| Jedidiah Morse - 1824 - 524 páginas
...who, rising superior to the fears ofdcaiii appeared as if conscious of the dignified deportment which he displayed. He betrayed no want of fortitude, but...countenance, and politely bowed to several gentlemen wiiinn he knew, which was respectfully returned. It was his earnest desire to be shot, as being the... | |
| H. L. Barnum - 1831 - 232 páginas
...who, rising superior to the fears of death, appeared as if conscious of the dignified deportment which he displayed. He betrayed no want of fortitude, but retained a complacent smile on his counte nance, and politely bowed to several gentlemen whom he knew, which was respectfully returned.... | |
| Jared Sparks - 1835 - 374 páginas
...who, rising superior to the fear of death, appeared as if conscious of the dignified deportment which he displayed. He betrayed no want of fortitude, but...his earnest desire to be shot, as being the mode of deatli most conformable to the feelings of a military man, and he had indulged the hope that his request... | |
| Alexander Johnston, James Gallatin, William Penn, William Bradford Reed, Charles John Biddle - 1858 - 446 páginas
...who rising superior to the fears of death, appeared as if conscious of the dignified deportment which he displayed. He betrayed no want of fortitude, but...and he had indulged the hope that his request would bo granted. At the moment, therefore, when, suddenly, he came in view of the gallows, he involuntarily... | |
| Taliaferro Preston Shaffner - 1863 - 862 páginas
...beneath the monument 536 the fear of death, appeared as if conscious of the dignified deportment which he displayed. He betrayed no want of fortitude, but...and politely bowed to several gentlemen whom he knew ; and his salute was respectfully returned. His earnest desire to be shot arose from that being the... | |
| Edwin Martin Stone - 1884 - 830 páginas
...stone house in which he had been confined, between two of our subaltern officers, arm in arm; .... he betrayed no want of fortitude, but retained a complacent...the feelings of a military man, and he had indulged a hope that his request would be granted. At the moment, therefore, when suddenly he came in view of... | |
| Edwin Martin Stone - 1884 - 834 páginas
...stone house in which he had been confined, between two of our subaltern officers, arm In arm ; .... he betrayed no want of fortitude, but retained a complacent...the feelings of a military man, and he had indulged a hope that his request would be granted. At the moment, therefore, when suddenly he came in view of... | |
| George Barnes Hall - 1886 - 350 páginas
...who, rising superior to the fears of death, appeared as if conscious of the dignified deportment which he displayed. He betrayed no want of fortitude, but...mode of death most conformable to the feelings of MAJOR-GENERAL NATHANIEL GREENE. Horn in Warwick, RI, 1740. Was an anchor-smith when the Revolution... | |
| Frank Bertangue Green - 1886 - 468 páginas
...stone house in which he had been confined between two of our subaltern officers, arm in arm. * * * He betrayed no want of fortitude, but retained a complacent...gentlemen whom he knew, which was respectfully returned. * * * While waiting, and standing near the gallows, I observed some degree of trepidation — placing... | |
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