 | George Washington - 1795 - 392 pàgines
...forth their utmoft efforts to a brave and manly oppofifion in order to repair our loffes, are difmayed, intractable, and impatient to return. Great numbers of them have gone off, — in fome' iuftances, almoft by whole regiments, by half ones, and by companies at a time. This circumftance,... | |
 | John Marshall - 1804 - 562 pàgines
...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...of itself, independent of others, when fronted by a well-appointed enemy, superior in number to our whole collected force, would be sufficiently disagreeable... | |
 | John Marshall - 1804 - 648 pàgines
...their minds with apprehension and CHAP, vu. despair. The militia, instead of calling forth 1776. their utmost efforts to a brave and manly opposition, in...time. This circumstance of itself, independent of others,when fronted by a well appointed enemy, superior in number to our whole collected force, would... | |
 | David Ramsay - 1807 - 486 pàgines
...and filled their minds with apprehension and de-spair. The militia, instead of calling forth their utmost efforts to a brave and manly opposition, in...impatient to return. Great numbers of them have gone offj in some instances almost by whole regiments, in many by half ones, and by companies at a time.... | |
 | Aaron Bancroft - 1807 - 576 pàgines
...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...impatient to return. Great numbers of them have gone of.. ..in some instances, almost by whole regiments, -by half ones, and by companies at a time. This... | |
 | Aaron Bancroft - 1808 - 584 pàgines
...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...— in some instances, almost by whole regiments, by half ones, 'and by companies at a time. This circumstance of itself, independent of others, when... | |
 | Aaron Bancroft - 1808 - 604 pàgines
...impatient to return. Great numbers of them have gone off— in some instances, almost by whole regiments, by half ones, and by companies at a time. This circumstance of itself, indepeiTdent of others, when fronted by a well appointed enemv, superior in number to our whole collected... | |
 | 1809 - 574 pàgines
...army, which had just experienced a defeat in Long Island. ' 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 havegon* off — in some instances, almost by whole regiments, by half ones, and fey companies at a... | |
 | David Ramsay - 1811 - 522 pàgines
...and filled their minds with apprehension and despair. The militia, inste;id of calling forth their utmost efforts to a brave and manly opposition, in order to repair our losses, arc dismayed, intractable, and impatient to return. Great numbers of them have gone off; in some instances,... | |
 | David Ramsay - 1814 - 274 pàgines
...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...when fronted by a well appointed enemy, superior in nurnber to our whole collected force, would be sufficiently disagreeable ; but when it is added, that... | |
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Our situation is truly distressing. The check our detachment sustained on the 27th ultimo has dispirited too great a proportion of our troops and filled their minds with apprehension and despair. The militia, instead of calling forth their utmost efforts... 
