And it is with GREAT CONCERN that I inform you that the events of war have been very unfortunate to my arms in Virginia, having ended in the loss of my forces in that province. The Scots Magazine - Page 5621781Full view - About this book
| Charles Knight - Great Britain - 1860 - 528 pages
...creeps in, which renders these words of sound and fury of no significance : " It is with great concern I inform you that the events of war have been very...unfortunate to my arms in Virginia, having ended in the loss of my forces in that province." It was to be expected that the calamity of Yorktown would give... | |
| 1867 - 492 pages
...extensive dominions of my crown have not been attended with success equal to the justice and uprightness of my views, and it is with great concern that I inform...very unfortunate to my arms in Virginia, having ended with the loss of my forces in that province." In Parliament, little, apparently, had been said concerning... | |
| Edmond George Petty-Fitzmaurice Baron Fitzmaurice - 1876 - 622 pages
...York Town. Parliament was to meet on the 27th. "It is with great concern," said the Royal speech, " that I inform you, that the events of war have been very unfortunate to my arms in Virginia, and have ended in the loss of my forces in that province." It none the less spoke of prosecuting the... | |
| Edmond George Petty-Fitzmaurice Baron Fitzmaurice - 1876 - 624 pages
...York Town. Parliament was to meet on the 27th. " It is with great concern," said the Royal speech, " that I inform you, that the events of war have been very unfortunate to my arms in Virginia, and have ended in the loss of my forces in that province." It none the loss spoke of prosecuting the... | |
| Edmond George Petty-Fitzmaurice Baron Fitzmaurice - 1876 - 624 pages
...York Town. Parliament was to meet on the 27th. "It is with great concern," said the Royal speech, " that I inform you, that the events of war have been very unfortunate to my arms in Virginia, and have ended in the loss of my forces in that province." It none the less spoke of prosecuting the... | |
| Joseph H. Beale - World history - 1884 - 1152 pages
...creeps in, which renders these words of sound and fury of no significance : " It is with great concern I inform you that the events of war have been very...unfortunate to my arms in Virginia, having ended in the loss of my forces in that province." The debates in the House of Commons at this crisis, as developing... | |
| Two hundred and fifty royal speeches - Kings and rulers - 1885 - 110 pages
...extensive dominions of my Crown have not been attended with success equal to the justice and uprightness of my views ; and it is with great concern that I inform you that the events of war have bjen very unfortunate to my arms in Virginia, having ended in the loss of my forces in that province.... | |
| MONCURE DANIEL CONWAY - 1906
...which it has been conducted, is not to be worn from the memory by the cant of snivelling hypocrisy. “And it is with great concern that I inform you...unfortunate to my arms in Virginia, having ended in the loss of my forces in that province.”—And our great concern is that they are not all served in the... | |
| Thomas Paine - 1908 - 412 pages
...which it has been conducted, is not to be worn from the memory by the cant of snivelling hypocrisy. "And it is with great concern that I inform you that...unfortunate to my arms in Virginia, having ended in the loss of my forces in that province." 274 And our great concern is that they are not all served in the... | |
| Esther Singleton - World history - 1908 - 548 pages
...creeps in, which renders these words of sound and fury of no significance : "It is with great concern 1 inform you that the events of war have been very unfortunate to my arms in Virginia, having ended in the loss of my forces in that province." It was to be expected that the calamity of Yorktown would give... | |
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