 | Washington Irving - 1881 - 986 pages
...them through the woods and bushes, and also what I had heard of a former defeat of fifteen hundred French, who invaded the Illinois country, I had conceived...for the event of the campaign ; but I ventured only fo say, ' To be sure, sir, if you arrive well before Duquesne with these fine troops, so well provided... | |
 | John Esten Cooke - Virginia - 1883 - 568 pages
...oaths, spoke of capturing Fort Duquesue with little dilficulty, the cautious Franklin replied: — "To be sure, sir, if you arrive well before Duquesne, with these fine troops, the fort can probably make but a short resistance." But there were the Indians, — added this obstinate... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Inventors - 1886 - 256 pages
...bushes, and also what I had read of a former defeat of fifteen hundred French, who invaded the Iroquois country, I had conceived some doubts and some fears...these fine troops, so well provided with artillery, that place not yet completely fortified, and as we hear with no very strong garrison, can probably... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1886 - 156 pages
...bushes, and also what I had read of a former defeat of fifteen hundred Fren'ch, who invaded the Iroquois country, I had conceived some doubts and some fears...these fine troops, so well provided with artillery, that place not yet completely fortified, and as we hear with no very strong garrison, can probably... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1888 - 250 pages
...bushes, and also what I had read of a former defeat of fifteen hundred French, who invaded the Iroquois country, I had conceived some doubts and some fears...these fine troops, so well provided with artillery, that place not yet completely fortified, and as we hear with no very strong garrison, can probably... | |
 | Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1888 - 566 pages
...bushes, and also what I had read of a former defeat of fifteen hundred French, who invaded the Iroquois country, I had conceived some doubts and some fears...these fine troops, so well provided with artillery, that place, not yet completely fortified and as we hear with no very strong garrison, can probably... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1888 - 330 pages
...French, who invaded the Iroquois country, I had conceived some doubts and 1 Validity : strength or power. some fears for the event of the campaign. But I ventured...these fine troops, so well provided with artillery, that place not yet completely fortified, and as we hear with no very strong garrison, can probably... | |
 | John Esten Cooke - History - 1888 - 582 pages
...oaths, spoke of capturing Fort Duquesne with little difficulty, the cautious Franklin replied: — " TJ be sure, sir, if you arrive well before Duquesne, with these fine troops, the fort can probably make but a short resistance." Hut there were the Indians, — added this obstinate... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1891 - 142 pages
...for them through the woods and bushes, and also what I had read of a former defeat of fifteen hundred French, who invaded the Illinois country, I had conceived some doubts and some fears for the event 103 of the campaign. But I ventured only to say, " To be sure, sir, if you arrive well before Duquesne,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Julian Willis Abernethy - 1892 - 200 pages
...bushes, and also what I had read of a former defeat of fifteen hundred French, who invaded the Iroquois country, I had conceived some doubts and some fears...these fine troops, so well provided with artillery, that place, not yet completely fortified, and as we hear with no very strong garrison, can probably... | |
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Having before revolved in my mind the long line his army must make in their march by a very narrow road, to be cut for them... 
