 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 566 pages
...this payment as good hick, having never been able to obtain that remainder; of which more hereafter. This general was, I think, a brave man, and might...high an opinion of the validity of regular troops, and too mean a one of both Americans and Indians. George Croghan, our Indian interpreter, joined him... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1834 - 682 pages
...this payment at* good luck ; having never been able to obta iithat remainder; of which more hereafter. 0 X M @ DC -i( 0 z \ jfa [ ~! ]h ...Q E[ 3B ' 7 :G PZ !ù6b l 4 !4 (7 56 57 the validity of regular troops, and too mean an one of both Americans and Indians. George Croghan,... | |
 | 1834 - 438 pages
...good deal in his camp, had much personal intercourse with him, and thus speaks of him in his Memoirs. "This General was, I think, a brave man, and might...made a figure as a good officer in some European war. Hut he had too much self-confidence, too high an opinion of the validity of regular troops, and too... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 666 pages
...this payment as good luck, having never been able to obtain that remainder; of which more hereafter. This General was, I think, a brave man, and might...high an opinion of the validity of regular troops, and too mean a one of both Americans and Indians. George Croghan, our Indian interpreter, joined him... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 674 pages
...this payment as good luck, having never been able to obtain that remainder; of which more hereafter. This General was, I think, a brave man, and might...high an opinion of the validity of regular troops, and too mean a one of both Americans and Indians. George Croghan, our Indian interpreter, joined him... | |
 | Orville Luther Holley - 1848 - 534 pages
...another opportunity. Franklin, who saw a good deal of Braddock, speaks of him in the following terms : " This general was, I think, a brave man, and might...high an opinion of the validity of regular troops, and too mean a one of both Americans and Indians. George Croghan, an Indian interpreter, joined him... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - 1848 - 676 pages
...this payment as good luck, having never been able to obtain that remainder; of which more hereafter. This General was, I think, a brave man, and might...high an opinion of the validity of regular troops, and too mean a one of both Americans and Indians. George Croghan, our Indian interpreter, joined him... | |
 | James Wynne - 1850 - 372 pages
...the English General. The unfortunate result of this expedition is well known. Franklin says, " the General was, I think, a brave man, and might probably...officer, in some European war. But he had too much self confidence, too high an opinion of the validity of regular troops, and too mean a one of both... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1853 - 522 pages
...this payment as good luck, having never been able to obtain that remainder; of which more hereafter. This general was, I think, a brave man, and might...high an opinion of the validity of regular troops, and too mean a one of both Americans and Indians. George Croghan, our Indian interpreter, joined him... | |
 | Israel Acrelius, New Sweden. Upland court, William Penn - 1855 - 462 pages
...words his opinion of Braddock's 1 A place in Covent Garden Market, well known to houseless bards. 8 capacity. " This General was, I think, a brave man,...regular troops, too mean a one of both Americans and Indians." 1 Not dissimilar to this view is that of the English historian Entick, who, besides being... | |
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This general was, I think, a brave man, and might probably have made a figure as a good officer in some European war. But he had too much self-confidence, too high an opinion of the validity of regular troops, and too mean a one of both Americans and... 
