 Had we formed a permanent army in the beginning, which, by the continuance of the same men in service, had been capable of discipline, we never should have had to retreat with a handful of men across the Delaware in 1776, trembling for the fate of America,...  The Military Obligation of Citizenship - Strana 16autor/autoři: Leonard Wood - 1915 - 76 str.Úplné zobrazení - Podrobnosti o knize
 | William Gordon - 1788 - 816 str.
...laft December. When gen. Wafhington retreated . with a handful of men acrofs the Delaware, he trembled for the fate of America^ which nothing but the infatuation of the enemy could have faved *. Though they miffed the boats with which they ex.pe£ted to follow him immediately into Pennfylvania,... | |
 | 1809 - 530 str.
...— German war, part 2. ' Had we had a regular army, ' says he, ' we never should have had to retreat across the Delaware in 1776, trembling for the fate...which nothing but the infatuation of the enemy could haw saved. We should not have remained all ths succeeding winter ot their mercy, liable at every moment... | |
 | John Marshall - 1805 - 666 str.
...men in service, had been capable of dis- CHAP, vi. cipline, we never should have had to retreat i7so. with a handful of men across the Delaware in 1776, trembling for the fate of America, uhich nothing but the infatuation of the enemy could have saved ; we should not have remained all the... | |
 | Aaron Bancroft - 1807 - 576 str.
...which, by the continuance of the same men in service, had been capable of discipline, we never should have had to retreat with a handful of men across the Delaware, in 1776, trembling for the state of America, which nothing but the infatuation of the enemy could have saved ; we should not have... | |
 | Aaron Bancroft - 1808 - 604 str.
...by the continuance of the same • men in service, had been capable of discipline, we never should have had to retreat with a handful of men across the Delaware, in 1776, trembling for the state of America, which nothing but the infatuation of the enemy could have saved ; we should not have... | |
 | Aaron Bancroft - 1808 - 584 str.
...should have had to retreat with a handful of men across the Delaware, in 1776, trembling for the state of America, which nothing but the infatuation of the enemy could have saved ; •we should not have remained all the succeeding winter at their mercy, with sometimes scarcely a sufficient body of men... | |
 | 1809 - 530 str.
...(blamente hanno avuto a ' Had we had a regular army, ' says he, ' we never should have had to retreat across the Delaware in 1776, trembling for the fate...of the enemy could have saved. We should not have remained all the succeeding winter at their mercy, liable at every moment to be dispersed, if they... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1812 - 648 str.
...the " continuance of the same men in the ser" vice would be capable of discipline, we " never should have had to retreat, with a " handful of men, across the Delaware. " Had we kept a permanent srrny on foot," he says in another part, " the enemy would " have had nothing... | |
 | 1832 - 564 str.
...continuance of the same men in service, had been capable of discipline, we never should have to retroat with a handful of men across the Delaware in 1776,...of the enemy could have saved ; we should not have remained all the succeeding winter at their mercy, with sometimes scarcely a sufficient body of men... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1835 - 590 str.
...which, by the continuance of the same men in service, had been capable of discipline, we never should have had to retreat with a handful of men across the...of the enemy could have saved ; we should not have remained all the succeeding winter at their mercy, with sometimes scarcely a sufficient body of men... | |
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