 | Henry Howe - Virginia - 1845 - 562 pages
...displeasure below, while the murder of helpless families may be laid to my account here. " The Bupplicating tears of the women, and moving petitions of the men, melt me with such deadly sorrow, that I solemnly declare, if I know my own mind, I could offer myself a willing... | |
 | John Frost - 1847 - 602 pages
...incurring displeasure below, while the murder of helpless families may be laid to my account here! "The supplicating tears of the women, and moving petitions...myself a willing sacrifice to the butchering enemy, provided that would contribute to the people's ease." Two days afterwards he again addressed the governor... | |
 | Aaron Bancroft - 1848 - 472 pages
...incurring displeasure below, while the murder of helpless families may be laid to my account here. " The supplicating tears of the women, and moving petitions of the men, melt me with such deadly sorrow, that I solemnly declare, if I know my own mind, I could offer myself a willing... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1857 - 1384 pages
...sufferings, without having it in my power to give them further relief than uncertain promises." — " The supplicating tears of the women, and moving petitions...myself a •willing sacrifice to the butchering enemy, provided that would contribute to the people's ease." The unstudied eloquence of this letter drew from... | |
 | Wills De Hass - Indians of North America - 1851 - 440 pages
...children in forts. . . . The supplicating tears of the women, and moving petitions of the men melt me with such deadly sorrow that I solemnly declare, if I know...myself a willing sacrifice to the butchering enemy, provided that would contribute to the people's ease." Washington recommended to the Assembly that an... | |
 | Wills De Hass - Indians of North America - 1851 - 444 pages
...(Frederick) except a "- '-" few, who keep close with a number of women and children in forts. . . . The supplicating tears of the women, and moving petitions of the men melt me with such deadly sorrow that I solemnly declare, if I know my own mind, I could offer myself a willing... | |
 | Henry Howe - District of Columbis - 1852 - 614 pages
...incurring displeasure below, while the murder of helpless families may be laid to my account here. " The supplicating tears of the women, and moving petitions of the men, melt me with such deadly sorrow, that I solemnly declare, if I know my own mind, I could offer myself a willing... | |
 | Timothy Shay Arthur, William Henry Carpenter - Virginia - 1852 - 374 pages
...pathetic letter to the governor, urging the assembly to more vigorous measures. In this letter he says, " The supplicating tears of the women, and moving petitions of the men, melt me with such deadly sorrow, that I solemnly declare, if I know my own mind, I could offer myself a willing... | |
 | Aaron Bancroft - Presidents - 1853 - 466 pages
...account here. " The supplicating tears of the women, and moving petitions of the men, melt me with such deadly sorrow, that I solemnly declare, if I know my own mind, I could oS'er myseif a willing sacrifice to the butchering eno my, provided tbat would conduce to tl.e people's... | |
 | John Frost - Black Hawk War, 1832 - 1853 - 624 pages
...county (Frederick) except a few, who keep close with a number of women and children in forts. . . . The supplicating tears of the women, and moving petitions of the men, melt me with such deadly sorrow that I solemnly declare, if I know my own mind, I could offer myself a willing... | |
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The supplicating tears of the women and moving petitions of the men melt me into such deadly sorrow, that I solemnly declare, if I know my own mind, I could offer myself a willing sacrifice to the butchering enemy, provided that would contribute to the... 
