 When I presented the letter of General Gates to him, before receiving it, he exclaimed with solemnity, — ' What a time is this to hand me letters ! ' I answered that I had been charged with it by General Gates. ' By General Gates ! Where is he ? ' 'I...  Annual Proceedings - Página 85por Sons of the Revolution. Pennsylvania Society - 1902Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | Thaddeus Allen - 1847 - 574 páginas
...mount his horse ; which I perceived as I entered, when I presented the letter of General Gates to him. Before receiving it, he exclaimed with solemnity,...Philadelphia." "What was he doing there?" " I understood him that he was on his way to Congress." He earnestly repeated " On his way to Congress ! " then broke... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1855 - 606 páginas
...whip in his hand, prepared to mount his horse. " When I presented the letter of General Gates to him, before receiving it, he exclaimed with solemnity,...Philadelphia.' ' What was he doing there ? ' 'I understood him that he was on his way to Congress.' He earnestly repeated, ' On his way to Congress ! ' then broke... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1856 - 516 páginas
...whip in his hand, prepared to mount his horse. " When I presented the letter of General Gates to him, before receiving it, he exclaimed with solemnity,...morning in Philadelphia.' ' What was he doing there 'i ' 'I understood him that he was on his way to Congress.' Ho earnestly repeated, ' On his way to Congress... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1857 - 512 páginas
...whip in his hand, prepared to mount his horse. '' When I presented the letter of General Gates to him, before receiving it, he exclaimed with solemnity,—'...left him this morning in Philadelphia.' ' What was lie doing there ? ' 'I understood him that he was on his way to Congress.' He earnestly repeated, '... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1860 - 872 páginas
...the commander-in-chief, and presented the letter of Gates. "Before receiving it," says Wilkinson, " he exclaimed with solemnity : ' What a time is this...— ' What was he doing there ? — ' I understood him that he was on his way to Congress.' He earnestly repeated — 'On his way to Congress!' then broke... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1861 - 656 páginas
...whip in his hand, prepared to mount his horse. " When I presented the letter of General Gates to him, before receiving it, he exclaimed with solemnity,—...Philadelphia.' ' What was he doing there ? ' 'I understood him that he was on his way to Congress.' He earnestly repeated, ' On his way to Congress ! ' then broke... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1862 - 512 páginas
...presented the letter of General Gates to him, before receiving it, he exclaimed with solemnity, — & What a time is this to hand me letters ! ' I answered...by General Gates. * By General Gates ! Where is he ? ' 1 1 left him this morning in Philadelphia.' ' What was he doing there?' ll understood him that... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1865 - 514 páginas
...whip in his hand, prepared to mount his horse. " When I presented the letter of General Gates to him, before receiving it, he exclaimed with solemnity, — ' What a time is this to hand me letters I ' I answered that I had been charged with it by General Gates. ' ByGeneral Gates ! Where is he ? '... | |
 | Arthur St. Clair, William Henry Smith - 1881 - 640 páginas
...prepared to mount his horse. "When I presented the letter of General Gates to him," «ays Wilkinson, "before receiving it, he exclaimed with solemnity,...Philadelphia.' 'What was he doing there?' ' I understood him that he was on his way to Congress.' He earnestly repeated, 'On his way to Congress!' then broke... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1881 - 986 páginas
...whip in his hand, prepared to mount his horse. " When I presented the letter of General Gates to him, before receiving it, he exclaimed with solemnity,...Philadelphia.' ' What was he doing there ? ' 'I understood him that he was on his way to Congress.' He earnestly repeated, ' On his way to Congress ! ' then broke... | |
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