 permission to attend her husband. Though I was ready to believe (for I had experienced) that patience and fortitude in a supreme degree were to be found, as well as every other virtue, under the most tender forms, I was astonished at this proposal. After...  Three Years in North America - Page 212by James Stuart - 1833 - 544 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Marshall Craig - Great Britain - 1818 - 632 pages
...requesting General Gates's permission to attend her husband. " Though I was ready to believe (for I had experienced) that patience and fortitude, in a supreme...exhausted not only for want of rest, but absolutely for want of food, drenched in rains for twelve hours together, that a woman should be capable of such... | |
 | Benjamin Silliman - New England - 1820 - 458 pages
...to take care of her husband. General Burgoyne remarks,* " Though I was ready to believe, (for I had experienced,) that patience and fortitude, in a supreme...long an agitation of the spirits, exhausted, not only * Slate of the expedition, fcc. page 128. 9* for want of rest, but absolutely want of food, drenched... | |
 | Benjamin Silliman - Connecticut - 1820 - 464 pages
...to take care of her husband, General Buljeyne remarks,* " Though I was ready to believe, (for I had experienced,) that patience and fortitude, in a supreme degree, were to be found, »s well as every other virtue, under the most tender ionns, I was astonished at this proposal. After... | |
 | Benjamin Silliman - Burgoyne's Invasion, 1777 - 1822 - 164 pages
...to take care of her nusband, General Burgoyne remarks,* " Though I was ready to believe, (for I had experienced,) that patience and fortitude, in a supreme...agitation of the spirits, exhausted, not only for wont of rest, but absolutely want of food, drenched in rains for twelve hours together, that a woman... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - Explorers - 1823 - 428 pages
...requesting Gen. Gates' permission to attend her husband. " Though I was ready to believe, for I had experienced, that patience and fortitude in a supreme...virtue, under the most tender forms, I was astonished at the proposal. After so long an agitation, exhausted not only for want of rest, but absolutely want... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - United States - 1824 - 434 pages
...requesting Gen. Gates' permission to attend her husband. " Though I was ready to believe, for I had experienced, that patience and fortitude in a supreme...as every other virtue, under the most tender forms, J was astonished at the proposal. After so long an agitation, exhausted not only for want of rest,... | |
 | Samuel Putnam Waldo - Presidents - 1823 - 418 pages
...requesting Gen. Gates' permission to attend her husband. " Though I was ready to believe (for 1 had experienced) that patience and fortitude, in a supreme degree, were to be found, as well as every virtue, under the most tender forms, I was astonished at this proposal. After so long an agitation... | |
 | United States - 1824 - 518 pages
...husband, in the American camp. General Burgoyne observes, " Though I was ready to believe, for I had experienced, that patience and fortitude in a supreme...virtue, under the most tender forms, I was astonished at tins proposal. After so long an agitation of the spirits, exhausted not only for want of rest, but,... | |
 | Soldier - 1824 - 518 pages
...execute her intention, if not interfering with my designs. Though I was ready to believe, for I had experienced, that patience and fortitude, in a supreme...as every other virtue, under the most tender forms, ^1 was astonished at the proposal. After so long an agitation of the spirits, exhausted not only for... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - United States - 1825 - 450 pages
...requesting Gen. Gates' permission to attend her husband. " Though I was ready to believe, for I had experienced, that patience and fortitude in a supreme...under the most tender forms, I was, astonished at die proposal. After so long an agitation, exhausted not only for want of rest, but absolutely want... | |
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