| Jared Sparks - 1835 - 372 страници
...in a letter to a friend, " I have been taken prisoner by the Americans, and stripped of every thing except the picture of Honora, which I concealed in...passionately fond of the fine arts, and had attained very considerahle skill in drawing and painting. A journal of his travels and campaigns in America, which... | |
| Robert Bolton - 1848 - 672 страници
...to a friend, he observes, " I have been taken prisoner by the Americans, and stripped of every thing except the picture of Honora, which I concealed in my mouth. Preserving that, I think myself fortunate."* To this touching incident Anna Seward refers in her poem upon Andre. " Sliade... | |
| Benson John Lossing - 1852 - 948 страници
...from that place, he said, " I have been taken prisoner by the Americans, and stripped of every thing except the picture of Honora, which I concealed in...mouth. Preserving that, I yet think myself fortunate." This picture had been delineated by his own hand from the living features of his beloved, at the time... | |
| Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1854 - 460 страници
...follows, to a friend: — "I " have been taken prisoner by the Americans, and stripped of "every thing, except the picture of Honora, which I con"cealed in...Preserving that, I yet think myself "fortunate." The miniature which he mentions, had been painted by himself. His person was handsome, his manners were... | |
| Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1854 - 454 страници
...follows, to a friend : — " I have been " taken prisoner by the Americans, and stripped of every " thing, except the picture of Honora, which I concealed " in my mouth. Preserving that, I yet think myself for" tunate." The miniature which he mentions, had been painted by himself. His person was handsome,... | |
| Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1854 - 456 страници
...follows, to a friend : — " I have been "taken prisoner by the Americans, and stripped of every " thing, except the picture of Honora, which I concealed "in my mouth. Preserving that, I yet think myself for" tunate." The miniature which he mentions, had been painted by himself. His person was handsome,... | |
| Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1854 - 458 страници
...follows, to a friend : — " I have been " taken prisoner by the Americans, and stripped of every " thing, except the picture of Honora, which I concealed " in my mouth. Preserving that, I yet think myself for" tunate." The miniature which he mentions, had been painted by himself. His person was handsome,... | |
| Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1854 - 628 страници
..." I have been taken prisoner by the Americans, " and stripped of every thing, except the pic" ture of Honora, which I concealed in my mouth. " Preserving that, I yet think myself fortunate." The miniature which he mentions, had been painted by himself. His person was handsome, his manners were... | |
| Washington Irving - 1857 - 508 страници
...Miss Sneyd painted by himself in 1769. In a letter to a friend, soon after his capture, he writes, " I have been taken prisoner by the Americans, and stripped...mouth. Preserving that, I yet think myself fortunate." His temper, however, appears to have been naturally light and festive; and if he still cherished this... | |
| Washington Irving - 1857 - 500 страници
...Miss Sneyd painted by himself in 1769. In a letter to a friend, soon after his capture, he writes : " I have been taken prisoner by the Americans, and stripped...mouth. Preserving that, I yet think myself fortunate." His temper, however, appears to have been naturally light and festive ; and if he still cherished this... | |
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