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" ... that the most beautiful spectacle he had ever beheld was the display of the British troops on this eventful morning. Every man was neatly dressed in full uniform, the soldiers were arranged in columns, and marched in exact order, the sun gleamed from... "
The Writings of George Washington: pt. I. Official letters relating to the ... - Page 470
by George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1834
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The Life of George Washington

Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1839 - 666 pages
...in full uniform, the soldiers were arranged in columns and marched in exact order, the sun gleamed from their burnished arms, the river flowed tranquilly...inspirited with cheering hopes and confident anticipations. B«ue or the In this manner they marched forward till about noon. hda. when they arrived at the second...
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The Monthly review. New and improved ser. New and improved ser, Volume 1

1839 - 648 pages
...in full uniform, the soldiers were arranged in columns and marched in exact order, the sun gleamed from their burnished arms, the river flowed tranquilly...inspirited with cheering hopes and confident anticipations. "At this time Colonel Washington was seized with a raging fever, which was so violent as to alarm the...
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Life of George Washington, Volume 1

Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1840 - 354 pages
...in full uniform, the soldiers were arranged in columns and marched in exact order, the sun gleamed from their burnished arms, the river flowed tranquilly...and men were equally inspirited with cheering hopes arid confident anticipations. In this manner they marched forward till about noon, when they arrived...
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The Life of George Washington: First President of the United States

Samuel George Arnold - 1840 - 238 pages
...full uniform ; the soldiers were arranged in columns, and marched in exact order ; the sun gleamed from their burnished arms ; the river flowed tranquilly...their right ; and the deep forest overshadowed them in solemn grandeur on their left. What a contrast with the scene of carnage and horror that ensued...
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Historical Collections of the State of Pennsylvania: Containing a Copious ...

Sherman Day - Pennsylvania - 1843 - 754 pages
...in full uniform ; the soldiers were arranged in columns and marched in exact order ; the sun gleamed from their burnished arms ; the river flowed tranquilly...with cheering hopes and confident anticipations."* At noon they recrosscd to the right bank of the river, at a ripple about half a mile below the mouth...
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History of the Backwoods, Or, The Region of the Ohio: Authentic, from the ...

A. W. Patterson - Frontier and pioneer life - 1843 - 328 pages
...in full uniform, the soldiers were arranged in columns and marched in exact order, the sun gleamed from their burnished arms, the river flowed tranquilly...overshadowed them with solemn grandeur on their left." "How brilliant that morning! but how melancholy that evening!" as one has aptly expressed it. " Braddock...
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Historical Collections of Virginia: Containing a Collection of the Most ...

Henry Howe - Virginia - 1845 - 562 pages
...in full uniform ; the soldiers were arranged hi columns and marched in exact order ; the sun gleamed from their burnished arms ; the river flowed tranquilly...anticipations." " In this manner they marched forward until about noon, when they arrived at the second crossing place, ten miles from Fort Duquesne. They...
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Chambers's Miscellany of Useful and Entertaining Tracts

William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Art - 1845 - 900 pages
...in full uniform, the soldiers were arranged in columns, and marched in exact order, the sun gleamed from their burnished arms, the river flowed tranquilly...with cheering hopes and confident anticipations." They had just crossed the river a second time, and were ascending a wooded acclivity on their way to...
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Historical Collections of Virginia: Containing a Collection of the Most ...

Henry Howe - Virginia - 1845 - 616 pages
...in full uniform ; the soldiers were arranged in column! and marched in exact order ; the sun gleamed from their burnished arms ; the river flowed tranquilly...with cheering hopes and confident anticipations." " ln this manner they marched forward until about noon, when they arrived at the second crossing place,...
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Early History of Western Pennsylvania: And of the West, and of Western ...

Israel Daniel Rupp - Indians of North America - 1846 - 788 pages
...in full uniform, the soldiers were arranged in columns and marched in exact order, the sun gleamed from their burnished arms, the river flowed tranquilly...forward till about noon, when they arrived at the second crossing place, ten miles from Fort Duqusne. They (lj Gordon's History of Pennsylvania, p. 303. (2)...
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