 | Robert Walsh - American literature - 1835 - 582 pages
...mark of triumph and indignity. " You can form no idea of the perplexity of my situation. No man, I believe, ever had a greater choice of difficulties,...though it may remain for some time under a cloud." The motives of General Lee, it is not hard to divine. No suspicion can rest upon him ni' any traitorous... | |
 | Robert Walsh - American literature - 1835 - 568 pages
...mark of triumph and indignity. " You can form no idea of the perplexity of my situation. No man, I believe, ever had a greater choice of difficulties,...though it may remain for some time under a cloud." The motives of General Lee, it is not hard to divine. No suspicion can rest upon him of any traitorous... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1834 - 590 pages
...every mark of triumph and indignity. You can form no idea of the perplexity of my situation. No man, I believe, ever had a greater choice of difficulties,...though it may remain for some time under a cloud. TO THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS. Camp, above Trenton Falls, 20 December, 1776. SIR, I have waited with... | |
 | William Leete Stone - Canada - 1838 - 568 pages
...brother cited in a preceding note, " 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." Nevertheless, the last sun of that year did not sink behind so deep a cloud of gloom as had been anticipated.... | |
 | William Leete Stone - Indians of North America - 1838 - 540 pages
...brother cited in a preceding note, " 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." Nevertheless, the last sun of that year did not sink behind so deep a cloud of gloom as had been anticipated.... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - United States - 1839 - 588 pages
...every mark of triumph and indignity. You can form no idea of the perplexity of my situation. No man, I believe, ever had a greater choice of difficulties,...though it may remain for some time under a cloud. My love and sincere regards attend my sister and the family, with compliments to all inquiring friends.... | |
 | 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...though it may remain for some time under a cloud. ' My love and sincere regards attend my sister and the family, with compliments to all inquiring friends.... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Generals - 1848 - 394 pages
...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 a full persuasion of the justice of our cause, I cannot entertain an idea that it will finally... | |
 | William Leete Stone - Indians of North America - 1851 - 546 pages
...brother cited in a preceding note, " 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." Nevertheless, the last sun of that year did not sink behind so deep a cloud of gloom as had been anticipated.... | |
 | United States. President - United States - 1854 - 616 pages
...affairs arc in a very bad condition. " You can form no idea of the perplexity of my situation. No man, I believe, ever had a greater choice of difficulties,...extricate himself from them. However, under a full conviction of the justice of our cause, I can not entertain an idea that it will finally sink, though... | |
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No man I believe ever had a greater choice of evils and less means to extricate himself from them. However, under a full 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... 
