 The officer, who was a well bred man, took up one of the potatoes and affected to feed, as if he had found a great dainty ; but it was very plain, that he ate more from good manners than good appetite. Presently he broke out into a hearty laugh. Marion...  The Works of John Moore - Seite 66von Robert Anderson - 1820Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Thomas Jones Rogers - 1823 - 376 Seiten
...Marion, on the trunk of the fallen pine on which they sat. iI fear, sir,' said the general, 'our dinner will .not prove so palatable to you as I could wish; but it is the best we have.' The officer, who was a well bred man, took up one of the potatoes and affected... | |
 | Amos Blanchard (of Cincinnati.), Amos Blanchard - 1825 - 464 Seiten
...Marion, on the trunk of the fallen pine on which they sat. " I fear, sir," said the General, " our dinner will not prove so palatable to you as I could wish ; but it is the best we have." The officer, who was a well-bred man, took up one of the potatoes, and affected... | |
 | 1834 - 426 Seiten
...general to one of his men, "come, give us our dinner." "I fear, sir," said the general, "our dinner will not prove so palatable to you as I could wish; but it is the best we have.'* The dinner to which he alluded, was no other than a heap of sweet potatoes,... | |
 | 1844 - 632 Seiten
...pilgrimage, he took with MARION, THE REPUBLICAN GENERAL. ",I fear sir,' said the General, 'our dinner will not prove so palatable to you as I could wish, but it is the best we have.' The officer, who was a well bred man, look up one of the potatoes and affected... | |
 | Mason Locke Weems, Peter Horry - 1852 - 304 Seiten
...Marion, on the trunk of the fallen pine on which they sat. " I fear, sir," said the general, " our dinner will not prove so palatable to you as I could wish ; but it is the best we have." The officer, who was a well bred man, took up one of the potatoes and affected... | |
 | James Orimel Brayman - 1853 - 558 Seiten
...Marion, on the trunk of the fallen pine on which they sat. " I fear, sir," said the general, " our dinner will not prove so palatable to you as I could wish — but it is the best we have." The officer who was a well bred man, took up one of the potatoes, and affected... | |
 | William Anderson - 1853 - 298 Seiten
...Marion, on the trunk of the fallen pine on which they sat. " I fear, sir," said the General, " our dinner will not prove so palatable to you as I could wish; but it is the best we have." The officer, who was a well-bred man, took up one of the potatoes, and affected... | |
 | One of 'em - 1855 - 340 Seiten
...Marion, on the trunk of the fallen pine on which they sat. " I fear, sir," said the general, " our dinner will not prove so palatable to you as I could wish — -but it is the best we have." The officer, who was a well bred man, took up one of the potatoes, and affected... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1857 - 394 Seiten
...ones, to see whether they were sufficiently cooked. 9 "I fear, sir," said the general, "our dinner will not prove so palatable to you as I could wish; but it is the best we have." 10. The officer took up one of the potatoes, and began to cat; but it was... | |
 | Charles Carleton Coffin - 1876 - 406 Seiten
...ones on a piece of bark, and laid them on the log between Marion and the officer. " I fear our dinner will not prove so palatable to you as I could wish, but it is the best we have," said Marion. The British officer was a gentleman, and eat of the potatoes,... | |
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