After taking Fort Duquesne," said he, "I am to proceed to Niagara; and having taken that, to Frontenac, if the season will allow time; and I suppose it will, for Duquesne can hardly detain me above three or four days; and then I see nothing that can obstruct... Harper's New Monthly Magazine - Sivu 5551895Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
| 1895 - 592 sivua
...words, in conversation with Franklin: "After taking Fort DuQuesne, I am to proceed to Niagara; and, having taken that, to Frontenac, if the season will allow time; and I suppose it will, for DeQuesne can hardly detain me above three or four days; and then I see nothing that can obstruct my... | |
| Washington Irving - 1896 - 668 sivua
...his intended progress. ' After taking Fort Duquesne,' said he, ' I am to proceed to Niagara ; and, having taken that, to Frontenac, if the season will allow time ; and I suppose it mil, for Duquesne can hardly detain me above three or four days ; and then I can see nothing that can... | |
| Edward Robins - 1898 - 444 sivua
...plan of campaign, confidently remarked: " After taking Fort Duquesne I am to proceed to Niagara; and, having taken that, to Frontenac, if the season will...hardly detain me above three or four days ; and then I see nothing that can obstruct my march to Niagara." Franklin was not a military man, yet he saw very... | |
| George Bancroft - 1898 - 602 sivua
...Franklin : " After taking Fort Duquesne, I am to proceed to Niagara, and, having taken that, to Frontenac. Duquesne can hardly detain me above three or four days, and then I see nothing that can obstruct my march to Niagara." " The Indians are dexterous in laying and executing... | |
| 1899 - 1010 sivua
...of his intended progress. "After taking Fort Duquesne," says he, "I am to proceed to Niagara; and, having taken that, to Frontenac, if the season will...hardly detain me above three or four days; and then I see nothing that can obstruct my march to Niagara." Having before revolv'd in my mind the long line... | |
| Paul Leicester Ford - 1899 - 554 sivua
...intended progress. ' After taking Fort Duquesne,' says he, ' I am to proceed to Niagara ; and, havingtaken that, to Frontenac, if the season will allow time...hardly detain me above three or four days ; and then I see nothing that can obstruct my march to Niagara.' Having before revolv'd in my mind the long line... | |
| Thomas Harrison Montgomery - 1900 - 578 sivua
...by which Fort Duquesne would easily be taken, and from thence to Niagara for its capture, and thence to Frontenac " if the season will allow time, and...hardly detain me above three or four days, and then I see nothing that can obstruct my march to Niagara." But Franklin * ventured only to say, To be sure,... | |
| William Peterfield Trent, Benjamin Willis Wells - 1901 - 358 sivua
...his intended progress. " After taking Fort Duquesne," says he, " I am to proceed to Niagara ; and, having taken that, to Frontenac, if the season will...hardly detain me above three or four days ; and then I see nothing that can obstruct my march to Niagara." Having before revolved in my mind the long line... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1901 - 296 sivua
...account of his intended progress. "After taking Fort Duquesne," said he, "I am to proceed to Niagara; and having taken that, to Frontenac, if the season will...suppose it will ; for Duquesne can hardly detain me abovt three or four days, and then I see nothing that can obstruct my march to Niagara." Having before... | |
| John Frederick Schroeder - 1903 - 588 sivua
...of his intended progress. ' After taking Fort Duquesne,' said he, ' I am to proceed to Niagara ; and having taken that to Frontenac, if the season will...hardly detain me above three or four days, and then I see nothing that can obstruct my march to Niagara.' Having before revolved in my mind the long line... | |
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