 | Washington Irving - 1859 - 498 pages
...received, all tho enemy's fire; and it was the part where the man was killed and the rest wounded. I heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound." This rodomontade, as Horace Walpole terms it, reached the ears of George II. " He would not say so,"... | |
 | L. Contanseau - 1860 - 232 pages
...and in which young Major Washington concluded a narrative of his first skirmish by these words : " I heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the. sound." On hearing this, the King said, " He would not say so if he had been used to hear many." Washington... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1860 - 482 pages
...received, all the enemy's fire ; and it was the part where the man was killed and the rest wounded. / heard the 'bullets whistle, and, 'believe me, there is something charming in the sound." This rodomontade, as Horace Walpole terms it, reached the ears of George II. " He would not say so,"... | |
 | François Guizot - United States - 1863 - 162 pages
...in which Washington, than a young major, ended the narrative of his first battle with the words, " I heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound;" the King observed, " He would not say so, if he had been used to hear many." Washington was of the... | |
 | Morrison Heady - Children - 1864 - 336 pages
...this time to his brother Augustine, after touching upon the particulars of this skirmish, he says, "I heard the bullets whistle ; and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound." 7 xm. FORT NECESSITY. ABOUT this time, Col. Fry died at Wills's Creek, where he had lain ill of a fever... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1865 - 564 pages
...received, all the enemy's fire; and it was the part where the man was killed and the rest wounded. / "heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound." This rodomontade, as Horace Walpole terms it, reached the ears of George II. " He would not say so,]'... | |
 | Beamish Murdoch - Nova Scotia - 1866 - 648 pages
...all the enemy's fire, and " " it was the part where the man was killed and the rest " " wounded. / heard the bullets whistle, and believe me, there " " is something charming in the sound." [London Magazine for 1754, p. 370.] The French stated that Jumonville was shot while attempting to... | |
 | Beamish Murdoch - Nova Scotia - 1866 - 648 pages
...the enemy's fire, and " " it was the part where the man was killed and the rest " " wounded. / lieard the bullets whistle, and believe me, there " " is something charming in the sound." [London Magazine /0r 1754, />. 370.] The French stated that Jumonville was shot while attempting to... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1870 - 272 pages
...Washington despatched on his preceding little victory,' says Walpole, 'he concluded with these words : " I heard the bullets whistle, and believe me, there is something charming in the sound." On hearing of this, the king said sensibly : " He would not say so if he had been used to hear many."... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1870 - 530 pages
...Washington despatched on his preceding little victory,' says Walpole, 'he concluded with these words : " I heard the bullets whistle, and believe me, there is something charming in the sound." On hearing of this, the king said sensibly : " He would not say so if he had been used to hear many."... | |
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I heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound" This rodomontade, as Horace Walpole terms it reached the ears of George II. 
