 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1834 - 574 pages
...command of an experienced officer, and man of sense. It is what I have ardently wished words, — ' / heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there...something charming in the sound.' On hearing of this the king said sensibly, — ' He would not say so, if he had been used to hear many.' However, this... | |
 | George Washington - 1834 - 574 pages
...officer, and man of sense. It is what I have ardently wished words, — ' / heard the bullets whittle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound.' On hearing of this the king said sensibly, — ' He would not say so, if he had been used to hear many.' However, this... | |
 | Jared Sparks - 1839 - 666 pages
...which Major Washington despatched on his preceding little victory, (the skirmish with Jumonville,) he concluded with these words, — 'I heard the bullets...something charming in the sound.' On hearing of this the King said sensibly, — ' He would not say so, if he had been used to hear many.' However, this... | |
 | Jared Sparks - 1839 - 632 pages
...which Major Washington despatched on his preceding little victory, (the skirmish with Jumonville,) he concluded with these words, — ' I heard the bullets...something charming in the sound.' On hearing of this the King said sensibly, — ' He would not say so, if he had been used to hear many.' However, this... | |
 | John Timbs - 1840 - 430 pages
...forwarded to London, and in which young Major Washington concluded a narrative of his first skirmish by these words : " I heard the bullets whistle, and,...there is something charming in the sound." On hearing this, the King said : " He would not say so, if he had been used to hear many." Washington was of the... | |
 | Guizot (M., François) - 1840 - 216 pages
...Virginia, and in which Washington, then a young major, ended the narrative of his first battle with the words, " I heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound ; " the King * Washington's Writings, Vol. II. p. 29. observed, " He would not say so, if he had been... | |
 | Thomas Keppel (hon.) - 1842 - 640 pages
...Major Washington dispatched on his preceding little victory, he concluded with these words : — ' 1 heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there...this letter, the King said sensibly, ' He would not say so if he had been used to hear many.' However, this brave braggart learned to blush for his rhodomontade,... | |
 | Thomas Robert Keppel - 1842 - 482 pages
...Walpole, alluding to the engagement, says : — " In the express which Major Washington dispatched on his preceding little victory, he concluded with...whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in ihr sound.' On hearing of this letter, the King said sensibly, ' He would not say so if he had been... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1845 - 900 pages
...In the express which Major Washington despatched on his preceding little victory," says Walpole, " he concluded with these words, 'I heard the bullets...something charming in the sound.' On hearing of this, the king said sensibly, ' He would not say so if he had been used to hear many.' However,'' adds AValpole,... | |
 | 1847 - 722 pages
...it, and indeed brought out of it, may be inferred from his own language. In a letter home, said he, ' I heard the bullets whistle, and believe me, there is something charming in the sound.' .... But it was at Braddock's defeat that he exhibited those striking qualities which form the great... | |
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I heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound. 
