 | George Thornton Fleming - Pittsburgh (Pa.) - 1922 - 642 pages
...let them come at what hour they will ; and this is as much as I can promise. But my best endeavors shall not be wanting to effect more. I doubt not,...hope. I have sent Lieutenant West, accompanied by Mr. Splitdorph and a guard of twenty men, to conduct the prisoners in, and I believe the officers have... | |
 | Walter Bloem - 1928 - 462 pages
...Corbin, and read: Your Honor may depend ... if you hear I am beaten, you will at the same time hear that we have done our duty in fighting as long as there was a possibility of hope. . . . And that I can believe without question, George! answered the heart of his... | |
 | George Washington - Government publications - 1931 - 672 pages
...will ; and this is as much as I can promise, but my best endeavour's shall not be wanting to deserve more, I doubt not if you hear I am beaten, but you will at the same [time,] hear that we have done our duty in fighting as long [as] there was a possibility... | |
 | Sol Bloom - Flag Day - 1931 - 42 pages
...definite errand, and it was the Washington habit to do what he set out to do. He wrote to his governor, " I doubt not if you hear I am beaten, but you will at the same time hear that we have done our duty in fighting as long as there was a possibility of... | |
 | Washington Irving - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 409 pages
...surprised, let them come at what hour they will, and this is as much as I can promise; but my best endeavors shall not be wanting to effect more. I doubt not,...but you will hear at the same time that we have done oar duty in fighting as long as there is a shadow of hope." The fact is, that Washington was in a high... | |
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Your honor may depend I will not be surprised, let them come at what hour they will, and this is as much as I can promise; but my best endeavors shall not be wanting to effect more. I doubt not, if you hear I am beaten, but you will hear at the same time... 
