 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
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...Petersham, his aide-decamp, asking permission to depart. " Though I was ready to believe," says Burgoyne, " that patience and fortitude, in a supreme degree,...astonished at this proposal. After so long an agitation of spirits, exhausted not only for want of rest, but absolutely for want of food, drenched in rains for... | |
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...Gates to join her husband. " Though I was ready to believe," writes Burgoyne, " (for I had experience), that patience and fortitude, in a supreme degree,...astonished at this proposal. After so long an agitation of spirits, exhausted not only for want of rest, but absolutely want of food, drenched in rain for twelve... | |
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