| John Malcolm Forbes Ludlow - 1889 - 288 páginas
...'either the temper or the resources of the country' would not admit of an alteration, they might ' expect soon to be reduced to the humiliating condition...cause of America, in America, upheld by foreign arms.' If 'something satisfactory' were not done, ' the army (already so much reduced in officers by daily... | |
| John Fiske - 1891 - 342 páginas
...and certainly will not outlive the campaign unless it finds something more substantial to rest upon. To me it will appear miraculous if our affairs can...cause of America in America upheld by foreign arms." To appreciate the full force of this, we must remember that, except in South Carolina, there had been... | |
| John Fiske - 1891 - 348 páginas
...campaign unless it finds something more substantial to rest upon. To me it will appear mii^aculous if our affairs can maintain themselves much longer...cause of America in America upheld by foreign arms." To appreciate the full force of this, we must remember that, except in South Carolina, there had been... | |
| William Edward Hartpole Lecky - 1893 - 476 páginas
...certainly will not outlive the campaign unless it finds something more substantial to rest upon. ... To me it will appear miraculous if our affairs can...the cause of America in America upheld by foreign arms.'1 Looking, indeed, over the whole struggle, it seemed to Washington little less than a miracle... | |
| 1894 - 832 páginas
...letter he said, after a 208 209 most gloomy recital of the reasons he had for being low- spirited : "To me it will appear miraculous if our affairs can maintain themselves much longer in the present train." But Washington possessed the power of recovering from these fits of the blues and... | |
| William Edward Hartpole Lecky - 1898 - 556 páginas
...certainly will not outlive the campaign unless it linds something more substantial to rest upon. ... To me it will appear miraculous if our affairs can...the cause of America in America upheld by foreign arms.'1 Looking, indeed, over the whole struggle, it seemed to Washington little less than a miracle... | |
| John Fiske - 1902 - 430 páginas
...and certainly will not outlive the campaign unless it finds something more substantial to rest upon. To me it will appear miraculous if our affairs can...cause of America in America upheld by foreign arms." To appreciate the full force of this, we must remember that, except in South Carolina, there had been... | |
| Arthur Johnston - 1908 - 316 páginas
...it may be necessary " to disperse, if not disband, the army " at the end of the campaign; so that " we may expect soon to be reduced to the humiliating...cause of America, in America, upheld by foreign arms;" for, declared Washington to the Congress, it was impossible to expel the British forces " till we derive... | |
| Arthur Johnston - 1908 - 318 páginas
...it may be necessary " to disperse, if not disband, the army " at the end of the campaign ; so that " we may expect soon to be reduced to the humiliating...cause of America, in America, upheld by foreign arms ;" for, declared Washington to the Congress, it was impossible to expel the British forces " till we... | |
| Wayne Whipple - 1911 - 848 páginas
...Washington wrote to Congress that the American army, not England's, was lamentably weak. Then he added : "To me, it will appear miraculous if our affairs can...humiliating condition of seeing the cause of America upheld by foreign arms. The generosity of our allies has mfx a claim to all our confidence and all... | |
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