 | Robert Sears - United States - 1850 - 448 pages
...of the Army. lie flatters himself that the plain language of sincerity and experience will nei ther be unheard nor unregarded. " Like many of you, he...mistake desire for opinion, he has till lately, very lately, believed in the justice of his country. He hoped that, as the clouds of adversity scattered,... | |
 | George Washington - United States - 1855 - 586 pages
...claims, and rank is not without its pretensions to advice ; but, though unsupported by both, he natters himself, that the plain language of sincerity and...mistake desire for opinion, he has till lately, very lately, believed in the justice of his country. He hoped, that, as the clouds of adversity scattered,... | |
 | Aaron Bancroft - 1855 - 464 pages
...the cold hand of poverty without a murmur, and has seen the insolence of wealth without a jigh — but, too much under the direction of his wishes, and...weak enough to mistake desire for opinion, he has until lately, very lately, believed in tha justice of his country. He hoped that as the cloudi of adversity... | |
 | Aaron Bancroft - 1855 - 466 pages
...cold hand of poverty without a murmur, and has seen the insolence of wealth without a ligh — hul, too much under the direction of his wishes, and sometimes...weak enough to mistake desire for opinion, he has until lately, very lately, believed in the justice of his country. He hoped that •s the clouds of... | |
 | John Jacob Anderson - 1878 - 450 pages
...himself that the plain language of sincerity and experience will neither be unheard nor unregarded. 2. Like many of you, he loved private life, and left...mistake desire for opinion, he has, till lately, very lately, believed in the justice of his country. He hoped that, as the clouds of adversity scattered,... | |
 | James Watson Webb - United States - 1880 - 438 pages
...acknowledge America as terrible in arms as she had been humble in remonstrance. With this object in view, he has felt the cold hand of poverty without a murmur,...sometimes weak enough to mistake desire for opinion, he had till lately, very lately, believed in the justice of his country. He hoped that as the clouds of... | |
 | United States. Continental Army - United States - 1883 - 118 pages
...acknowledge America as terrible in arms as she had been humble in remonstrance. With this object in view, he has felt the cold hand of poverty without a murmur,...sometimes weak enough to mistake desire for opinion, he had till lately, very lately, believed in the justice of his country. He hoped that as the clouds of... | |
 | Louis Clinton Hatch - History - 1903 - 248 pages
...PAPERS CONNECTED THEREWITH. 1. FIRST ANONYMOUS ADDRESS TO THE OFFICERS OF THE ARMY, MARCH 10, 1783.! GENTLEMEN, — A fellow-soldier, whose interest and...mistake desire for opinion, he has till lately, very lately, believed in the justice of his country. He hoped, that, as the clouds of adversity scattered,... | |
 | Rufus Lincoln - United States - 1903 - 308 pages
...the cold hand of poverty without a murmur, and has seen the insolence of wealth without a sigh. Hut too much under the direction of his wishes, and sometimes...mistake desire for opinion, he has till lately, very lately believed in the justice of his country. He hoped, that as the clouds of adversity scattered,... | |
 | New York (State). Governor - 1904 - 568 pages
...redress of grievances which they seem to have solicited in vain." FIRST ANONYMOUS ADDRESS TO THE OFF1CERS OF THE ARMY. " Gentlemen, A fellow-soldier, whose...mistake desire for opinion, he has till lately, very lately, believed in the justice of his country. He hoped, that, as the clouds of adversity scattered,... | |
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... be unheard nor unregarded. " Like many of you he loved private life, and left it with regret. He left it, determined to retire from the field with the necessity that called him to it, and not till then ; not till the enemies of his country, the slaves... 
