothes or blankets." Restless, busy bodies, raised a report that he was wearied of his situation,... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1834 - 590 páginas
...States from the invasion of an enemy, so easy and practicable a business. I can assure those gentlemen, that it is a much easier and less distressing thing...feel superabundantly for them, and, from my soul, I pity those miseries, which it is neither in my power to relieve or prevent.* * Alluding to the Memorial,... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1834 - 594 páginas
...States from the invasion of an enemy, so easy and practicable a business. I can assure those gentlemen, that it is a much easier and less distressing thing...feel superabundantly for them, and, from my soul, I pity those miseries, which it is neither in my power to relieve or prevent.* * Alluding to the Memorial,... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1834 - 600 páginas
...States from the invasion of an enemy, so easy and practicable a business. I can assure those gentlemen, that it is a much easier and less distressing thing...feel superabundantly for them, and, from my soul, I pity those miseries, which it is neither in my power to relieve or prevent.* * Alluding to the Memorial,... | |
 | John Church Hamilton - 1834 - 456 páginas
...occurred at this time, which marks the effect * January 16, 1778. t "I can assure those gentlemen, that it is a much easier and less distressing thing...fire-side, than to occupy a cold, bleak hill, and sleop under frost and snow, without clothes or blankets. However, although they seem to have little... | |
 | Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1836 - 574 páginas
...much as if they thought the " soldiers were made of stocks and stones " I can assure those gentlemen that it is a much " easier, and less distressing, thing to draw remon" strances in a comfortable room, by a good fire" side, than to occupy a cold bleak hill, and... | |
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I can assure those gentlemen, that it is a much easier and less distressing thing to draw remonstrances in a comfortable room by a good fireside, than to occupy a cold bleak hill, and sleep under frost and snow, without clothes or blankets. 
