 | William De Witt Hyde - 1900 - 506 σελίδες
...morning either quit our pretensions to valor, or possess ourselves of this fortress in a few minutes ; and inasmuch as it is a desperate attempt, which none...will undertake voluntarily, poise your firelocks." ' The men being at this time drawn up in three ranks, each poised his firelock. The garrison being... | |
 | Charles Walter Brown - 1902 - 330 σελίδες
...morning, either quit our pretensions to valor or possess ourselves of this fortress in a few minutes. And inasmuch as it is a desperate attempt, which none...bravest of men dare undertake, I do not urge it on any one contrary to his will. You that will undertake, voluntarily, poise your firelocks.' " As might be... | |
 | Charles Walter Brown - 1902 - 312 σελίδες
...a desperate attempt, which none but the bravest of men dare undertake, I do not urge it on any one contrary to his will. You that will undertake, voluntarily, poise your firelocks.' " As might be conjectured, among such a body of hardy and fearless men, the musket of every one was... | |
 | Seneca Ray Stoddard - 1904 - 250 σελίδες
...mornmg either quit our pretensions to valor, or possess ourselves of this fortress in a few minutes ; and, inasmuch as it is a desperate attempt, which...will undertake voluntarily, poise your firelocks." "The men being, at this time, drawn up in three ranks, each poised his firelock. I ordered them to... | |
 | Ethan Allen Hitchcock - 1909 - 548 σελίδες
...morning either quit our pretensions to valor, or possess ourselves of this fortress in a few minutes; and, inasmuch as it is a desperate attempt, which...will undertake voluntarily, poise your firelocks.' The men being at this time drawn up in three ranks, each poised his firelock. I ordered them to face... | |
 | Ethan Allen Hitchcock - 1909 - 620 σελίδες
...morning either quit our pretensions to valor, or possess ourselves of this fortress in a few minutes; and, inasmuch as it is a desperate attempt, which...will undertake voluntarily, poise your firelocks. ' The men being at this time drawn up in three ranks, each poised his firelock. I ordered them to face... | |
 | Walter Hill Crockett - 1909 - 356 σελίδες
...morning either quit our pretensions to valor, or possess ourselves of this fortress in a few minutes; and, inasmuch as it is a desperate attempt, which none but the braveest of men dare undertake, I do not urge it on any contrary to his will. You that will undertake... | |
 | Kate Forrest Oswell, Charles Benajah Gilbert - 1912 - 520 σελίδες
...we must this morning either quit our pretensions to valor, or possess ourselves of this fortress ; and inasmuch as it is a desperate attempt, which none...to his will. You that will undertake voluntarily, 3 poise your firelocks." 1 Hazardous, dangerous. 2 Arbitrary, despotic, tyrannous. 8 Voluntarily, of... | |
 | Grace Greylock Niles - 1912 - 638 σελίδες
...morning either quit our pretensions to valor, or possess ourselves of this fortress in a few moments; and, inasmuch as it is a desperate attempt, which...bravest of men dare undertake, I do not urge it on any one contrary to his will. You that will undertake voluntarily, poise your firelocks. 1 Colonel Allen... | |
 | New York (State). Lake Champlain Tercentenary Commission, Henry Wayland Hill - 1913 - 426 σελίδες
...morning either we quit our pretensions to valor or possess ourselves of this fortress in a few minutes; and inasmuch as it is a desperate attempt, which none...will undertake, voluntarily, poise your firelocks! " Allen was a primitive man, a pioneer and land speculator. Like the Homeric heroes and the Iroquois... | |
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I now propose to advance before you, and in person conduct you through the wicketgate ; for we must this morning either quit our pretensions to valor or possess ourselves of this fortress in a few minutes ; and inasmuch as it is a desperate attempt which... 
