 Could I have foreseen the difficulties, which have come upon us; could I have known, that such a backwardness would have been discovered in the old soldiers to the service, all the generals upon earth should not have convinced me of the propriety of delaying...  The Life of George Washington - Page 17by Washington Irving - 2005 - 416 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1837 - 658 pages
..." which have come upon us ; could I have known that such backwardness would have been discovered by the old soldiers to the service, all the generals...of delaying an attack upon Boston till this time." He alludes here to the soldiers of the first army, who had refused to enlist, and gone home, in much... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1837 - 654 pages
..." which have come upon us ; could I have known that such backwardness would have been discovered by the old soldiers to the service, all the generals...of delaying an attack upon Boston till this time." He alludes here to the soldiers of the first army, who had refused to enlist, and gone home, in much... | |
 | George Washington - United States - 1837 - 644 pages
..." which have come upon us; could I have known that such backwardness would have been discovered by the old soldiers to the service, all the generals...of delaying an attack upon Boston till this time." He alludes here to the soldiers of the first army, who had refused to enlist, and gone home, in much... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1837 - 650 pages
..." which have come upon us ; could I have known that such backwardness would have been discovered by the old soldiers to the service, all the generals...of delaying an attack upon Boston till this time." He alludes here to the soldiers of the first army, who had refused to enlist, and gone home, in much... | |
 | Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1839 - 632 pages
..." which have come upon us ; could I have known that such backwardness would have been discovered by the old soldiers to the service, all the generals...of delaying an attack upon Boston till this time." He alludes here to the soldiers of the first army, who had refused to enlist, and gone home, in much... | |
 | Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1839 - 666 pages
..." which have come upon us ; could I have known that such backwardness would have been discovered by the old soldiers to the service, all the generals...of delaying an attack upon Boston till this time." He alludes here to the soldiers of the first army, who had refused to enlist, and gone home, in much... | |
 | Jared Sparks - United States - 1846 - 474 pages
...the disadvantages we labor under. " Could I have foreseen the difficulties which have come upon us, could I have known that such a backwardness would have been discovered in the old soldiers to the service, all the generals upon earth should not have convinced me of the... | |
 | William Bradford Reed - United States - 1847 - 460 pages
...which have come upon us — could I have known that such a backwardness would have been discovered in the old soldiers to the service, all the generals...be attempted, I will not undertake to say, — but this much I will answer for, that no opportunity can present itself earlier than my wishes — but... | |
 | William Bradford Reed - United States - 1847 - 466 pages
...the disadvantages we labour under. Could I have foreseen the difficulties which have come upon us — could I have known that such a backwardness would have been discovered in the old soldiers to the service, all the generals upon earth should not have convinced me of the... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Generals - 1848 - 394 pages
...difficulties which have come upon us," said he in a letter to Colonel Reed, dated January 14, 1776, " could I have known that such a backwardness would have been discovered in the old soldiers of the service, all the generals upon earth should not have convinced me of the... | |
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