 Britain, at the expense of three millions, has killed one hundred and fifty Yankees this campaign, which is twenty thousand pounds a head; and at Bunker's Hill she gained a mile of ground, half of which she lost again by our taking post on Ploughed Hill....  Private Correspondence of Benjamin Franklin - Seite 400von Benjamin Franklin - 1833Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1864 - 784 Seiten
...killed one hundred and fifty Yankiea this campaign, which ia 20,0002. a head ; and, at Bunker's 1 [ill, she gained a mile of ground, half of which she lost...sixty thousand children have been born in America. I1' rum these data, his mathematical head will easily calculate the lime and expense necessary to kill... | |
 | John Charles Earle - 1871 - 362 Seiten
...Yankees this campaign, at the expense of three millions, which is £20,000 a head ; and at Bunker's Hill she gained a mile of ground, half of which she...taking post on Ploughed Hill. During the same time 60,000 children have been born in America. From these data may easily be calculated the time and expense... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1873 - 798 Seiten
...fifty Yankies this compuicn, which i» 20,0007. a head; and, at Bunker's Hill, she gained a mile ot ground, half of which she lost again by our taking post on Ploughed Hill. During the same lime, sixty thousand children have been born in America. 1'rom these data, his mathematical head will... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1875 - 562 Seiten
...one hundred and fifty Yankees this campaign, which is twenty thousand pounds a head ; and at Bunker's Hill she gained a mile of ground, half of which she...necessary to kill us all, and conquer our whole territory. * As one of a committee appointed by Congress to confer with General Washington concerning the best... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1875 - 768 Seiten
...one hundred and fifty Yankees this campaign, which is twenty thousand pounds a head ; and at Bunker's Hill she gained a mile of ground, half of which she...necessary to kill us all, and conquer our whole territory. * As one of a committee appointed by Congress to confer with GeneraI Washington concerning the best... | |
 | Thomas Wentworth Higginson - 1875 - 424 Seiten
...hundred and fifty Yankees in this campaign, which is twenty thousand pounds a head ; and 194 at Bunker Hill she gained a mile of ground, half of which she...children have been born in America. From these data, Dr. Price's mathematical head will easily calculate the time and expense necessary to kill us all,... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - 1876 - 394 Seiten
...one hundred and fifty Yankees this campaign, which is twenty thousand pounds a head. And, at Bunker Hill, she gained a mile of ground, half of which she...children have been born in America. From these data, Dr. Price's mathematical head will easily calculate the time and expense necessary to kill us all,... | |
 | Jeremiah Chaplin - 1876 - 416 Seiten
...one hundred and fifty Yankees this campaign, which is twenty thousand pounds a head; and at Bunker's Hill she gained a mile of ground, half of which she...our taking post on Ploughed Hill *. During the same tune sixty thousand children have been born in America. From these data his mathematical head will... | |
 | Frank Moore - 1876 - 1230 Seiten
...head, and on Bunker's Hill she gained a mile of ground, half ol which she has since lost by not having post on Ploughed Hill; during the same time sixty thousand children have been horn in America. From thia data 's excellent mathematical head will easily calculate the time and expense... | |
 | Thomas Wentworth Higginson - 1877 - 396 Seiten
...hundred and fifty Yankees in this campaign, which is twenty thousand pounds a head ; and at Bunker Hill she gained a mile of ground, half of which she...children have been born in America. From these data, Dr. Price's mathematical head will easily calculate the time and expense necessary to kill us all,... | |
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