| 1856 - 504 pages
...troops, and filled their minds with apprehension and despair. The militia, instead of calling forth their utmost efforts to a brave and manly opposition in...intractable, and impatient to return. Great numbers of them hare gone off; in some instances almost by whole regiments, by half ones, and by companies at a time.... | |
| Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1853 - 426 pages
...minds with apprehension and " despair. The Militia, instead of calling forth their " utmost efforts, are dismayed, intractable, and impatient " to return....off ; in " some instances almost by whole regiments, by half ones, " and by companies at a time .... and with the deepest " concern, I am obliged to confess... | |
| Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - Great Britain - 1853 - 418 pages
...minds with apprehension and ' despair. The Militia, instead of calling forth their ' utmost efforts, are dismayed, intractable, and impatient ' to return....off; in some instances almost by whole regiments, by half ones, ' and by companies at a time .... and with the deepest " concern, I am obliged to confess... | |
| Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - Great Britain - 1853 - 410 pages
...minds with apprehension and ' despair. The Militia, instead of calling forth their utmost efforts, are dismayed, intractable, and impatient to return....off; in some instances almost by whole regiments, by half ones, and by companies at a time .... and with the deepest concern, I am obliged to confess... | |
| Aaron Bancroft - Presidents - 1853 - 466 pages
...their utmost efforts to a bravo and manly opposition, in order to repair our losses, are dis maycd, intractable, and impatient to return. Great numbers...off — in some instances, almost by whole regiments bv hail' ones, and by companics at a time. This circumsla.ice, of itself, inde pendent of others, when... | |
| William Smyth - History, Modern - 1854 - 554 pages
...victories of Howe, September 2nd, he writes — " Our situation is truly distressing ; the militias are dismayed, intractable, and impatient to return...off, in some instances almost by whole regiments. With the deepest concern I am obliged to confess my want of confidence in the generality of the troops.... | |
| Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - Great Britain - 1854 - 424 pages
...'their minds with apprehension and despair. The Militia, 'instead of calling forth their utmost efforts, are dismayed, 'intractable, and impatient to return. Great numbers of 'them have gone off; in some instancesalmostbywholeregi'ments , by half ones , and by companies at a time .... and 'with the deepest... | |
| Washington Irving - Presidents - 1855 - 606 pages
...troops, and filled their minds with apprehension and despair. The militia, instead of calling forth their utmost efforts to a brave and manly opposition in...off; in some instances almost by whole regiments, by half ones, and by companies, at a time. * * * * With the deepest concern, I am obliged to confess... | |
| United States. Congress - United States - 1855 - 966 pages
...and faithful in service. In September, 1776, he says : " The militia, instead of calling forth their utmost efforts to a brave and manly opposition, in...off — in some instances almost by whole regiments, by half ones, and by companies, at a time." And, in speaking of the militia of Connecticut, who were... | |
| United States. Congress - Law - 1855 - 964 pages
...and faithful in service. In September; 1776, he says: "The militia, instead of calling forth their utmost efforts to a brave and manly opposition, in...off— in some instances almost by whole regiments, by half ones, and by companies, at a time." And, in speaking of the militia of Connecticut, who were... | |
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