 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
 | Charles Eliot Norton - 1908 - 352 sivua
...taking Fort Duquesne," says he, " I am to proceed to Niagara, and, having taken that, to Froutenac, if the season will allow time ; and I suppose it 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... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1909 - 432 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 revolv'd in my mind the long line... | |
 | Edwin Markham - 1909 - 476 sivua
...said: "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," replied Franklin, "are dexterous... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1910 - 216 sivua
...his intended progress. " After taking Fort Duquesne," 1 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... | |
 | Lady Matilda Ridout Edgar - 1912 - 380 sivua
...ill-fated general. ' After taking Fort Duquesne,' Braddock said, ' 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 ventured to remark that the danger to... | |
 | 1916 - 326 sivua
...Duquesne. "After taking Fort Duquesne," the general is quoted as saying, "I am to proceed to Niagara, and, having taken that, to Frontenac, if the season will...above three or four days, and then I can see nothing to obstruct my march to Niagara." In the battle at Fort Duquesne, July 9, 1755, General Braddock was... | |
 | Charles McClellan Stevens - 1917 - 222 sivua
...he, 'I am to proceed to Niagara; and, having taken that, on to Frontenac, if the season will allaw time; and I suppose it will, for Duquesne can hardly...see nothing that can obstruct my march to Niagara.' " Franklin very tactfully and diplomatically ventured to describe the long road that must be cut through... | |
 | Augustus White Long - 1917 - 458 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...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... | |
 | Buffalo Historical Society (Buffalo, N.Y.) - 1917 - 556 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...hardly detain me above three or four days; and then I see nothing that can obstruct my march to Niagara.' " Franklin had his doubts, and cautioned him about... | |
 | Edwin Legrand Sabin - 1920 - 374 sivua
...Duquesne by the first of June," he said, to Benjamin Franklin. "Duquesne can hardly detain me more than three or four days ; and then I can see nothing that can obstruct my march to Niagara." "It will require a very long line, perhaps four miles, to march by a narrow road through the forest... | |
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