 | James Grant Wilson - 1892 - 710 pagine
...accordance with a general order which concluded with these words : " The General hopes this important event will serve as a fresh incentive to every officer and...knowing that now the peace and safety of his country depends (under God) solely on the success of our arms, and that he is now in the service of a l " I... | |
 | 1894 - 844 pagine
...expression from him, of which the following is a portion: "The General hopes that this important event will serve as a fresh incentive to every officer and...solely on the success of our arms, and that he is now in the service of a state possessed of sufficient power to reward his merit, and advance him to... | |
 | James Grant Wilson - 1894 - 696 pagine
...head of the army. " The General hopes," said he in the orders of the day, " that this important event will serve as a fresh incentive to every officer and...depend, under God, solely on the success of our arms." He hailed the Declaration with delight, and had written to his brother, from Philadelphia, that he... | |
 | Frank Moss - 1897 - 674 pagine
...reasons of this measure, is to be read with au audible voice. The general hopes that this important event will serve as a fresh incentive to every .officer...solely on the success of our arms; and that he is now in the service of a State possessed of sufficient power to reward his merit, and advance him to... | |
 | Daniel Van Pelt - 1898 - 612 pagine
...Washington said in the general order calling the assembly together: " The General hopes this important event will serve as a fresh incentive to every officer and...solely on the success of our arms, and that he is now in the service of a State possessed of sufficient power to reward his merit and advance him to... | |
 | Worthington Chauncey Ford - 1900 - 380 pagine
...the British constitution." To his army he was more direct. " The General hopes this important event will serve as a fresh incentive to every officer and...knowing that now the peace and safety of his Country depends (under God) solely on the success of our arms : and that he is now in the service of a State... | |
 | Worthington Chauncey Ford - 1900 - 378 pagine
...soldier, to act with Fidelity and Courage, as knowing that now the peace and safety of his Country depends (under God) solely on the success of our arms : and that he is now in the service of a State possessed of sufficient power to reward his merit, and advance him to... | |
 | Thomas Wentworth Higginson - 1901 - 498 pagine
...9, 1776, with the following announcement: " The general hopes this important event will serve as an incentive to every officer and soldier to act with...solely on the success of our arms ; and that he is now in the service of a State possessed of sufficient power to reward his merit and advance him to... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1908 - 622 pagine
...of each brigade of the army. "The general hopes," said he in his orders, "that this important event will serve as a fresh incentive to every officer and...solely on the success of our arms ; and that he is now in the service of a state, possessed of sufficient power to reward his merit, and advance him to... | |
 | John Frederick Schroeder - 1903 - 554 pagine
...acclamations. In the general order of the day he said: "The General hopes that this important event will serve as a fresh incentive to every officer and...solely on the success of our arms; and that he is now in the service of a State possessed of sufficient power to reward his merit, and advance him to... | |
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The general hopes," said he in his orders, " that this important event will serve as a fresh incentive to every officer and soldier to act with fidelity and courage, as knowing that now the peace and safety of his country depend, under God, solely on... 
