 I love to give you an idea of our characters as they rise upon the stage of history. Braddock is a very Iroquois in disposition. He had a sister who, having gamed away all her little fortune at Bath, hanged herself with a truly English deliberation, leaving...  Montcalm and Wolfe - Page 188by Francis Parkman - 1885 - 590 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Horace Walpole - 1833 - 484 pages
...leaving only a note upon the table with those lines, " To die is landing on some silent shore, &c." When Braddock was told of it, he only said, " Poor...play till she would be forced to tuck herself up." But a more ridiculous story of him, and which is recorded in heroics by Fielding in his Covent-Garden... | |
 | Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1833 - 452 pages
...leaving only a note upon the table with those lines " To die is landing on some silent shore, &c." When Braddock was told of it, he only said, " Poor...play till she would be forced to tuck herself up!" But a more ridiculous story of him, and * Duke of Cumberland. which is recorded in heroics by Fielding... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1833 - 488 pages
...leaving only a note upon the table with those lines, " To die is landing on some silent shore, &c." When Braddock was told of it, he only said, " Poor...thought she would play till she would be forced to tuck luritlj up." But a more ridiculous story of him, and which 's recorded in heroics by Fielding in his... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1840 - 542 pages
...leaving only a note upon the table with those lines " To die is landing on some silent shore," &c. When Braddock was told of it, he only said, " Poor...would play till she would be forced to tuck herself t1p ! " 1 But a more ridiculous story of him, and which is recorded in heroics by Fielding in his Covent-Garden... | |
 | Thomas Keppel (hon.) - 1842 - 640 pages
...leaving a note upon the table, with these lines : — ' To die, is landing on some silent shore,' &c. When Braddock was told of it, he only said, ' Poor...play till she would be forced to tuck herself up.' " In another place, he says, " I have already given you some account of Braddock. I may complete the... | |
 | Thomas Robert Keppel - Admirals - 1842 - 478 pages
...leaving a note upon the table, with these lines : — ' To die, is landing on some silent shore,' &c. When Braddock was told of it, he only said, ' Poor...play till she would be forced to tuck herself up.' " In another place, he says, " I have already given you some account of Braddock. I may complete the... | |
 | Horace Walpole - Authors, English - 1842 - 546 pages
...leaving only a note upon the table with those lines " To die is landing on some silent shore," &c. When Braddock was told of it, he only said, " Poor...play till she would be forced to tuck herself up!"* But a more ridiculous story of him, and which is recorded in heroics by Fielding in his Covent-Garden... | |
 | Israel Acrelius, New Sweden. Upland court, William Penn - Bibliography - 1855 - 462 pages
...inborn, consummate brutality, to guide the tongue which could frame no other expression of sorrow than "Poor Fanny! I always thought she would play till she would be forced to tuck herself up !" t No sensibility could exist in his heart who could, for the sake of a scurvy pun, jest upon the... | |
 | Washington Irving - Celebrities - 1855 - 566 pages
...is landing on some silent shore,' Ac. When Braddock was told of it, he only said : ' Poor Fanny II always thought she would play till she would be forced to tuck herself up." " Braddock himself had been somewhat of a spendthrift. lte was touchy also, and punctilious. " He once... | |
 | Washington Irving - Generals - 1856 - 496 pages
...deliberation, leaving a note on the table with these lined: ' To die is landing on some silent shore,' <fcc- When Braddock was told of it, he only said : ' Poor...play till she would be forced to tuck herself up.' " Braddock himself had been somewhat of a spendthrift. He was touchy also, and punctilious. " He once... | |
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