 | J. Gordon Mowat, John Alexander Cooper, Newton MacTavish - 1907 - 636 pages
...last despatch to Pitt. It contained this statement of his circumstances and of the proposed attack: "I found myself so ill, and am still so weak, that...begged the general officers to consult together for the general utility. They are all of the opinion that, as more ships and provisions are now got above the... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1859 - 1050 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... | |
 | Beckles Willson - 1909 - 616 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. They are all of opinion, that, as more ships and provisions are now got above the town, they should try,... | |
 | Francis Parkman - 1910 - 596 pages
...after recounting the events of the campaign with admirable clearness, he continues: "I found myself BO ill, and am still so weak, that I begged the general officers to consult together for the general utility. They are all of opinion that, as more ships and provisions are now got above the town,... | |
 | Francis Parkman - 1912 - 616 pages
...disperse them." Then, after recounting the events of the campaign with admirable clearness, he continues: "I found myself so ill, and am still so weak, that I begged the general j officers to consult together for the general utility. They are all of opinion that, as more ships... | |
 | 1913 - 158 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. They are all of opinion that (as more ships and provisions have now got above the town) they should try,... | |
 | John Knox - 1914 - 718 pages
...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...to consult together for the public ' utility. They are all of opinion, that, as more ships and pro' visions are now got above the town, they should try,... | |
 | 1914 - 720 pages
...would have gone eight or ten ' days sooner, if I had not been prevented from writing by a 4 fever. I found myself so ill, and am still so weak, that...to consult together for the public ' utility. They are all of opinion, that, as more ships and pro' visions are now got above the town, they should try,... | |
 | William Wood - 1915 - 190 pages
...from it give no idea of Wolfe's lucid style. But here are a few which tell the gist of the story : I found myself so ill, and am still so weak, that I begged the generals to consult together. They are all of opinion, that, as more ships and provisions are now got... | |
 | J. Gordon Mowat, John Alexander Cooper, Newton MacTavish - 1907 - 600 pages
...last despatch to Pitt. It contained this statement of his circumstances and of the proposed attack: "I found myself so ill, and am still so weak, that...begged the general officers to consult together for the general utility. They are all of the opinion that, as more ships and provisions are now got above 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... 
