 | Charles Edwards Lester - 1883 - 612 頁
...words, the following noble sentiments, in behalf of himself and colleagues were firmly uttered : ' When we assumed the soldier, we did not lay aside the citizen ; but having taken the sword, we postpone the thought of private life, to the establishment of American... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1884 - 480 頁
...that, upon an accommodation, he would cheerfully resign his trust and become once more a citizen. " When we assumed the soldier we did not lay aside the citizen," answered Washington for himself and his officers; but, having once drawn the sword, he postponed the... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1885 - 462 頁
...never committed himself to the unforeseen. Speaking for himself and his brother generals, he said: " When we assumed the soldier, we did not lay aside the citizen; and we shall most assuredly rejoice with you in that happy hour, when the establishment of American liberty on the most... | |
 | William O. Stoddard - 1886 - 336 頁
...replied, on behalf of himself and his generals : " As to the fatal but necessary operations of war, when we assumed the soldier we did not lay aside the...happy hour when the establishment of American liberty, on the most firm and solid foundations, shall enable us to return to our private stations in the bosom... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1886 - 486 頁
...that, upon an accommodation, he would cheerfully resign his trust and become once more a citizen. " When we assumed the soldier we did not lay aside the citizen," answered Washington for himself and his officers; but, having once drawn the sword, he postponed the... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale - 1887 - 436 頁
...mother country was the fondest wish of each American soul." Washington himself, in reply, said : " When we assumed the soldier, we did not lay aside the citizen " ; but he added, that " all thought of private life must be postponed to the establishment of liberty... | |
 | George Washington - 1889 - 532 頁
...cannot learn that he has taken any step that will give umbrage." Schuyler to Hancock, July 2, 1775. and we shall most sincerely rejoice with you in that...hour, when the establishment of American liberty, on the most firm and solid foundations, shall enable us to return to our private stations in the bosom... | |
 | George Washington - 1889 - 530 頁
...harmony between the mother country and these colonies, as to the fatal but necessary operations of war. When we assumed the soldier, we did not lay aside the citizen ; power when the general weal requires it." Force, American Archives, Fourth Series, ii., 1282. The... | |
 | George Washington - 1894 - 510 頁
...each State to furnish, though not to appoint, their own brigadiers ? me. THE SOLDIER AND THE CITIZEN. When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen. We shall most sincerely rejoice, with you, in that happy hour, when the establishment of American liberty,... | |
 | Elizabeth Bryant Johnston - 1895 - 268 頁
...In reply to an address from the Provincial Congress of New York, Washington significantly said : " When we assumed the soldier we did not lay aside the citizen." " The Congress of Massachusetts Bay passed a resolution, providing for a respectful reception of Generals... | |
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When we assumed the soldier we did not lay aside the citizen; and we shall most sincerely rejoice with you in that happy hour when the establishment of American liberty, on the most firm and solid foundations, shall enable us to return to our private... 
