 | 1795 - 700 pages
...with wounds and ficknefs*," Gene, ral Gage (in a letter dated Bofton, Auguft 13, 1775), replied, " Britons, ever pre-eminent in mercy, have outgone common examples, and overlooked the criminal in the capiive. Upon thele princip'es, your prifoners, whofe li»e» b» the laws of the Und are deftined... | |
 | Alden Bradford - 1822 - 1122 pages
...and war have ever been compatible : and compassion to the subdued is come almost a general system. Britons, ever preeminent in mercy, have outgone common...these principles, your prisoners, whose lives by the laws of the land are destined to the cord, have hitherto been treated with care and kindness, and more... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1834 - 578 pages
...humanity and war have been compatible ; and compassion to the subdued is become almost a general system. Britons, ever preeminent in mercy, have outgone common...have hitherto been treated with care and kindness, and more comfortably lodged than the King's troops in the hospitals; indiscriminately it is true, for... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1834 - 580 pages
...humanity and war have been compatible ; and compassion to the subdued is become almost a <rencral system. Britons, ever preeminent in mercy, have outgone common...examples, and overlooked the criminal in the captive. Upon those principles your prisoners, whose lives by the law of the land are destined to the cord, have... | |
 | William Bradford Reed - 1847 - 466 pages
...humanity and war have been compatible , and compassion to the subdued is become almost a general system. Britons, ever pre-eminent in mercy, have outgone common...have hitherto been treated with care and kindness, and more comfortably than the king's troops in the hospitals, — indiscriminately, it is true, for... | |
 | George Washington - 1847 - 588 pages
...humanity and war have been compatible ; and compassion to the subdued is become almost a general system. Britons, ever preeminent in mercy, have outgone common...have hitherto been treated with care and kindness, and more comfortably lodged than the King's troops in the hospitals ; indiscriminately it is true,... | |
 | Alexis Poole - 1847 - 514 pages
...humanity and war have been compatible ; and compassion to the subdued is become almost a general system. Britons, ever pre-eminent in mercy, have out-gone...these principles your prisoners, whose lives by the laws of the land are destined to the cord, have hitherto been treated with care and kindness, and more... | |
 | William Bradford Reed - 1847 - 466 pages
...humanity and war have been compatible ; and compassion to the subdued is become almost a general system. Britons, ever pre-eminent in mercy, have outgone common...captive. Upon these principles, your prisoners, whose live*, by the law of the land, are destined to the cord, have hitherto been treated with care and kindness,... | |
 | Richard Frothingham - 1851 - 460 pages
...resort to the necessity of retaliation. General Gage's reply (13th) was arrogant and insulting : " Britons, ever preeminent in mercy, have outgone common...these principles, your prisoners, whose lives, by the laws of the land, are destined to the cord, have hitherto been treated with care and kindness, and... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1855 - 606 pages
...humanity and war have been compatible, and humanity to the subdued has become almost a general system. Britons, ever pre-eminent in mercy, have outgone common...have hitherto been treated with care and kindness, and more comfortably lodged than the King's troops in the hospitals ; indiscriminately it is true,... | |
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Britons, ever pre-eminent in mercy, have outgone common examples, and overlooked the criminal in the captive. Upon these principles your prisoners, whose lives by the law of the land are destined to the cord, have hitherto been treated with care and kindness,... 
