| Gerritt Van Husen Forbes - 1833 - 32 páginas
...gallant carriage. This horse had belonged to the British army. The other was smaller, and his color sorrel. This he used always to ride in time of action;...the word ran through the ranks, ' We have business oil hand.' 12 NEW-YORK. At the battle of Germantown, General Wayne rode his gallant roan, and in charging... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1834 - 432 páginas
...horse had belonged to the British. The other was smaller, and his color sorrel. This he always -rode in time of action; so that whenever the general mounted...ran through the ranks, " We have business on hand." APHORISM. SCARCELY an ill to human life belongs, But what our follies cause, or mutual wrongs ; Or,... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1834 - 440 páginas
...horse had belonged to the British. The other was smaller, and his color sorrul. This he always rode in time of action ; so that whenever the general mounted...ran through the ranks, " We have business on hand." APHORISM. SCARCELY an ill to human life belongs, But what our follies cause, or mutual wrongs j Or,... | |
| Henry Cook Todd - 1840 - 300 páginas
...high spirited and of a gallant carriage, but in battle, he always rode a small sorrel colored horse ; so that whenever the General mounted him, the word...ran through the ranks, "We have business on hand." Kosciusko was subsequently chief Engineer in the Federal army of General Gates ; he died at Solerne,... | |
| 1841 - 404 páginas
...carriage ; this horse had belonged to the British army. The other was smaller, and of a sorrel color. This he used always to ride in time of action ; so...ran through the ranks, ' We have business on hand.' Laying and Setting. JUDGE R. was fond of indulging in a joke with counsellor B. with whom he was very... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1854 - 264 páginas
...horse had belonged to the British. The other was smaller, and his color sorrel. This he always rode in time of action ; so that whenever the general mounted...ran through the ranks, " We have business on hand." TRUTH AND FALSEHOOD. As you value the approbation of heaven, or the shame of the world, cultivate the... | |
| Oliver Bell Bunce - 1870 - 462 páginas
...sorrel. This he used always to ride in time of action ; so that whenever the general mounted bior, the word ran through the ranks, ' We have business...AT the battle of Germantown, General Wayne rode his ga. lant roan, and in charging the enemy, his horse received a wound in his head, and fell, as was... | |
| Oliver Bell Bunce - 1870 - 466 páginas
...jfullant carriage ; this horse had belonged to the British army : tbe other was smaller, and his color sorrel. This he used always to ride in time of action ; so that whenever the general mounted hiii, the word ran through the ranks, ' We have business on han.l.' •'AT the battle of Germ^ntown,... | |
| Samuel Adams Drake - 1874 - 560 páginas
...smaller. This was the horse he always rode in battle, so that whenever the General was seen to mount him. the word ran through the ranks, " We have business on hand." Washington came to Cambridge in a light phaeton and pair, but in his frequent excursions and reconnoitring... | |
| 1875 - 622 páginas
...duty, was boarded out in the country and had the best of care till he died. In one of the battles, General Wayne rode his gallant roan, and in charging...enemy, his horse received a wound in his head, and fell and was supposed dead. Two days after the roan returned to the American camp, not materially injured,... | |
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