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" You can form no idea of the perplexity of my situation. No man, I believe, ever had a greater choice of difficulties, and less means to extricate himself from them. However, under a full persuasion .of the justice of our cause, I cannot entertain an idea,... "
George Washington Day by Day - Page 186
edited by - 1895 - 207 pages
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The Writings of George Washington: pt. II. Correspondence and miscellaneous ...

George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1834 - 588 pages
...party of light-horse that seized him, and carried him off, with every mark of triumph and indignity. You can form no idea of the perplexity of my situation. No man, 1 believe, ever had a greater choice of difficulties, and less means to extricate himself from them....
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American Quarterly Review, Volume 17

Robert Walsh - American literature - 1835 - 582 pages
...party of lighthorse that seized him, and carried him off, with every mark of triumph and indignity. " You can form no idea of the perplexity of my situation....cannot entertain an idea that it will finally sink, though it may remain for some time under a cloud." The motives of General Lee, it is not hard to divine....
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American Quarterly Review, Volume 17

Robert Walsh - American literature - 1835 - 568 pages
...party of lighthorse that seized him, and carried him off, with every mark of triumph and indignity. " You can form no idea of the perplexity of my situation....cannot entertain an idea that it will finally sink, though it may remain for some time under a cloud." The motives of General Lee, it is not hard to divine....
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The Religious Opinions and Character of Washington

Edward Charles M'Guire - 1836 - 428 pages
...wrote his brother John A. Washington, date,"Camp, near the Falls of Trenton, 18th December, 1776 : " You can form no idea of the perplexity "of my situation....cannot entertain an idea, that it will finally sink, though it may remain for some time under a cloud." About eight days after this letter was written,...
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The Writings of George Washington: pt. II. Correspondence and miscellaneous ...

George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1834 - 590 pages
...party of light-horse that seized him, and carried him off, with every mark of triumph and indignity. You can form no idea of the perplexity of my situation....cannot entertain an idea, that it will finally sink, though it may remain for some time under a cloud. TO THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS. Camp, above Trenton...
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Life of Joseph Brant-Thayendanegea: Including the Border Wars of the ...

William Leete Stone - Canada - 1838 - 568 pages
...borrow his own expressive language in the private letter to his brother cited in a preceding note, " You can form no idea of the perplexity of " my situation....difficulties, and less means to extricate himself from them." Nevertheless, the last sun of that year did not sink behind so deep a cloud of gloom as had been anticipated....
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Life of Joseph Brant--Thayendanegea: Including the Border Wars of ..., Volume 1

William Leete Stone - Indians of North America - 1838 - 540 pages
...borrow his own expressive language in the private letter to his brother cited in a preceding note, " You can form no idea of the perplexity of " my situation....difficulties, and less means to extricate himself from them." Nevertheless, the last sun of that year did not sink behind so deep a cloud of gloom as had been anticipated....
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The Writings of George Washington: Being His Correspondence ..., Volume 4

George Washington, Jared Sparks - United States - 1839 - 588 pages
...party of light-horse that seized him, and carried him off, with every mark of triumph and indignity. You can form no idea of the perplexity of my situation....cannot entertain an idea, that it will finally sink, though it may remain for some time under a cloud. My love and sincere regards attend my sister and...
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An Inquiry Into the Views, Services, Principles, and Influences of ..., Volume 1

Thaddeus Allen - United States - 1847 - 574 pages
...party of light-horse that seized him, and carried him, off, with every mark of triumph and indignity. persuasion of the justice of our cause, I cannot entertain an idea, that it will finally sink, though it may remain for some time under a cloud. ' My love and sincere regards attend my sister and...
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Washington and the Generals of the American Revolution ...

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Generals - 1848 - 394 pages
...is not strained to recruit the new army with all possible expedition, I think the game is nearly up. You can form no idea of the perplexity of my situation. No man ever had a greater choice of difficulties, and less means to extricate himself from them. But under...
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