 | Aaron Bancroft - 1808 - 604 pages
...lieutenant-governor, he thus paints the situation of the inhabitants and the troops. " I see their situation, I know their danger, and participate their sufferings,...assistance sent from below, the- poor inhabitants, no\tr in forts, must unavoidably fall, while the remainder are flying before the barbarous foe. In... | |
 | 1809 - 574 pages
...which he had no resources to alleviate, and the uneasiness and mortification to which he was exposed. ' I know their danger, and participate their sufferings;...assistance sent from below, the poor inhabitants, nuw in forts, must unavoidably fall, while the remainder are fly ing before the barbarous foe. In fine,... | |
 | 1832 - 564 pages
...this state of things. " I see their situation," said he, in a letter to the Lieutenant Governor, " I know their danger, and participate their sufferings, without having it in my power to give them farther relief than uncertain promises. In short, I see inevitable destruction in so clear a light,... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1834 - 574 pages
...generous soul, sensible of wrongs, and swelling for redress. But what can I do ? I see their situation, know their danger, and participate their sufferings,...speedy assistance sent from below, the poor inhabitants that are now in forts, must unavoidably fall, while the remainder are flying before the barbarous foe.... | |
 | George Washington - 1834 - 574 pages
...generous soul, sensible of wrongs, and swelling for redress. But what can I do ? I see their situation, know their danger, and participate their sufferings,...speedy assistance sent from below, the poor inhabitants that are now in forts, must unavoidably fall, while the remainder are flying before the barbarous foe.... | |
 | Cyrus R. Edmonds - 1835 - 398 pages
...errors gave rise in a letter, dated from Winchester, April the 22nd, 1756. " I see their situation, know their danger, and participate their sufferings,...speedy assistance sent from below, the poor inhabitants that are now in forts, must unavoidably fall, while the remainder are flying before the barbarous foe.... | |
 | Edward Charles M'Guire - 1836 - 428 pages
...swelling for redress. But what can I do ? I see their situation, know their danger, and participate in their sufferings, without having it in my power to...speedy assistance sent from below, the poor inhabitants that are now in forts, must unavoidably fall, while the remainder are flying before the barbarous foe.... | |
 | John Marshall - 1836 - 534 pages
...by this state of things. " I sec their situation," said he, in a letter to the Lieutenant Governor, "I know their danger, and participate their sufferings, without having it in my power to give them farther relief than uncertain promises. In short, I see inevitable destruction in so clear a light,... | |
 | Edward Everett - 1836 - 654 pages
...generous soul, sensible of wrongs, and swelling for redress. But what can I do ? I see their situation, know their danger, and participate their sufferings, without having it in my power to give them farther relief than uncertain promises. In short, I see inevitable destruction, in so clear a light,... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1834 - 574 pages
...generous soul, sensible of wrongs, and swelling for redress. But what can I do ? I see their situation, know their danger, and participate their sufferings,...speedy assistance sent from below, the poor inhabitants that are now in forts, must unavoidably fall, while the remainder are flying before the barbarous foe.... | |
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I see their situation, know their danger, and participate their sufferings, without having it in my power to give them further relief, than uncertain promises. In short, I see inevitable destruction in so clear a light, that, unless vigorous measures... 
