 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1834 - عدد الصفحات: 578
...we have two beef-steak pies, or dishes of crabs, in addition, one on each side of the centre dish, dividing the space and reducing the distance between...be happy to see them ; and am, dear Doctor, yours, &c. TO THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS. West Point, 16 August, 1779. DEAR SIR, I beg you to accept my thanks... | |
 | Robert Walsh - 1835 - عدد الصفحات: 568
...entertainment, and will submit to partake of it on plalcs, once tin but now iron (not become so by the labour of scouring), I shall be happy to see them; and am, dear Doctor, yours, Sic." " I have asked Mrs. Cochran and Mrs. Livingston to dine with me to-morrow; but am I not in honour... | |
 | Edward Charles M'Guire - 1836 - عدد الصفحات: 430
...entertainment, and will submit to partake of it on plates, once tin, but now iron, (not become so by the labour of scouring) I shall be happy to see them, and am, dear Doctor, yours," &c. To Major-General Greene he wrote, from HeadQuarters at Morristown, 22d January, 1780 : — " Appearances... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1837 - عدد الصفحات: 650
...opposite to New York, and took one hundred and fifty-nine prisoners, having two only of his part}' killed and three wounded. The plan originated with...Doctor, yours." Sir Henry Clinton, disappointed in not receivbg additions to his army from Europe, began to be weary of his situation, and to despair of effecting... | |
 | Jared Sparks - 1839 - عدد الصفحات: 666
...had the surprising sagacity to XIL discover, that apples will make pies; and it is a question, 1779. if, in the violence of his efforts, we do not get...yours." Sir Henry Clinton, disappointed in not receiving addi- Brm«h Gmtions to his army from Europe, began to be weary of tatwanathis situation, and to despair... | |
 | Jared Sparks - 1839 - عدد الصفحات: 632
...the violence of his efforts, we do not get one of apples, instead of having both of beefsteaks. Jf the ladies can put up with such entertainment, and...yours." Sir Henry Clinton, disappointed in not receiving addi- Britis ' eral meditions to his army from Europe, began to be weary of «"e, ™ nthis situation,... | |
 | Jared Sparks - 1840 - عدد الصفحات: 576
...and reducing the distance between dish and dish to about six feet, which without them would be nearly twelve feet apart. Of late he has had the surprising...would either redound to the glory of the British arms, dr answer the expectations of his employers. On the 21st of August he said, in a letter to Lord George... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1845 - عدد الصفحات: 900
...entertainment, and will submit to partake of it on plates, once tin, but now iron (not become so by the labour of scouring), I shall be happy to see them ; and am, dear doctor, yours." In April 1780, Lafayette returned from a visit to France, bringing intelligence that the French government... | |
 | John Frost - 1847 - عدد الصفحات: 602
...entertainment, and will submit to partake of it on plates, once tin, but now iron, (not become so by the labour of scouring,) I shall be happy to see them ; and am, dear doctor, yours," &c. During the summer of 1779, Spain engaged in the war with Great Britain on the side of France, but... | |
 | 1844 - عدد الصفحات: 454
...If the ladies can put up with such entertainment, and will submit to partake of it on plates, onpe tin, but now iron, (not become so by the labor of scouring), I shall be happy to see them. I am dear doctor, your most obedient servant, Go. WASHINGTON. Dr. COCHRAN, New Windsor. Mr. .WOI/LS... | |
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... twelve feet apart. Of late he has had the surprising sagacity to discover that apples will make pies, and it is a question, if, in the violence of his efforts, we do not get one of apples instead of having both of beefsteaks. If the ladies can put... 
