 | Justin Winsor - 1887 - 800 lehte
...General Gates, has made me your prisoner ; " to which the victor, gracefully returning the salute, replied, " I shall always be ready to bear testimony...has not been through any fault of your excellency." On the site of old Fort Hardy the Anglo-German army, October 17, grounded their arms at the command... | |
 | Hélène Adeline Guerber - 1898 - 366 lehte
...me your prisoner " ; to which Gates answered, as he gave it back : " I shall Burgoyne's Surrender. always be ready to bear testimony that it has not been through any fault of your Excellency." Later on, touched by the courtesy of Schuyler, whose house he had burned down, Burgoyne said : " You... | |
 | Everett Titsworth Tomlinson - 1898 - 384 lehte
...war, General Gates, has made me your prisoner." " I shall always be ready," replied General Gates, "to bear testimony that it has not been through any fault of your excellency." The other officers with him were then presented, and, doubtless, many more high-sounding speeches were... | |
 | William Leete Stone - 1900 - 398 lehte
...' The fortune of war, General Gates, has made me your prisoner ;' to which the conqueror, retaining a courtly salute, promptly replied, 'I shall always...testimony that it has not been through any fault of youi excellency .' " VOL. 1.- ' one of them should be a spectator of the humiliation of the British... | |
 | William Leete Stone - 1900 - 398 lehte
...' The fortune of war, General Gates, has made me your prisoner j' to which the conqueror, retulmng a courtly salute, promptly replied, 'I shall always be ready to bear testimony that it has not beeu through any fault of youi excellency."* VOL. 1.- ' one of them should be a spectator of the humiliation... | |
 | George Cochrane Hazelton - 1902 - 320 lehte
...WA&H1NGTON „..,./ A*rr ,/,,.. tr,i».i UnUnn. 31. DANIEL of S? JENNIFER M. General Gates, has made me your prisoner' ; to which the conqueror, returning...has not been through any fault of your excellency.' " " The painting," says Trumbull, " represents General Burgoyne, attended by General Phillips, and... | |
 | 1903 - 696 lehte
...surrender, says that Burgoyne said, "The fortune of war, General Gates, has made me your prisoner." Gates replied, "I shall always be ready to bear testimony...has not been through any fault of your excellency." We would prefer to take Wilkinson's account of what passed, as he was certainly present. In other matters... | |
 | 1906 - 1328 lehte
...gracefully, said : ' The fortune of war, General Gates, has made me your prisoner ;' to which the conqueror replied, ' I shall always be ready to bear testimony...and he and General Gates saluted and shook hands. Next Baron Riedesel and the other officers were introduced in their turn, and as soon as the ceremony... | |
 | Edwin Wiley, Irving Everett Rines, Albert Bushnell Hart - 1916 - 576 lehte
...General Burgoyne, raising his hat most gracefully, said, 'The fortune of war, General Gates, has made me your prisoner;' to which the conqueror, returning...through any fault of your excellency.' Major-general Philips then advanced, and he and General Gates saluted, and shook hands with the familiarity of old... | |
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The fortune of war, General Gates, has made me your prisoner," to which the conqueror, returning a courtly salute, promptly replied, "I shall always be ready to bear testimony, that it has not been through any fault of your excellency. 
