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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... "
Orations and Speeches on Various Occasions - Page 553
by Edward Everett - 1836 - 637 pages
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The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American ..., Volume 2

John Marshall - 1804 - 648 pages
...supplicating tears of the women, and moving petitions of the men, melt me with such deadly sorrow, that I solemnly declare, if I know my own mind, I could offer...provided that would contribute to the people's ease." Colonel Washington had been prevented from taking post at fort Cumberland, (the extreme position towards...
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The Life of George Washington,: Commander in Chief of the American ..., Volume 2

John Marshall - 1804 - 654 pages
...supplicating tears of the women, and moving petitions of the men, melt me with such deadly sorrow, that I solemnly declare, if I know my own mind, I could offer...provided that would contribute to the people's ease." Colonel Washington had been preventedfrom taking post at fort Cumberland, (the extreme position towards...
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The life of George Washington, Volume 2; Volume 272

John Marshall - 1804 - 562 pages
...deadly sorrow, that I solemnly declare, if I know my own mind, I eould offer myself a willingsacrifice to the butchering enemy, provided that would contribute to the people's ease." Colonel Washington had been prevented from taking post at Fort Cumberland, the extreme position towards...
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The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American ..., Volume 2

1805 - 618 pages
...supplicating tears of the women, and moving petitions of the men, melt me with such deadly sorrow, that I solemnly declare, if I know my own mind, I could offer...provided that would contribute to the people's ease." Colonel Washington had been prevented from taking post at fort Cumberland, (the extreme position towards...
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An Essay on the Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the ...

Aaron Bancroft - 1807 - 576 pages
...supplicating tears of the women, and moving petitions of the men, melt me with such deadly sorrow, that I solemnly declare, if I know my own mind, I could offer...sacrifice to the butchering enemy, provided that would conduce to the people's ease." The inefficiency of the militia he thus pourtrays. " The inhabitants...
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Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Army Through ...

Aaron Bancroft - 1808 - 604 pages
...supplicating tears of the women, and moving petitions of the men, melt me with such deadly sorrow, that I solemnly declare, if I know my own mind, I could offer...sacrifice to the butchering enemy, provided that would conduce to the people's ease." The inefficiency of the militia he thus pourtrays, " The inhabitants...
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The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature

1809 - 574 pages
...supplicating tears of the women, and the moving petitions of the men, melt me with such deadly sorrow, that I solemnly declare, if I know my own mind, I could offer...sacrifice to the butchering enemy, provided that would conduce to the people's ease.' demned ; left to act and proceed at hazard ; accountable for the •...
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Delaplaine's repository of the lives and portraits of distinguished American ...

Joseph Delaplaine - 1815 - 314 pages
...communication to the governor, "and the moving petitions of the men, melt me with such deadly sorrow, that I solemnly declare, if I know my own mind, I could offer...enemy, provided that would contribute to the people's case." It was at this moment of alarm and peril, that Peyton Randolph stepped forward, with several...
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A History of the United States Before the Revolution: With Some Account of ...

Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 546 pages
...supplicating tears of the women, and moving petitions of the men, melt me with such deadly sorrow, that I solemnly declare, if I know my own mind, I could offer...provided that would contribute to the people's ease.' Such representations as these, at length, induced the assembly to resolve, that the Virginia regiment...
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A History of the United States Before the Revolution: With Some Account of ...

Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 590 pages
...supplicating tears of the women, and moving petitions of the men, melt me with such deadly sorrow, that I solemnly declare, if I know my own mind, I could offer...provided that would contribute to the people's ease.' Such representations as these, at length, induced the assembly to resolve, that the Virginia regiment...
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