 | Charles Campbell - 1860 - 766 pages
...barbarous foe, Washington, in view of the inadequate means of protection, wrote to Governor Dinwiddie: "The supplicating tears of the women and moving petitions...provided that would contribute to the people's ease." In this sentence we find the key to his whole character and history. The governor immediately gave... | |
 | HON. J. Y. HEADLEY - 1860 - 502 pages
...bitterness which he is compelled to drink, and he exclaims : " The supplicating tears of the womer , and moving petitions of the men, melt me into such...provided that would contribute to the people's ease." It was enough to move a heart of stone, to see that young man, only twenty- four years of age, burning... | |
 | J. T. Headley - 1860 - 558 pages
...bitterness which he is compelled to drink, and he exclaims : " The supplicating tears of the wome'' , and moving petitions of the men, melt me into such deadly sorrow, that I solemnly declare, if ] know my own mind, I could offer myself a willing sacrifice to the butchering enemy, provided that... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - 1867 - 510 pages
...which he •witnessed, and which he could not alleviate. At the time, he wrote to the governor, — " The supplicating tears of the women, and moving petitions...me into such deadly sorrow, that I solemnly declare I could offer myself a willing sacrifice to the butchering enemy, could that contribute to the people's... | |
 | Jacob Harris Patton - 1867 - 834 pages
...watchful eye over our negro slaves.". In one of his letters, Washington says : " The supplicating tears of women and moving petitions of the men, melt me into such deadly sorrow, that for the people's ease, I could offer myself a willing sacrifice to the treacherous enemy/' The village... | |
 | Jacob Harris Patton - 1868 - 890 pages
...watchful eye over our negro slaves." In one of his letters, Washington says : " The supplicating tears of women and moving petitions of the men, melt me into such deadly sorrow, that for the people's ease, I could offer myself a willing sacrifice to the treacherous enemy." The village... | |
 | Thomas Hedges Genin - 1869 - 638 pages
...not prevent, with parental tenderness. He thus expressed his feelings in a letter to the Governor : " 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... | |
 | George Washington - 1871 - 240 pages
...VIRGINIA, April 16, 1766. 2 Sparks, 131). 12. HIS COMPASSION FOR THE VICTIMS OF INDIAN OUTRAGE. HE supplicating tears of the women and moving petitions...provided that would contribute to the people's ease. To the GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA, April 19, 1756. 2 Sparks, 144. 13. AGAINST SWEARING IN CAMP. OLONEL WASHINGTON... | |
 | 1871
...supplicating tears of the women and the moving petitions of the men melt me into such a deadly sorrow that I could offer myself a willing sacrifice to the butchering...provided that would contribute to the people's ease? Grand, heroic, glorious, god-like sentiment ! But how much nobler the whole life, which this sublime... | |
 | Timothy Shay Arthur, William Henry Carpenter - 1872 - 344 pages
...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...sacrifice to the butchering enemy, provided that would con tribute to the people's ease." As the only remedy for disasters which threatened, otherwise, the... | |
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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... 
