 | Oliver Goldsmith - Harpsichord - 1891 - 336 pages
...unfortunately, we lost almost all our men, just as we were going to get the victory. I was once more in the power of the French, and I believe it would...have gone hard with me, had I been brought back to my old jail in Brest : but by good fortune, we were retaken and carried to England once more. " I had... | |
 | Charles de Secondat baron de Montesquieu - Authors, French - 1901 - 458 pages
...unfortunately we lost almost all our men, just as we were going to get the victory. I was once more in the power of the French, and I believe it would...have gone hard with me, had I been brought back to my old gaol in Brest ; but, by good fortune, we were retaken, and carried to England once more. * I... | |
 | Charles de Secondat baron de Montesquieu - Authors, French - 1901 - 464 pages
...unfortunately we lost almost all our men, just as we were going to get the victory. I was once more in the power of the French, and I believe it would...have gone hard with me, had I been brought back to my old gaol in Brest ; but, by good fortune, we were retaken, and carried to England once more. " I... | |
 | English literature - 1906 - 578 pages
...unfortunately, we lost almost all our men, just as we were going to get the victory. I was once more in the power of the French, and I believe it would...have gone hard with me, had I been brought back to my old jail in Brest; but, by good fortune, we were retaken, and carried to England once more. "I had... | |
 | Edward Verrall Lucas - Biography - 1909 - 384 pages
...but, unfortunately, we lost all our men just as we were going to get the victory. " I was once more in the power of the French, and I believe it would have gone hard with me had I been brought back to Brest ; but, by good fortune, we were retaken by the Viper. I had almost forgot to tell you, that,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1914 - 434 pages
...but, unfortunately, we lost all our men ' just as we were going to get the victory. ' I was once more in the power of the French, and ' I believe it would...have gone hard with me had I been ' brought back to Brest ; but, by good fortune, we were ' retaken by the Viper. I had almost forgot-to tell you, ' that,... | |
 | Barrett Harper Clark, Maxim Lieber - Short stories - 1925 - 1166 pages
...behind; but unfortunately we lost all our men just as we were going to get the victory. "I was once more in the power of the French, and I believe it would have gone hard with me had I been brought back to Brest; but by good fortune we were retaken by the Viper. I had almost forgotten to tell you that in... | |
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I was once more in the power of the French, and I believe it would have gone hard with me had I been brought back to Brest : but, by good fortune, we were retaken by the Viper. 
