 | William Harris - Great Britain - 1762 - 564 pages
...the country, which he effiedted hy lending a confidcrable party to the (trait pafs at C.pf'erfp/>tb) where ten men to hinder are better than forty to make their way. And truly this was an exigent to rs, whereby the enemy reproach.d us w.th that cond tun the parliament's... | |
 | William Harris - Great Britain - 1762 - 544 pages
...couir« try, which he effedted by fending a confiderable party « to the ftrait pafs at Copper/path, where ten men to * hinder are better than forty to make their way. And « truly this was an exigent to us, whereby the enemy 4 reproached us with that condition the parliament's... | |
 | William Harris - 1814 - 560 pages
...of the country, which he effected by sending a considerable party to the strait pass at Copperspath, where ten men to hinder are better than forty to make their way. And truly this was an exigent to Us, whereby the enemy reproached us with that condition the parliament's... | |
 | Thomas Cromwell - Great Britain - 1822 - 622 pages
...of the country, he effected this by sending a considerable party to the strait pass at Copperspelh, where ten men to hinder are better than forty to make their way. Aud truly this was an exigent to u«, wherewith the enemy reproached us with that condition the Parliament's... | |
 | George Brodie - Great Britain - 1822 - 550 pages
...sent forward a party to seize the pass at Cockburn's path, where, as. Cromwell says in his dispatch, " ten men to hinder are better than forty to make their way." Down-Hill is not distant two miles from Dun-Position of bar. In itself it is small, the largest base... | |
 | George Buchanan - Scotland - 1827 - 646 pages
...the country, which he effected, by sending a considerable party to the straight passe at Coppcrspath, where ten men to hinder, are better than forty to make their way, and truly this was an exigent to us. The enemy lying in the posture before mentioned, having these... | |
 | James Miller - Castles - 1830 - 322 pages
...the country, which he effected, by sending a considerable party to the strait pass at Copperspeth, where ten men to hinder, are better than forty to make their way : and truly this was an exigent to us ; wherewith the enemy reproached us with that condition the parliament's... | |
 | Daniel Mackinnon - 1833 - 620 pages
...of the country, which be effected by sending a considerable party to the strait pass at Copperspeth, where ten men to hinder, are better than forty to make their way. And truly this was an exigent to us, wherewith the enemy reproached us with that condition the Parliament's... | |
 | Statesmen - 1838 - 380 pages
...the country) which he effected by sending a considerable party to the strait pass at Copperspath ; where ten men to hinder are better than forty to make their way. And truly this was an exigent to us, whereby the enemy reproached us with that condition the parliament's... | |
 | Oliver Cromwell - Great Britain - 1845 - 598 pages
...of the country, he effected it : by sending a considerable party to the strait Pass at Copperspath ; where ten men to hinder are better than forty to make their way. And truly this was an exigent to us,* wherewith the Enemy reproached us; — 'as' with that condition... | |
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... labouring to make a perfect interposition between us and Berwick. And, having in this posture a great advantage through his better knowledge of the country, he effected it by sending a considerable party to the strait pass at Copperspath, where ten... 
