 | William Henry Smith - 1903
...questions of slavery, of finance, of tariff, until the Union is restored. We must go into the South with the sword in one hand and the olive branch in the other. We have had blood enough; we must have peace.1 In the Empire State the Democratic managers were cautious... | |
 | George Spring Merriam - 1906 - 436 Seiten
...and the force bill were passed together, and signed the same day. Confronted by the government with the sword in one hand and the olive branch in the other, South Carolina retracted — it was not a capitulation — and repealed the ordinance. Nullification... | |
 | Justin Harvey Smith - 1907
...but he proved lacking enough in wisdom. 'You know it was said,' wrote Franklin to Priestley, 'that he carried the sword in one hand and the olive branch...he chose to give them a taste of the sword first.' At Lexington the red cup was offered the patriots and with a steady hand accepted; and from that crimson-spotted... | |
 | Justin Harvey Smith - 1907
...but he proved lacking enough in wisdom. 'You know it was said,' wrote Franklin to Priestley, 'that he carried the sword in one hand and the olive branch...other ; and it seems he chose to give them a taste ot the sword first.' At Lexington the red cup was offered the patriots and with a steady hand accepted;... | |
 | Arthur Edward Mainwaring - 1911
...'All cruelty and oppression was to be avoided and every caution observed ; they were to go forth with the sword in one hand and the olive branch in the other ! ' Mr. Aungier, Governor of Bombay, died on the 30th of July, 1 Bombay Letter-book. 1677, and was... | |
 | 1913 - 101 Seiten
...sir: Any one coming to the good old county of Henry with such good credentials as you bear, to-wit : The sword in one hand and the olive branch in the other, a slight or any discourtesy extended or offered you will be regarded by each one of us as an affront... | |
 | Edmund Cody Burnett - 1921
...a vigorous defensive War, but at the Same Time to keep open the Door of Reconciliation, — to hold the Sword in one Hand and the olive Branch in the other — to proceed with Warlike Measures, and conciliatory Measures Pari Passu.* I am myself as fond of... | |
 | David Saville Muzzey - 1922 - 803 Seiten
...purpose was to "pursue a bold and firm course" toward Mexico and to "conquer a peace" by waging war with the sword in one hand and the olive branch in the other, was maturing his plans in Washington. On the very day that the battle of Palo Alto was fought, Slidell,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1983 - 1126 Seiten
...write. 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 treat}' which in an evil... | |
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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. 
