...and wretchedness vividly before us : " The supplicating tears of the women," he writes to Dinwiddie, "and moving petitions of the men, melt me into such...that I solemnly declare, if I know my own mind, I conld offer myself a willing saerifice to the butchering enemy, provided that wonld contribute to the...

...commanding at Winchester, in Virginia, in time of public peril ; and melted to " deadly sorrow" by the " supplicating tears of the women, and moving petitions of the men." As then, he listened to the prompt suggestions of his own heart ; and, without awaiting the action...

...repaired to Winchester he found the place full of refugees, and he wrote to Governor Dinwiddie : " 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." It was hard to reduce the chaos to order, but...

...beginning to retreat, in droves of fifties, till the Blue Ridge became the frontier of Virginia. " The supplicating tears of the women and moving petitions of the men," wrote Washington, " melt me into such deadly sorrow that, for the people's ease, I could offer myself...

...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."1 In the turmoil around him, patriotism and public...

...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." l In the turmoil around him, patriotism and public...

...murder of helpless families may be laid to my account here. The supplicating tears of the women and the moving petitions of the men melt me into such deadly...myself a willing sacrifice to the butchering enemy, provided that would contribute to the people's ease." It is no wonder that the constant anxiety and...

...little that he could do. In one of his letters to the governor, setting forth his situation, he said : " The supplicating tears of the women and moving petitions of the men move me to such deadly sorrow that I solemnly declare, if I know my own mind, I could offer myself...

...sufferings, without having it in my power to give them further relief than uncertain promises." -5- " 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...

...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...