 | A member of the bar - Speeches, addresses, etc., English - 1857 - 562 pages
...the wishes of the people, I should oppose them to the utmost of my strength. Yes, my countrymen, I should advise you to meet them on the beach, with...countrymen to immolate them in their boats, before they had cAtaminated the soil of my country. If they succeeded in l^^^ng, and if forced to retire before superior... | |
 | John Mackay Wilson - Borders Region (Scotland) - 1857 - 308 pages
...the prisoners was striking and grotesque. Their eyes sought in surprise the form of a female, who, with a sword in one hand and a torch in the other, stood in front of them, as the genius of their misfortune. The hall door was now opened, where the... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Elocution - 1858 - 516 pages
...wishes of the people, I should oppose them to the utmost of my strength. Yes, my countrymen, I would meet them on the beach, with a sword in one hand,...the destructive fury of war ; and I would animate you to immolate them in their boats, before they had contaminated the soil. If they succeeded in landing,... | |
 | Lucius Osgood - Elocution - 1858 - 494 pages
...peace. Were the French to come as invaders or enemies, uninvited by the wishes of the people, I would meet them on the beach with a sword in one hand and...all the destructive fury of war, and I would animate you, my countrymen, to immolate them in their boats before they had contaminated the soil of my country.... | |
 | Lola Montez - Courtesans - 1858 - 310 pages
...spectators whilst their villages were in -a blaze at the hand of one of the handsomest women in Europe, who, with a sword in one hand and a torch in the other, urged on the carnage, and directed all the horrors of the war. There can be no doubt of woman's intellect... | |
 | C Chauncey Burr - 1858 - 208 pages
...spectators whilst their villages were in a blaze at the hand of one of the handsomest women in Europe, who, with a sword in one hand and a torch in the other, urged on the carnage, and directed all the horrors of the war. There can be no doubt of woman's intellect... | |
 | Orators - 1859 - 370 pages
...strength. Yes, my countrymen, I should advise you to meet them upon the beach, •vith a sword in OIK hand, and a torch in the other ; I would meet them...the destructive fury of war ; and I would animate my countrymeii.to immolate them in their boats, before they had contaminated tin: soil of my country.... | |
 | Lola Montez - Courtesans - 1859 - 312 pages
...spectators whilst their villages were in a blaze at the hand of one of the handsomest women in Europe, who, with a sword in one hand and a torch in the other, urged on the carnage, and directed all the horrors of the war. There can be no doubt of woman's intellect... | |
 | Arbitration (International law) - 1859 - 830 pages
...well organized and drilled for their informal work, were, in spite of law and its officers, to pass, with a sword in one hand, and a torch in the other, through the streets of London or New York, spreading on every side indiscriminate slaughter and conflagration,... | |
 | Charles Chauncey Burr - Women - 1859 - 344 pages
...spectators whilst their villages were in a blaze at the hand of one of the handsomest women in Europe, who, with a sword in one hand and a torch in the other, urged on the carnage, and directed all the horrors of the war. There can be no doubt of woman's intellect... | |
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Were the French to come as invaders or enemies, uninvited by the wishes of the people, I should oppose them to the utmost of my strength. Yes ! my countrymen, I should advise you to meet them upon the beach with a sword in one hand and a torch in the... 
