| Washington Irving - 1857 - 1194 halaman
...Revolution. " "We had a little dance at my quarters," writes General Greene from Middlebrook, in March, 1779. "His Excellency and Mrs. Greene danced upwards of...down. Upon the whole, we had a pretty little frisk." * A letter of Colonel Tench Tilghman, one of Washington's aides-de-camp, gives an instance of the general's... | |
| Washington Irving - 1857 - 568 halaman
..." We had a little dance at my quarters," writes General Greene from Middlebrook, in March, 1779. " His Excellency and Mrs. Greene danced upwards of three...down. Upon the whole we had a pretty little frisk." * A letter of Colonel Tench Tilghman, one of Washington's aides-de-camp, gives an instance of the general's... | |
| Washington Irving - 1857 - 550 halaman
..." We had a little dance at my quarters," writes General Greene from Middlebrook, in March, 1779. " His Excellency and Mrs. Greene danced upwards of three...down. Upon the whole we had a pretty little frisk." * A letter of Colonel Tench Tilghman, one of Washington's aides-de-camp, gives an instance of the general's... | |
| Washington Irving - 1857 - 588 halaman
..." We had a little dance at my quarters," writes General Greene from Middlebrook, in March, 1779. " His Excellency and Mrs. Greene danced upwards of three...down. Upon the whole, we had a pretty little frisk." 1 A letter of Colonel Tench Tilghman, one of Washington's aides-de-camp, gives an instance of the general's... | |
| E. Cecil - 1859 - 292 halaman
...the war ; for Gen. Greene writes from Middlebrook, in 1779, " We had a little dance at my quarters. His Excellency and Mrs. Greene danced* upwards of...down. Upon the whole, we had a pretty little frisk." Washington could not bear to check the liveliness of young persons. He would leave the room, and keep... | |
| Washington Irving - 1859 - 468 halaman
..." We had a little dance at my quarters," writes General Greene from Middlebrook, in March, 1779. " His Excellency and Mrs. Greene danced upwards of three...down. Upon the whole we had a pretty little frisk."' A letter of Colonel Tench Tilghman, one of "Washington's aides-de-camp, gives an instance of the general's... | |
| Washington Irving - 1884 - 588 halaman
...We had a little dance at my quarters," writes General Greene from Middlebrook, in March, 1779. " Eis Excellency and Mrs. Greene danced upwards of three...down. Upon the whole, we had a pretty little frisk." 1 A letter of Colonel Tench Tilghman, one of Washington's aides-de-camp, gives an instance of the general's... | |
| 1898 - 836 halaman
...long evenings by dancing parties at his headquarters. It was at one of these hops that Gen. Washington and Mrs. Greene danced upwards of three hours without once sitting down ; Gen. Greene writes of the affair: "Upon the whole we had a pretty little frisk."" The intellectual... | |
| Andrew D. Mellick - 1889 - 802 halaman
...little frialc. * * * Miss Cornelia Lott, and Miss Betsey LivingCORNELIA LOTT AND MRS. GREENE. 475 Bton are with Mrs. Greene. This moment they have sent for me to drink tea. I must go. Cornelia Lott was the daughter of Abraham Lott, a prominent merchant who lived in handsome style at... | |
| 1891 - 568 halaman
...Washington to Thomas Nelson. " March 19. — We had a little dance at my quarters a few evenings past. His Excellency and Mrs. Greene danced upwards of three hours without once sitting down." — General Greene to Colonel Wadsworth. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 81. At Head- quarters, Middlebrook : " Speculation,... | |
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