 | SEVERAL HANDS - 1755 - 540 lehte
...infallibly oblige the governor to capitulate in the terms of war^ or expect the word. Then General [Patrick] Gordon, as the oldeft general, gave his opinion, that...advanced, would hourly increafe : by having ten or twelve thoufund men night and day at work, faid he, we ftiall carry and roll as much earth before us, as will... | |
 | Sir John Barrow - 1834 - 344 lehte
...He said ; that, in his opinion, the safest and most expeditious way to become masters of the place would be to carry on before them a whole rampart of...of the town, which, as they advanced, would hourly increase. " By having ten or twelve thousand men night and day, we shall," said he, " roll as much... | |
 | Spalding Club, Aberdeen - 1859 - 300 lehte
...as the oldest general, gave his opinion that the safest and most expeditious way to become masters of the town, would be to carry on before them a whole...of the town, which, as they advanced, would hourly increase. By having ten or twelve thousand men night and day at work, said he, we shall carry and roll... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1870 - 650 lehte
...the council of war recommended, he stated that the best way of taking the town would be to carry on a whole rampart of earth along the front of the town, which as they advanced would hourly increase. "By having," he said, "ten or twelve thousand men night and day at work, we shall carry and... | |
 | sir John Barrow (bart.) - 1883 - 454 lehte
...Homer. He said that, in his opinion, the safest and most expeditious way to become masters of the place would be to carry on before them a whole rampart of...of the town, which, as they advanced would hourly increase. "By having ten or twelve thousand men night and day, we shall," said he, " roll as much earth... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1896 - 258 lehte
...as the oldest General, gave his opinion that the safest and most expeditious way to become masters of the town, would be to carry on before them a whole...rampart of earth along the front of the town, which [rampart], as they advanced, would hourly increase. "By having ten or twelve thousand men night and... | |
 | Sir John Barrow - 1908 - 446 lehte
...He said ; that, in his opinion, the safest and most expeditious way to become masters of the place would be to carry on before them a whole rampart of...of the town, which, as they advanced, would hourly increase. ' ' By having ten or twelve thousand men night and day, we shall, ' ' said he, ' ' roll as... | |
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Gordon, as the oldest general, gave his opinion that the safest and most expeditious way to become masters of the town, would be to carry on before them a whole rampart of earth along the front of the town, which, as they advanced, would hourly increase.... 