| 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 - 1809 - 466 Seiten
...stolen by the regulars into the country by night, and of their expedition back again. They retreated 20 miles in six hours. The governor had called the assembly...fortifications at Boston, and hopes to secure his troops till succor arrives. The place indeed is naturally so defensible, that I think them in no danger. served... | |
| Washington Irving - 1809 - 270 Seiten
...,•* This was no other than to repair in person to the mighty council of the Amphyctions, 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... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1817 - 524 Seiten
...the. time of their meeting, began cutting of throats. — You know it was said h* carried the aword in one hand, and the olive branch in the* other ; and it seems he chose to give <them,a:>taste <of the sword first. --ii • v<-j»» »• -t»ir>< >o, - ^woq .?^, lie is doubling... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 542 Seiten
...ther^ •,• DEAR FRIEND, Philadelphia, May \Q, 1775; You will have heard before this reaches youj of a march stolen by the regulars into the country...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,... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 566 Seiten
...expedition back again. They retreated twenty miles in six hours. 1 " The governor of Massachusetts had called the assembly to propose Lord North's pacific...and it seems he chose to give them a taste of the szcord first. He is doubling his fortifications at Boston, and hopes to secure his troops till succour... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 556 Seiten
...their meeting, began cutting of throats: you know it was said, he carried the sivord in one hand, awl the olive branch in the other; and it seems he chose to give them a taste of the srvord first. He is doubling his fortifications at Boston, and hopes to secure his troops till succour... | |
| Washington Irving - 1819 - 290 Seiten
...himself. This was no other than to repair in person to the great council of the Amphyctions, 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... | |
| George Lockhart - 1824 - 870 Seiten
...himself. This was no other than to repair in person to the great council of the Amphyctions, 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,... | |
| 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... | |
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