 | Barbara Brenner - 1994 - 152 pagine
...talk, in which he is reported to have said, "The General hopes that this important event will serve as fresh incentive to every officer and soldier to act with fidelity and courage . . . knowing that now the peace and safety of his country depends solely on the success of our arms."32... | |
 | John E. Ferling - 2002 - 430 pagine
...brigade in the Continental army in New York on July 10. He prayed now that this ringing declaration would "serve as a fresh incentive to every officer, and soldier, to act with Fidelity and Courage." In one sense, at least, it did. That night some of his soldiers joined civilians in tearing down and... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1870 - 900 pagine
...reasons of this measure, will be read with an audible voice. 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... | |
 | David McCullough - 2005 - 438 pagine
...and other parade grounds to hear the Declaration read aloud. The general hopes this important event will serve as a fresh incentive to every officer and soldier to act with fidelity and courage, [the orders read] as knowing that now the peace and safety of his country depends (under God) solely... | |
 | Terry Golway - 2005 - 376 pagine
...the words drafted in Philadelphia and approved on July 4. Washington said he hoped those words would "serve as a fresh incentive to every officer and soldier to act with Fidelity and Courage." The men cheered, and later that evening, the local Sons of Liberty made quick work of a fine lead statue... | |
 | Washington Irving - 2005 - 417 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 soldier, to act with iidelity and courage, as knowing that now the peace and safety of his country depend, under God, solely... | |
 | Marc Karnis Landy, Sidney M. Milkis - 2008 - 41 pagine
...parades," where they heard the Declaration read. The event, Washington hoped, would "serve as a free incentive to every officer, and soldier, to act with Fidelity and Courage, . . . knowing that now the peace and safety of his Country depends (under God) solely on the success... | |
 | 1875 - 980 pagine
...the pth of July, General Washington said : " 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... | |
 | United States. President - 1858 - 802 pagine
...and satisfaction. In the orders of the day it was said, " The general hopes that this important event will serve as a fresh incentive to every officer and...fidelity and courage, as knowing, that now the peace and * Sparki. safety of his country depend, under God, solely on the success of our arms, and that he is... | |
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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... 
