 It would have been a less painful circumstance to me to have heard that in consequence of your non-compliance with their request, they had burnt my house and laid the plantation in ruins. You ought to have considered yourself as my representative, and...  Life of George Washington - Page 293by Washington Irving - 1857Full view - About this book
 | John Marshall - Generals - 1805 - 666 pages
...that in consequence of your non-compliance with their request they had burnt my house and laid the plantation in ruins. You ought to have considered...communicating with the enemy, and making a voluntary offer of refreshment to them, with a view to prevent a conflagration.1' various causes, especially from a want... | |
 | David Ramsay - Presidents - 1811 - 522 pages
...noncompliance with the request of the British, they had burnt my house, and laid my plantation in rums. You ought to have considered yourself as my representative,...have reflected on the bad example of communicating THE LIFE OF with the enemy, and making a voluntary offer of refreshment to them, with a view to prevent... | |
 | David Ramsay - Generals - 1814 - 274 pages
...circumstance to me to have heard, that, in consequence of your non-compliance with the request of the British, they had burnt my house, and laid my plantation in...communicating with the enemy, and making a voluntary offer of refreshment to them, with a view to prevent a conflagration." To the other difficulties with which... | |
 | Presidents - 1829 - 290 pages
...that in consequence of your non-compliance with their request, they had burnt my house, and laid the plantation in ruins. You ought to have considered...the bad example of communicating with the enemy, and of making an offer of refreshment to them with a view to prevent a con<flagration." La Fayette acted... | |
 | David Ramsay - 1832 - 278 pages
...your non-compliance with the request of the British, they had burnt my house, and laid my plantations in ruins. You ought to have considered yourself as...communicating with the enemy, and making a voluntary offer of refreshment to them, with a view to prevent a conflagration." To the oilier difficulties with which... | |
 | 1832 - 564 pages
...that in consequence of your non-compliance with their request, they had burnt my home and laid the plantation in ruins. You ought to have considered yourself as my representative, and should have reffected on the bad example of communicating with the enemy, and making a voluntary offer of refreshment... | |
 | Stephen Simpson - Presidents - 1833 - 408 pages
...that in consequence of your non-compliance with their request, they had burnt my house, and laid the plantation in ruins. You ought to have considered...communicating with the enemy, and making a voluntary offer of refreshment to them, with a view to prevent a conflagration." The Governor of Virginia, Mr. Jefferson,... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1835 - 594 pages
...that in consequence of your non-compliance with their request, they had burnt my house and laid the plantation in ruins. You ought to have considered...refreshments to them with a view to prevent a conflagration. It was not in your power, I acknowledge, to prevent them from sending a flag on shore, and you did... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1835 - 604 pages
...that in consequence of your non-compliance with their request, they had burnt my house and laid the plantation in ruins. You ought to have considered...refreshments to them with a view to prevent a conflagration. It was not in your power, I acknowledge, to prevent them from sending a flag on shore, and you did... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1835 - 596 pages
...that in consequence of your non-compliance with their request, they had burnt my house and laid the plantation in ruins. You ought to have considered...refreshments to them with a view to prevent a conflagration. It was not in your po\ver, I acknowledge, to prevent them from sending a flag on shore, and you did... | |
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