 | Timothy Alden - Epitaphs - 1814 - 306 pages
...always told us that you would never draw your foot off the British ground ; but now, father, we see you drawing back, and we are sorry to see our father doing...the enemy. We must compare our father's conduct to a fat animal, that carries its tail Upon its back ; but when affrighted it drops it between its legs... | |
 | United States - 1815 - 410 pages
...represent him. You always told us, that you would never draw your foot off British ground : but'now, father, we see you are drawing back, and we are sorry...the enemy. We must compare our father's conduct to a fat animal, that carries its tail upon its back, but when affrighted, he drops it between his legs... | |
 | John Brannan - United States - 1823 - 520 pages
...Our great father, the king, is the head, and you represent him. You always told us, that you would never draw your foot off British ground ; but now,...the enemy. We must compare our father's conduct to a fat animal, that carries its tail upon its back, but when affrighted, it drops it between its legs,... | |
 | John Brannan - United States - 1823 - 510 pages
...Our great father, the king, is the head, and you represent him. You always told us, that you would never draw your foot off British ground ; but now,...the enemy. We must compare our father's conduct to a fat animal, that carries its tail upon its back, but when affrighted, it drops it between its legs,... | |
 | John Brannan - United States - 1823 - 522 pages
...Our great father, the king, is the head, and you represent him. You always told 'is, that you would never draw your foot off British ground ; but now,...the enemy. We must compare our father's conduct to a fat animal, that carries its tail upon its back, but when affrighted, it drops it between its legs,... | |
 | John Brannan - Ontario - 1823 - 522 pages
...Our great father, th* kini;, i* the head, and you represent him. You always told us, that you would never draw your foot off British ground ; but now,...father doing so, without seeing the enemy. We must compar« our father's conduct to a fat animal, that carries its tail upon its back, but when affrighted,... | |
 | Samuel Putnam Waldo, An American officer - Military history - 1825 - 372 pages
...wish. Our great lather, the King, is the head, and you represent him. You always told us you would never draw your foot off British ground ; but now,...the enemy. We must compare our father's conduct to a fat animal that * During the siege of Fort Meigs, the troops covered themselves from the enemy's... | |
 | Samuel Perkins - Canada History War of 1812 - 1825 - 532 pages
...glad. Our great father the king is the head, and you represent him. You always told us you never could draw your foot off British ground ; but now, father, we see you ar.e drawing back without seeing * Commodore Barclay. the enemy. We must compare our father's conduct to a fat animal,... | |
 | Benjamin Church, Thomas Church - America - 1827 - 384 pages
...[Proctor] tying up every thing, and preparing to run away the other. You always told us you never could draw your foot off British ground ; but now, father, we see you are drawing back without seeing the enemy. We must compare our father's conduct to a fat animal, that carries his tail... | |
 | Thomas Church (of Massachusetts.) - 1829 - 374 pages
...[Proctor] tying up every thing, and preparing to run away the other. You always told us you never could draw your foot off British ground ; but now, father, we see you are drawing back without seeing the enemy. We must compare our father's conduct to a fat animal, that carries his tail... | |
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You always told us you would never draw your foot off British ground. But now, father, we see you are drawing back, and we are sorry to see our father doing so without seeing the enemy. We must compare our father's conduct to a fat dog that carries its... 
