 were so much exhausted with fatigue that they were obliged to lie down for rest on the ground, their tongues hanging out of their mouths, like those of dogs after a chase.  The Atlantic Monthly - Page 3461861Full view - About this book
 | Abiel Holmes - America - 1829 - 650 pages
...Lord Picrcy formed his detachment into a square, in which he inclosed colonel Smith's party, " who were so much exhausted with fatigue, that they were...of their mouths, like those of dogs after a chase." Stedman. 2 In this excursion, 65 of the regulars were killed, 180 wounded, and 23 made prisoners ;... | |
 | Daniel MacKinnon - Great Britain - 1833 - 534 pages
...party, who were so much ex" hansted with fatigue that they were obliged to lie down for rest • • cm the ground, their tongues hanging out of their mouths like •• those of dogs after a chase." — Stedman'i Hiitory of the Ameriemn War. 4to. vol. I. page 118. * Colonels Ward, Priddle, Heath,... | |
 | Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1836 - 574 pages
...flung themselves at full length, utterly spent with fatigue, says one of their own Commissaries, and " their tongues " hanging out of their mouths like those of dogs " after a chase ! " * After some brief interval for rest * Stedman's History of the American "War, vol. ip 1 18. E... | |
 | John Warner Barber - Latter Day Saint churches - 1841 - 590 pages
...were collecting at Castleton, Col. Arnold arrived, attended only by a servant. This officer belonged lie down for rest on the ground, their tongues hanging out of their mouths, like those of dogs after a chase."—Stcdman. to New Haven in Connecticut. As soon as the news arrived at that place that hostilities... | |
 | George Lillie Craik, Charles MacFarlane - Great Britain - 1841 - 834 pages
...were so exhausted with fatigue, that for the most part they threw themselves on the ground, " with their tongues hanging out of their mouths, like those of dogs after a chase." When they were somewhat refreshed Lord Percy slowly moved the whole body towards Boston. The militia,... | |
 | Jacob K. Neff - Military art and science - 1845 - 642 pages
...Lord Percy now formed his detachment into a square, in which he enclosed Colonel Smith's party, who were so much exhausted with fatigue, that they were...of their mouths like those of dogs after a chase." We are not prepared to say how this unpoetical comparison and rather equivocal eulogium was received.... | |
 | John Frost - United States - 1845 - 474 pages
...were " so much exhausted with fatigue" says the same British writer which we have before quoted, " that they were obliged to lie down for rest on the...of their mouths, like those of dogs after a chase." After resting in this manner for a few minutes, Lord Percy deemed it prudent to commence his march... | |
 | John Frost - United States - 1845 - 480 pages
...were " so much exhausted with fatigue" says the same British writer which we have before quoted, " that they were obliged to lie down for rest on the...of their mouths, like those of dogs after a chase." After resting in this manner for a few minutes, Lord Percy deemed it prudent to commence his march... | |
 | Charles MacFarlane - Great Britain - 1846 - 472 pages
...were so exhausted with fatigue, that for the most part they threw themselves on the ground, " with their tongues hanging out of their mouths, like those of dogs after a chace." When they were somewhat refreshed Lord Percy slowly moved the whole body towards BOST ton.... | |
 | William Cutter - United States - 1848 - 450 pages
...detachment into a square, in which he enclosed Colonel Smith's party, who, according to Stedman, " were so much exhausted with fatigue, that they were...of their mouths, like those of dogs after a chase." The enemy, now amounting to about seventeen hundred men, having halted an hour or two at Lexington,... | |
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