 | Samuel Swett - 1827 - 114 pagine
...number of killed and wounded greater than his forces could afford to lose. The trials, he observes, we have had, show the rebels are not the despicable rabble too many have supposed them to be. They are taught to assist the natural strength of the country by art, for they intrench and raise batteries.... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1837 - 650 pagine
...than mortifying to the ministers. "The trials we have had," said he, in a letter to Lord Dartmouth, "show the rebels are not the despicable rabble too many have supposed them to be." In the opinion of the ministers, this intelligence showed likewise, that General Gage had been duped... | |
 | George Washington - 1837 - 644 pagine
...than mortifying to the ministers. "The trials we have had," said he, in a letter to Lord Dartmouth, "show the rebels are not the despicable rabble too many have supposed them to be." In the opinion of the ministers, this intelligence showed likewise, that General Gage had been duped... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1837 - 658 pagine
...than mortifying to the ministers. "The trials we have had," said he, in a letter to Lord Dartmouth, "show the rebels are not the despicable rabble too many have supposed them to be." In the opinion of the ministers, this intelligence showed likewise, that General Gage had been duped... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1837 - 654 pagine
...than mortifying to the ministers. "The trials we have had," said he, in a letter to Lord Dartmouth, "show the rebels are not the despicable rabble too many have supposed them to be." In the opinion of the ministers, this intelligence showed likewise, that General Gage had been duped... | |
 | Jared Sparks - 1839 - 666 pagine
...than mortifying to the ministers. " The trials we have had," said he, in a letter to Lord Dartmouth, " show the rebels are not the despicable rabble too many have supposed them to be." In the opinion of the ministers this intelligence showed likewise, that General Gage had been duped... | |
 | John Adolphus - 1841 - 688 pagine
...have had shew that the rebels are not the des" picable rabble too many have supposed them to be. " I find it, owing to a military spirit encouraged among " them for some years past, joined with an uncommon " degree of enthusiasm. Whenever they find cover, " they make... | |
 | William Cutter - 1848 - 450 pagine
...not cost us so dear. The number of killed and wounded is greater than our forces can afford to lose. The trials we have had show the rebels are not the despicable rabble too many supposed them to be. When they find cover, they make a good stand, and the country, naturally strong,... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1851 - 606 pagine
...25th of June, Gage said, in a letter to Dartmouth, when giving an account of the battle of the 19th, " The trials we have had show the rebels are not the...have supposed them to be ; and I find it owing to JL military spirit encouraged among them for a few years past, joined with an uncommon degree of zeal... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1855 - 638 pagine
...than mortifying to the ministers. "The trials we have had,'5 said he, in a letter to Lord Dartmouth, "show the rebels are not the despicable rabble too many have supposed them to be." In the opinion of the ministers, this intelligence showed likewise, that General Gage had been duped... | |
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The trials we have had, show the rebels are not the despicable rabble too many have supposed them to be, and I find it owing to a military spirit encouraged among them for a few years past, joined with uncommon zeal and enthusiasm. 
