 | Giuseppe Garibaldi - 1861 - 366 pages
...dictator, as Sylla, of whom he knew nothing, and ot whom probably he had never heard, entered Rome with a sword in one hand and a torch in the other. To attain this end, this is what he did. He asked the government to give him some sort of command in... | |
 | John Mackay Wilson - 1863 - 616 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 °f their misfortune. The hall 'door was now opened, where the... | |
 | Olivier Gloux - 1864 - 342 pages
...long sanguinary track, marked at intervals by numerous horribly mutilated Spanish corpses. Advancing with a sword in one hand and a torch in the other, this modern Attila wished to reconquer the Chilian territory by wading up to his knees in Spanish blood.... | |
 | Angela Gillespie, Member of the Order of the Holy Cross - Elocution - 1871 - 664 pages
...of the people, I should oppose them to the utmost of my strength., 21. Yes, my countrymen, 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 to immolate them in their boats, before they had contaminated the soil. If they succeeded in landing,... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - 1874 - 286 pages
...wishes of the people, I should oppose them to the utmost of my strength. Yes, my countrymen, I tihould advise you to meet them on the beach with a sword in one hand, a torch in the other. I would meet them with all the destructive fury of war, and I would animate my... | |
 | Elizabeth Peake - Emperors - 1874 - 600 pages
...and set villages on fire. She was always found amidst the greatest dangers and horrors of the war, with a sword in one hand and a torch in the other, encouraging her people. She had a son twelve years of age, whom she had the satisfaction of seeing... | |
 | Charles Anderton Read - 1879 - 390 pages
...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...would meet them with all the destructive fury of war. I would animate my countrymen to immolate them in their boats, before they had contaminated the soil... | |
 | Ellen Creathorne Clayton - 1879 - 248 pages
...her way, and ravaging the country for a mile or so inland. This female corsair was frequently seen, with a sword in one hand and a torch in the other, amidst the smoking ruins of a castle, or the smouldering heaps of a destroyed village, directing with... | |
 | monsignor gaume - 1882 - 686 pages
...individual infallibility. And, in consequence of your principles, whole peoples were to be seen marching, with a sword in one hand and a torch in the other, to kill, to burn, and to pillage. Europe was shaken to its foundations. Germany, England, Switzerland,... | |
 | English literature - 1887 - 958 pages
...your determination ; though, iu the language of our young enthusiast, I am sure you would oppose him with " a sword in one hand, and a torch in the other; " still I do ask with fearlessness, upon what single principle of policy or of justice, could the advocates... | |
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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... 
