You know it was said he carried the sword in one hand, and the olive branch in the other; and it seems he chose to give them a taste of the sword first " He is doubling his fortifications at Boston, and hopes to secure his troops till succour arrives. Knickerbocker's New York - Seite 378von Washington Irving - 1849Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1810 - 566 Seiten
...war the universal resort. In the iconology of the ancients, honour is appropriately sculptured with the sword in one hand, and the olive branch in the other. He bore this image constantly in his mind, and never wished to see peace unless led by " warlike honour,"... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1806 - 586 Seiten
...but, before the time of their meeting, began cutting of throats.—You know it was said he carried the sword in one hand, and the olive branch in the other ; and it seems he chose to give them a taste of the sword first. He is doubling his fortifications at Boston,... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1806 - 590 Seiten
...but, before the time of their meeting, began cutting of throats. — You know it was said he carried the sword in one hand, and the olive branch in the other ; and it seems he chose to give them a taste of the sword first. He is doubling his fortifications at Boston,... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 566 Seiten
...; but before the time of their meeting, began cutting of throats : you know it was said he carried the sword in one hand, and the olive branch in the other ; and it seems he chose to give them a taste of the szcord first. He is doubling his fortifications at Boston,... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 542 Seiten
...plan, but, before the time of their meeting, began cutting of throats. You know it was said he carried the sword in one hand, and the olive branch in the other ; and it seams he chose to give them a taste of the sword first. He is doubling his fortifications at Boston,... | |
| Timothy Pitkin - 1828 - 546 Seiten
...from the operation of the act. The ministers said, that the commissioners would go to America, with the sword in one hand, and the olive branch in the other, and the Americans must take their choice. If they accepted the terms, they would at once, liberate themselves... | |
| François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon - 1830 - 438 Seiten
...their country, After they had presented them to me, they spoke thus : O king, we hold, as thou seest, the sword in one hand, and the olive branch in the other. (And indeed they held them both in their hands.) There is peace or war; take thy choice. We should choose... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1834 - 682 Seiten
...plan, but before the time of their meeting, began cutting of throats. You know it was said he carried the sword in one hand, and the olive branch in the other; and it seems he chose to give them a taste of the sword first " He is doubling his fortifications at Boston,... | |
| Washington Irving - 1836 - 442 Seiten
...Mancha himself. This was no other than to repair in person to the great council of the Amphictyons, bearing the sword in one hand, and the olive branch in the other, to require immediate reparation for the innumerable violations of that treaty, which, in an evil hour,... | |
| Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - 1839 - 590 Seiten
...plan, but, before the time of their meeting, began cutting of throats. You know it was said he carried the sword in one hand, and the olive branch in the other; and it seems he chose to give them a taste of the sword first. He is doubling his fortifications at Boston,... | |
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