 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
 | Martha Joanna Lamb - 1896 - 592 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 lost again by taking post on Ploughed Hill. During the same time sixty thousand children have been born in America.... | |
 | Martha Joanna Lamb - 1896 - 590 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 lost again by taking post on Ploughed Hill. During the same time sixty thousand children have been born in America.... | |
 | Horace Elisha Scudder - 1897 - 592 Seiten
...Yankees this campaign, which is £20,000 a head ; and at Bunker Hill she gained a mile of ground, all of which she lost again by our taking post on Ploughed Hill. During the same time 60,000 children have been born in America." From these data he would have a friend calculate " the... | |
 | Horace Elisha Scudder - 1897 - 596 Seiten
...During the same time l>0,000 children have been born in America." From these data he would have a friend calculate " the time and expense necessary to kill us all and conquer the whole of our territory." s One of Cooper's novels, Lionel Lincoln, has to do with this period.... | |
 | John Trowbridge - 1898 - 272 Seiten
...killed one hundred and fifty Yankees this campaign, which is twenty thousand pounds a head ; at Bunker's Hill she gained a mile of ground, half of which she...necessary to kill us all and conquer our whole territory." The result of Philip's inquiry showed that Franklin had just returned from England, having ended his... | |
 | George Rice Carpenter - 1898 - 498 Seiten
...on Ploughed Hill. During the same time sixty thousand children have been born in America. From this data his mathematical head will easily calculate the...to the club of honest Whigs at . Adieu. I am ever your most affectionately, B. FRANKLIN [ Works, vol. v, pp. 539-540.] A DIALOGUE BETWEEN BRITAIN, FRANCE,... | |
 | George Otto Trevelyan - 1898 - 458 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...children have been born in America." From these data, (the Doctor argued,) a mathematical head might easily compute the time and expense necessary to kill... | |
 | george rice carpenter - 1898 - 498 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...thousand children have been born in America. From this data his mathematical head will easily calculate the time and expense necessary to kill us all,... | |
 | Edward Robins - 1898 - 444 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...thousand children have been born in America," from which it was easy to calculate, added the writer, " the time and expense necessary to kill us all,... | |
 | George Rice Carpenter - 1898 - 494 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...thousand children have been born in America. From this data his mathematical head will easily calculate the time and expense necessary to kill us all,... | |
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