 | François Guizot - 1863 - 162 pàgines
...of Philadelphia, and to cover from depredation and waste the States of Pennsylvania and Jersey. 77 " I can assure those gentlemen, that it is a much easier...under frost and snow, without clothes or blankets. I feel superabundantly for the poor soldiers, and, from my soul, I pity those miseries which it is... | |
 | John Church Hamilton - 1864 - 612 pàgines
...to sit up all night by fires instead of taking comfortable rest in a natural way. I can assure these gentlemen, that it is a much easier and less distressing...I feel superabundantly for them, and from my soul pity those miseries which it is not in my power to relieve or to prevent." This letter was dated from... | |
 | Joseph Parrish Thompson - 1865 - 266 pàgines
...spirit of patience and perseverance in the army. " It is much easier," he writes to Congress, "and a less distressing thing, to draw remonstrances in a...under frost and snow without clothes or blankets. I feel abundantly for the naked and distressed soldiers, and from my soul I pity those miseries which... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1866 - 524 pàgines
...the going into winter-quarters as much as if they thought the soldiers were made of stocks or stones. I can assure those gentlemen that it is a much easier...less distressing thing to draw remonstrances in a CHAP. comfortable room by a good fireside, than to occupy a cold, bleak hill, and sleep under frost... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1866 - 544 pàgines
...the going into winter-quarters as much as if they thought the soldiers were made of stocks or stones. I can assure those gentlemen that it is a much easier...less distressing thing to draw remonstrances in a CHAP, comfortable room by a good fireside, than to occupy a cold, bleak hill, and sleep under frost... | |
 | GEORGE BANCROFT - 1866 - 518 pàgines
...the going into winter-quarters as much as if they thought the soldiers were made of stocks or stones. I can assure those gentlemen that it is a much easier and less distressing thing to dra^v remonstrances in a CHAP. comfortable room by a good fireside, than to occupy a cold, bleak hill,... | |
 | John Church Hamilton - 1868 - 624 pàgines
...to sit up all night by fires instead of taking comfortable rest in a natural way. I can assure these gentlemen, that it is a much easier and less distressing...room, by a good fireside, than to occupy a cold bleak lull, and sleep under frost and snow, without clothes or blankets. However, although they seem to have... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1871 - 1186 pàgines
...and the covering of those States from the invasion of an enemy, so easy and practicable a business. I can assure those gentlemen, that it is a much easier, and les« distressing thing. to draw remonstrances in a comfortable room by a good fireside, than to occupy... | |
 | James D. McCabe - 1874 - 974 pàgines
...going into winter quarters as much as if they thought the soldiers were made of stocks and stones. I can assure those gentlemen that it is a much easier...under frost and snow without clothes or blankets. Plowever, although they seem to have little feeling for the naked and distressed soldiers, I feel superabundantly... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1874 - 538 pàgines
...remarks of members of Congress, reprobating his going into winter quarters, he says, " I can assure these gentlemen that it is a much easier and less distressing...under frost and snow, without clothes or blankets." Steuben arrived in Washington's camp at this period of suffering. He found the military administration... | |
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I can assure those gentlemen that it is a much easier and less distressing thing to draw remonstrances in a comfortable room by a good fireside than to occupy a cold, bleak hill and sleep under frost and snow without clothes or blankets. 
