 I thought, knowing the ice would not last, a favorable opportunity to make an assault upon the troops in town. I proposed it in council, but behold, though we had been waiting all the year for this favorable event, the enterprise was thought too dangerous....  The Life of George Washington - Page 41by Washington Irving - 2005 - 416 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1834 - 578 pages
...the year for this favorable event, the enterprise was thought too dangerous. Perhaps it was ; perhaps the irksomeness of my situation led me to undertake...resolution, must have succeeded ; without it, any would fail ; but it is now at an end, and I am preparing to take post on Dorchester Heights, to try if the enemy... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1834 - 580 pages
...the year for this favorable event, the enterprise was thought too dangerous. Perhaps it was ; perhaps the irksomeness of my situation led me to undertake...resolution, must have succeeded ; without it, any would fail ; but it is now at an end, and I am preparing to take post on Dorchester Heights, to try if the enemy... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1837 - 658 pages
...said he, "for this favorable event, the enterprise was thought too dangerous. Perhaps it was; perhaps the irksomeness of my situation led me to undertake...must have succeeded ; without it, any would fail." It was resolved, however, that active operations should commence, and that possession should be taken... | |
 | George Washington - United States - 1837 - 644 pages
...said he, "for this favorable event, the enterprise was thought too dangerous. Perhaps it was; perhaps the irksomeness of my situation led me to undertake...must have succeeded; without it, any would fail." It was resolved, however, that active operations should commence, and that possession should be taken... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1837 - 650 pages
...said he, "for this favorable event, the enterprise was thought too dangerous. Perhaps it was; perhaps the irksomeness of my situation led me to undertake...must have succeeded ; without it, any would fail." It was resolved, however, that active operations should commence, and that possession should be taken... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1837 - 654 pages
...said he, "for this favorable event, the enterprise was thought too dangerous. Perhaps it was; perhaps the irksomeness of my situation led me to undertake more than could be wan-anted by prudence. I did not think so, and I am sure yet, that the enterprise, if it had been undertaken... | |
 | Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1839 - 666 pages
...said he, "for this favorable event, the enterprise was thought too dangerous. Perhaps it was ; perhaps the irksomeness of my situation led me to undertake...must have succeeded ; without it, any would fail." It was resolved, however, that active operations should commence, and that possesPrnpoMa an auault... | |
 | Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1839 - 632 pages
...said he, " for this favorable event, the enterprise was thought too dangerous. Perhaps it was; perhaps the irksomeness of my situation led me to undertake...must have succeeded ; without it, any would fail." It was resolved, however, that active operations should commence, and that posses160 sion should be... | |
 | François Guizot - Presidents - 1840 - 262 pages
...year for this favourable event, the enterprise was thought too dangerous. Perhaps it was ; perhaps the irksomeness of my situation led me to undertake...must have succeeded ; without it, any would fail*." In 1776, in the State of New York, during the severest cold, in the midst of a retreat, with troops... | |
 | William Bradford Reed - United States - 1847 - 466 pages
...year for this favourable event, the enterprise was thought too dangerous ! Perhaps it was — perhaps the irksomeness of my situation led me to undertake...be warranted by prudence. I did not think so, and am sure yet that the enterprise, if it had been undertaken with resolution, must have succeeded; without... | |
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