I may complete the poor man's history in a few words: he once had a duel with Colonel Gumley, Lady Bath's brother, who had been his great friend: as they were going to engage, Gumley, who had good humour and wit (Braddock had the latter), said, ' Braddock,... The Life of Augustus, Viscount Keppel, Admiral of the White, and First Lord ... - Page 222by Thomas Robert Keppel - 1842Full view - About this book
| English literature - 1841 - 606 pages
...(afterwards so unfortunate as a general in America;) and 'as they ' were going to engage,' says Walpole, ' Gumley, who had good' humour and wit, (Braddock had...shilling to ' support you." Braddock refused the purse, insisted on the ' duel, was disarmed, and would not even ask his life.'* The Gumleys all seem to have... | |
| Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1833 - 452 pages
...heroism ! I pity you who represent the very flower of British courage ingrafted on a Brunswick stock ! I have already given you some account of Braddock...shilling to support you." Braddock refused the purse, insisted on the duel, was disarmed, and would not even ask his life. However, with all his brutality,... | |
| Horace Walpole - 1833 - 484 pages
...heroism ! I pity you who represent the very flower of British courage ingrafted on a Brunswick stock ! I have already given you some account of Braddock...shilling to support you." Braddock refused the purse, insisted on the duel, was disarmed, and would not even ask his life. However, with all his brutality,... | |
| Horace Walpole - 1833 - 488 pages
...been his great friend : as they were going to engage, Gumley who had good humour and wit,'(Braddock had the latter) said, " Braddock, you are a poor dog...shilling to support you." Braddock refused the purse, insisted on the duel, was disarmed, and would not even ask his life. However, with all his brutality,... | |
| Horace Walpole - 1840 - 542 pages
...brother, who had been his great friend : as they were going to engage, Gumley, who had good-humour and wit, (Braddock had the latter,) said, " Braddock,...shilling to support you.'" Braddock refused the purse, insisted on the duel, was disarmed, and would not even ask his life. However, with all 1 He married... | |
| Thomas Keppel (hon.) - 1842 - 640 pages
...expressed his gratification " in being assothe same writer, in one of his letters, " a very Iroquois in disposition. He had a sister, who, having gamed away...life." — Walpole's Correspondence, vol. iii. p. 144. dated with an officer of Mr. Keppel's abilities and good disposition." That this feeling was reciprocal,... | |
| George Warburton - Canada - 1849 - 528 pages
...Bath's brother, who had been his great friend ; as they were going to engage, Gumly, who had good-humour and wit, (Braddock had the latter), said, ' Braddock,...shilling to support you.' Braddock refused the purse, insisted on the duel, was disarmed, and would not even ask his life. However, with all his brutality,... | |
| George Warburton - Canada - 1850 - 376 pages
...and Virginia were exposed during the ensuing winter to the ruthless cruelties of the victorious humor and wit (Braddock had the latter), said, 'Braddock,...shilling to support you.' Braddock refused the purse, insisted on the duel, was disarmed, and would not even ask his life. However, with all his brutality,... | |
| Washington Irving - 1857 - 1384 pages
...Bath's brother, who had been his great friend. As they were going to engage, Glumley, who had good humor and wit (Braddock had the latter) said : ' Braddock,...dog ! here, take my purse ; if you kill me you will bo forced to run away, and then you will not have a shilling to support you.' Braddock refused the... | |
| Lorenzo Sabine - Dueling - 1855 - 414 pages
...of Bath,] who had been his great friend ; as they were going to engage, Gumley, who had good humor and wit, (Braddock had the latter,) said, ' Braddock,...shilling to support you.' Braddock refused the purse, insisted on the duel, was disarmed, and would not even ask his life." BRADSHAW, Ensign . See Huston,... | |
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