 | Herbert Francis William Tatham - 1921 - 328 pages
...letter was addressed to him in cautious terms to sound his feelings. To this Washington replied : ' I am much at a loss to conceive what part of my conduct...address which, to me, seems big with the greatest mischief that can befall any country. If I am not deceived in the knowledge of myself, you could not... | |
 | William Henry Hudson, Irwin Scofield Guernsey - 1922 - 778 pages
...the war," he told them, " has given me more painful sensations than your information of there being such ideas existing in the army, as you have expressed,...view with abhorrence and reprehend with severity." The discontent, however, increased during the ensuing months, and in March 1783 a great effect was... | |
 | 1924 - 430 pages
...ideas existing in the army as you have expressed and which I must view with abhorrence and reprimand with severity. "For the present the communication...make a disclosure necessary. I am much at a loss to perceive what part of my conduct could have given encouragement to an address which to me seems big... | |
 | Perry Belmont - 1925 - 652 pages
...your information of there being such ideas existing in the army, as you have expressed, and [which] I must view with abhorrence and reprehend with severity....For the present, the communication of them will rest upon my own bosom, unless some further agitation of the matter shall make a disclosure necessary. I... | |
 | Joseph Dillaway Sawyer - 1927 - 650 pages
...refusal of a kingship, which formed the ending of the letter on page 86. information of there being such ideas existing in the army as you have expressed...present, the communication of them will rest in my own 1 It is said that the popular song of that time, "No King but God," composed by Nathaniel Billings,... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1929 - 940 pages
...being such ideas existing in the Army, as you have expressed, and as I must view with abhorrence nnd reprehend with severity. For the present the communication...shall make a disclosure necessary. I am much at a losa to conceive what part of my conduct couid have given encouragement to an address which to me seems... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart - 1932 - 220 pages
...in the course of the war has given me more painful sensations, than your information of there being such ideas existing in the army, as you have expressed,...abhorrence and reprehend with severity. For the present the communicatn. of them will rest in my own bosom, unless some further agitation of the matter shall make... | |
 | United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission - 1932 - 636 pages
...in the course of the war has given me more painful sensations, than your information of there being such ideas existing in the army, as you have expressed,...view with abhorrence and reprehend with severity. "... I am much at a loss to conceive what part of my conduct could have given encouragement to an address,... | |
 | Jeffrey F. Meyer - 2001 - 382 pages
...in the course of the war has given me more painful sensations, than your information of there being such ideas existing in the army, as you have expressed,...and I must view with abhorrence and reprehend with severity."36 This was "his rigid virtue" speaking. Washington was frequently eulogized after his death,... | |
 | Mary Mostert - 2005 - 270 pages
...in the course of the War, has given me more painful sensations than your information of there being such ideas existing in the Army as you have expressed,...of the matter, shall make a disclosure necessary." Washington promised to keep Nicola's proposal a secret, unless something happened to force him to reveal... | |
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With a mixture of great surprise and astonishment, I have read with attention the sentiments you have submitted to my perusal. Be assured, Sir, no occurrence in the course of the war has given me more painful sensations, than your information of there... 
