 | Elizabeth Fries Ellet - United States - 1819 - 376 pages
...and written before the Declaration of Independence. The following extract will show its character : " I will tell you what I have done. My only brother...have sent to the camp with my prayers and blessings. I hope he will not disgrace me ; I am confident he will behave with honor, and emulate the great examples... | |
 | Samuel Hazard - Pennsylvania - 1828 - 404 pages
...and sacred to exert the spirit that Heaven has given to us in this righteous struggle for liberty. I will tell you what I have done. My only brother...have sent to the camp with my prayers and blessings; I hope he will not disgrace me; 1 am confident he will behave with honour, and emulate the great examples... | |
 | Samuel Hazard - Pennsylvania - 1828 - 408 pages
...and sacred to exert the spirit that Heaven has given to us in this righteous struggle for liberty. I will tell you what I have done. My only brother...have sent to the camp with my prayers and blessings; 1 hope he will not disgrace me; 1 am confident he will behave with honour, and emulate the great example*... | |
 | Elizabeth Fries Ellet - United States - 1850 - 334 pages
...out their blood. A letter written by a lady of Philadelphia to a British officer in Boston, says : " My only brother I have sent to the camp with my prayers and blessings. I hope he will not disgrace me ; I am confident he will behave with honor, and emulate the great examples... | |
 | Charles Wilkins Webber - History - 1855 - 600 pages
...and sacred, to exert the spirit that Heaven has given to us in this righteous struggle for liberty. I will tell you what I have done. My only brother...have sent to the camp, with my prayers and blessings ; I hope he will not disgrace me ; I am confident he will behave with honor, and emulate the great... | |
 | Elizabeth Fries Ellet - United States - 1856 - 394 pages
...emulate the great examples he has before him; and had I twenty sons and brothers they should go. t/'I have retrenched every superfluous expense in my table and family ; tea I have not drunk since last Christmas, nor bought a new cap or gown since your defeat at Lexington ; and what... | |
 | John Fanning Watson - Pennsylvania - 1857 - 686 pages
...while we detest the cause you are fighting for, we wish well to your personal interest and safety. I will tell you what I have done. My only brother...twenty sons and brothers, they should go to emulate) he great examples before them. I have retrenched every superfluous expense in my table and family.... | |
 | John Fanning Watson - Pennsylvania - 1850 - 628 pages
...while we detest the cause you are fighting for, we wish well to your personal interest and safety. I will tell you what I have done. My only brother...superfluous expense in my table and family. Tea I have not drunk since last Christmas, nor bought a new cap or gown since your defeat at Lexington. I have the... | |
 | Charles Wilkins Webber - United States - 1861 - 434 pages
...and sacred, to exert the spirit that Heaven has given to us in this righteous struggle for liberty. I will tell you what I have done. My only brother...have sent to the camp, with my prayers and blessings ; I hope he will not disgrace me ; I am confident he will behave with honor, and emulate the great... | |
 | John Leander Bishop - Industries - 1861 - 668 pages
...have done," writes a lady of Philadelphia to a British officer, just after the battle of Lexington. " My only brother I have sent to the camp with my prayers and blessings. I hope he will not disgrace me ; I am confident he will behave with honor, and emulate the great examples... | |
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I will tell you what I have done. My only brother I have sent to the camp with my prayers and blessings ; I hope he will not disgrace me ; I am confident he will behave with honor, and emulate the great examples he has before him ; and had I twenty sons... 
