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" I am sorry," said the general, in reply, "to hear of your loss; I am a little sorry to hear of my own. But that which gives me most concern is, that you should have gone on board the vessels of the enemy and furnished them with refreshments. It would... "
Annals of the Wars of the Eighteenth Century: Compiled from the Most ... - Page 276
by Sir Edward Cust - 1862
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The Life of George Washington,: Commander in Chief of the American ..., Volume 4

John Marshall - Generals - 1805 - 666 pages
...your loss: I am a little sorry to hear of my own. But that which gives me most concern is, that you should have gone on board the vessels of the enemy and furnished them with refreshments. It would havt been a less painful circumstance to me, to have heard) that in consequence of your non-compliance...
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The Life of George Washington

Presidents - 1829 - 290 pages
...hear of your losses, but that which gives me most concern is, that you should have gone on board of the vessels of the enemy, and furnished them with refreshments. It would have been a jess painful circumstance to me, to have heard, that in consequence of your non-compliance with their...
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The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American ..., Volume 1

1832 - 564 pages
...your loss; I am a little sorry to hear of my own. But that which gives me most concern is, that you should have gone on board the vessels of the enemy...furnished them with refreshments. It would have been a less painful circumstance to me to have heard, that in consequence of your non-compliance with their...
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The Lives of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson: With a Parallel ...

Stephen Simpson - Presidents - 1833 - 408 pages
...your loss; I am a little sorry to hear of my own: but, that which gives me most concern, is, that you should have gone on board the vessels of the enemy,...furnished them with refreshments. It would have been a less painful circum'stance to me, to have heard, that in consequence of your non-compliance with...
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The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American ..., Volume 1

John Marshall - Presidents - 1836 - 534 pages
...your loss; I am a little sorry to hear of my own. But that which gives me most concern is, that you should have gone on board the vessels of the enemy...furnished them with refreshments. It would have been a lens painful circumstance to me to have heard, that in consequence of your non-compliance with their...
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A Popular History of the United States: From the First Discovery ..., Volume 4

William Cullen Bryant, Sydney Howard Gay - United States - 1882 - 740 pages
...your loss. I am a little sorry to hear of my own. But that which skives me most concern is, that yon should have gone on board the vessels of the enemy...furnished them with refreshments. It would have been n less painful circumstance to me to have heard, that in consequence of your non-compliunce with their...
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George Washington Centennial Memorial Exercises: Mount Vernon, December 14, 1899

Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Colorado - 1903 - 278 pages
...furnished the British army with provisions in order to save Mount Vernon from damage, using these words: "It would have been less painful to me to have heard that in consequence of your non-compliance with their request, they had burnt my hous.e and laid my plantation...
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The Story of Young George Washington

Wayne Whipple - Presidents - 1918 - 280 pages
...To his nephew who had fed the British troops to save Mount Vernon, "Uncle George" wrote indignantly: "It would have been less painful to me to have heard that they had burnt my house and laid the plantation in ruins. You ought to have considered yourself as...
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The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American ..., Volume 3

John Marshall - Presidents - 1926 - 474 pages
...your loss; I am a little sorry to hear of my own. But that which gives me most concern is, that you should have gone on board the vessels of the enemy...furnished them with refreshments. It would have been a less painful circumstance to me to have heard, that in consequence of your non-compliance with their...
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