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" 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. "
The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Containing Several Political and Historical ... - Seite 131
von Benjamin Franklin - 1840
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Life of Benjamin Franklin, Written by Himself, Band 2

Benjamin Franklin - 1875 - 562 Seiten
...Priestley, da- ,. 1.111 \ • ted Phiiadei- vou> °' a march stolen by the regulars into phia, 16 May, tj,e country by night, and of their expedition back again....doubling his fortifications at Boston, and hopes to 51 Barely two weeks previous to Franklin's arrival, the battles of Lexington and Concord, precipitated...
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The Life of Benjamin Franklin

Jeremiah Chaplin - 1876 - 416 Seiten
...days. Writing to Dr. Priestley, about a fortnight after his arrival, he says : " You will have beard before this reaches you, of a march stolen by the...fortifications at Boston, and hopes to secure his troops till succor arrives. The place indeed is naturally so defensible, that I flunk them in no danger. All America...
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Collections of the New York Historical Society: The John Watts De Peyster ...

New-York Historical Society - 1882 - 632 Seiten
...America. The sending the 2 Howes out as Commanders-inChief and Commissioners for restoring Peace, with the Sword in one Hand and the Olive Branch in the other ; and they two at the same time avowedly in the opposition, and Friends to the Americans. The sending three...
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The Montresor Journals

Gideon Delaplaine Scull - 1882 - 670 Seiten
...America. The sending the 2 Howes out as Commanders-inChief and Commissioners for restoring Peace, with the Sword in one Hand and the Olive Branch in the other ; and they two at the same time avowedly in the opposition, and Friends to the Americans. The sending three...
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Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, ed. by R.W. Phipps, Band 3

Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne - 1885 - 610 Seiten
...was a realisation of Mettemich's idea of copying Napoleon's own former procedure. "Let us hold always the sword in one hand, and the olive branch in the other ; always ready to negotiate, but only negotiating whilst advancing. Here is Napoleon's system : may...
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Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, Band 3

Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne, Ramsay Weston Phipps - 1889 - 518 Seiten
...a 1 Mettemich (tome ii. p. 346, compare French edition, tome ii. p. 287) saya, **Let OB bold always the sword in one hand and the olive branch in the other : always ready to negotiate, but only negotiating while advancing. Here is Napoleon's system.11 1805....
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The Chicago Massacre of 1812: With Illustrations and Historical Documents

Joseph Kirkland - 1893 - 232 Seiten
...shame. They had many friends and only one formidable enemy — themselves. The Americans met them with the sword in one hand and the olive branch in the other. They declined the branch and defied the sword. The English offered them gifts in both hands, and they...
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Life and Letters of Thomas Kilby Smith, Brevet Major-General, United States ...

Walter George Smith - 1898 - 522 Seiten
...softened, the fury of war abated. To use his own exquisite, high-flown diction, it was " to march with the sword in one hand and the olive branch in the other. ' ' Sectional animosity gave place to human kindness. And when such dispositions prevail, there is...
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A Reader's History of American Literature

Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Henry Walcott Boynton - 1903 - 378 Seiten
...to propose Lord North's pacific plan, but, before the time of their meeting, he began cutting their throats. You know it was said he carried the sword...in the other ; and it seems he chose to give them a touch of the sword first. . . . All America is exasperated by his conduct, and more firmly united than...
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A Reader's History of American Literature

Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Henry Walcott Boynton - 1903 - 466 Seiten
...to propose Lord North's pacific plan, but, before the time of their meeting, he began cutting their throats. You know it was said he carried the sword...in the other ; and it seems he chose to give them a touch of the sword first. . . . All America is exasperated by his conduct, and more firmly united than...
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