 | Edward Alfred Pollard - 1863 - 394 Seiten
...can be danger, till the bayonet is pushed at their breasts ; not that it proceeds from any uncommon prowess, but rather from an unaccountable kind of...no such thing as getting officers of this stamp to exert themselves in carrying orders into execution. To curry favor with the men (by whom they were... | |
 | Edward Alfred Pollard - 1863 - 392 Seiten
...can be danger, till the bayonet is pushed at their breasts ; not that it proceeds from any uncommon prowess, but rather from an unaccountable kind of...no such thing as getting officers of this stamp to exert themselves in carrying orders into execution. To curry favor with the men (by whom they were... | |
 | Edward Alfred Pollard - 1863 - 324 Seiten
...can be danger, till the bayonet is pushed at their breasts; not that it proceeds from any uncommon prowess, but rather from an unaccountable kind of...the army, who are nearly of the same kidney with the private, and adds not a little to my difficulties, as there is no such thing as getting officers of... | |
 | Edward Alfred Pollard - 1863 - 418 Seiten
...and a fictitious prosperity dazzled the eyes of the observer in the cities of the Irora any uncommon prowess, but rather from an unaccountable kind of stupidity in the lower class of the-e people, which, believe me, prevails but too generally among the 6fficers of the Massachusetts... | |
 | Edward Alfred Pollard - 1864 - 414 Seiten
...can be danger, till the bayonet is pushed at their breasts ; not that it proceeds from any uncommon prowess, but rather from an unaccountable kind of...class of these people, which, believe me, prevails but But while politicians plundered the government at Washington, and contractors grew rich in a single... | |
 | Edward Alfred Pollard - 1864 - 430 Seiten
...too generally among the officers of the Massachusctts part of the army, who are nearly of the samc kidney with the privates, and adds not a little to my difficulties, as there is no such thing as gctting oflieers of this stamp to excrt themselves in earrying orders into exccution. To curry favor... | |
 | Edward Alfred Pollard - 1866 - 1314 Seiten
...can be danger, till the bayonet is pushed at their breasts ; not that it proceeds from any uncommon prowess, but rather from an unaccountable kind of...among the officers of the Massachusetts part of the «rmy, who are nearly of the same kidney with the privates, and adds not a little to my difficulties,... | |
 | George Washington - 1889 - 550 Seiten
...these people which, believe me, prevails but too generally among the officers of the Massachusets/ar/ of the Army who are nearly of the same kidney with...difficulties ; as there is no such thing as getting of officers of this stamp to exert themselves in carrying orders into execution — to curry favor... | |
 | George Washington - 1889 - 542 Seiten
...can be, danger till the Bayonet is pushed at their Breasts ; not that it proceeds from any uncommon prowess, but rather from an unaccountable kind of...prevails but too generally among the officers of the Massachusets part of the Army who are nearly of the same kidney with the Privates, and adds not a little... | |
 | Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1896 - 1000 Seiten
...is, or can be, danger till the bayonet is pushed at their bre. Not that it proceeds from any uncommon prowess, but rather from an unaccountable kind of...are nearly of the same kidney with the privates." He had seen like demoralization and slackness in the old days at Winchester, on the wild frontier,... | |
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... it is among the most difficult tasks I ever undertook in my life to induce these people to believe that there is or can be danger, till the bayonet is pushed at their breasts ; not that it proceeds from any uncommon prowess, but rather from an unaccountable... 
