 | George Robert Gleig - 1838 - 972 pages
...mine would have gone eight or ten days sooner, if I had not been prevented from writing by a fever. I found myself so ill, and am still so weak, that I begged the generals to consult together for the public utility. They are all of opinion that, as more ships and... | |
 | John Britton - 1848 - 168 pages
...mine would have gone eight or ten days sooner, if I had not been prevented from writing by a fever. I found myself so ill, and am still so weak, that...Officers to consult together for the public utility." "To the uncommon strength of the country, the enemy have added, for the defence of the river, a great... | |
 | John Britton - 1848 - 164 pages
...mine would have gone eight or ten days sooner, if I had not been prevented from writing by a fever. I found myself so ill, and am still so weak, that...Officers to consult together for the public utility." "To the uncommon strength of the country, the enemy have added, for the defence of the river, a great... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1851 - 596 pages
...events, referring to his illness, and frankly confessing that he had called a council of war, he said, " I found myself so ill, and am still so weak, that...begged the general officers to consult together for the general safety We have almost the whole force of Canada to oppose us. In this situation there is such... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1851 - 606 pages
...events, referring to his illness, and frankly confessing that he had called a council of war, he said, " I found myself so ill, and am still so weak, that...begged the general officers to consult together for the general safety We have almost the whole force of Canada to oppose us. In this situation there is such... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1851 - 594 pages
...events, referring to his illness, and frankly confessing that he had called a council of war, he said, " I found myself so ill, and am still so weak, that...begged the general officers to consult together for the general safety We have almost the whole force of Canada to oppose us. In this situation there is such... | |
 | Charles Mac Farlane - 1853 - 550 pages
...the dubiousness and despondency of consulting a council of war. " I found myself so ill," said he, " and am still so weak, that I begged the general officers to consult together for the public utility. To the uncommon strength of this country, the enemy have added, for the defence of the river, a great... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1858 - 1054 pages
...cannot propose to him an undertaking of so dangerous a nature, and promising so little success. ... I found myself so ill, and am still so weak, that...officers to consult together for the public utility. They are of opinion that they should try by conveying up a corps of 4,000 or 5,000 men (which is nearly... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1858 - 892 pages
...but I cannot propose to him an undertaking of so dangerous a nature, and promising so little success I found myself so ill, and am still so weak, that I begged the general officers tn consult together for the public utility. They are of opinion that they should try by conveying up... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1859 - 448 pages
...but I cannot propose to him an undertaking of so dangerous a nature, and promising so little success I found myself so ill, and am still so weak, that...officers to consult together for the public utility. They are of opinion that they should try by conveying up a corps of 4000 or 5000 men (which is nearly the... | |
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... men (which is nearly the whole strength of the army, after the Points of Levi and Orleans are left in a proper state of defence), to draw the enemy from... 
