 This general was, I think, a brave man, and might probably have made a figure as a good officer in some European war. But he had too much self-confidence, too high an opinion of the validity of regular troops, and too mean a one of both Americans and...  Hazard's Register of Pennsylvania - Page 1351834Full view - About this book
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1908 - 430 pages
...think, a brave man, and might probably have made a figure as a good officer in some European war. But he had too much self-confidence, too high an opinion...too mean a one of both Americans and Indians. George Croghan,1 our Indian interpreter, joined him on his march with one hundred of those people, who might... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1909 - 236 pages
...think, a brave man, and might probably have made a figure as a good officer in some European war. But he had too much self-confidence, too high an opinion...our Indian interpreter, joined him on his march with one hundred of those people, who might have been of great use to his army as guides, scouts etc., if... | |
 | David Merritt Duncan - Canada - 1909 - 492 pages
...criticised was, I think, a brave man, and might probably have made a good figure in some European war. But he had too ' much self-confidence ; too high an opinion of the validity of regular troops ; too mean a one of both Americans and Indians." 115. The New Englanders capture Beausejour. — Meanwhile... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1910 - 216 pages
...think, a brave man, and might probably have made a figure as a good officer in some European war. But he had too much self-confidence, too high an opinion...our Indian interpreter, joined him on his march with one hundred of those people, who might have been of great use to his army as guides, scouts, etc.,... | |
 | Francis Parkman - Canada - 1910 - 576 pages
...general was, I think, a brave man, and might probably have made a good figure in some European war. But he had too much self-confidence; too high an opinion of the validity of regular troops ; too mean a one of both Americans and Indians."2 Horace Walpole, in his function of gathering and... | |
 | Alfred Maurice Low - National characteristics, American - 1911 - 616 pages
..."was a brave man, and might probably have made a figure as a good officer in some European war. But he had too much self-confidence, too high an opinion...regular troops, and too mean a one of both Americans and Indians."4 Braddock must needs make war as laid down in the regulations, which were as rigid in the... | |
 | Francis Parkman - Canada - 1916 - 268 pages
...general was, I think, a brave man, and might probably have made a good figure in some European war. But he had too much self-confidence; too high an opinion of the validity of regular troops; too mean a one of both French and Indians." On Braddock's arrival in Virginia he called together the... | |
 | Augustus White Long - American prose literature - 1917 - 458 pages
...think, a brave man, and might probably have made a figure as a good officer in some European war. But he had too much self-confidence, too high an opinion...our Indian interpreter, joined him on his march with one hundred of those people, who might have been of great use to his army as guides, scouts, etc.,... | |
 | Daniel Henderson - Frontier and pioneer life - 1921 - 246 pages
...dare not say to Washington, and what I would not want your young comrade to hear. General Braddock has too much self-confidence, too high an opinion of the...and too mean a one of both Americans and Indians. As an example of his over-confidence: — 'After taking Fort Duquesne,' Braddock said to me, 'I am... | |
 | George Thornton Fleming - Pittsburgh (Pa.) - 1922 - 642 pages
...think, a brave man, and might probably have made a figure as a good officer in some European war. But he had too much self-confidence, too high an opinion...our Indian interpreter, joined him on his march with one hundred of those people who might have been of great use to his army as guides, scouts, etc., if... | |
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