 What would ye, my friends ? Why do ye murmur that we do not break our vows and surrender the city to the Spaniards ? a fate more horrible than the agony which she now endures. I tell you I have made an oath to hold the city, and may God give me strength...  The Rise of the Dutch Republic: A History - Page 571by John Lothrop Motley - 1856Full view - About this book
 | American literature - 1860 - 620 pages
...do not break our vows and surrender the city to the Spaniards ? a fate more horrible than the agony she now endures. I tell you I have made an oath to...keep my oath ! I can die but once, whether by your hand, the enemy's, or by the hand of God. My own fate is indifferent to me, not so that of the city... | |
 | 1896 - 858 pages
...to the Spaniards, a fate more horrible than the agony we are enduring now 1 I tell you, I have sworn to hold the city, and may God give me strength to...oath ! I can die but once, whether by your hands, or the enemy's, or the hand of God. For my own fate I care not, but I care for the city entrusted to... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - American periodicals - 1860 - 626 pages
...do not break our vows and surrender the city to the Spaniards? a fate more horrible than the agony she now endures. I tell you I have made an oath to...keep my oath ! I can die but once, whether by your hand, the enemy's, or by the hand of God. My own fate is indifferent to me, not so that of the city... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1862 - 796 pages
...ye murmur that we do not break our vows and surrender the city to the Spaniards ? — a. fate more horrible than the agony which she now endures. I tell...and may God give me strength to keep my oath ! I can dic but once, whether by your hands, the enemy's, or by the hand of God. My own fate is indifferent... | |
 | John Tillotson - Battles - 1865 - 508 pages
...Why do ye murmur that we do not break our vows and surrender the city to the Spaniards? a fate more horrible than the agony which she now endures. I tell...made an oath to hold the city, and may God give me the strength to keep my oath ! I can die but once ; whether by your hands, the enemy's, or by the hand... | |
 | Elizabeth Rundle Charles - Inquisition - 1865 - 406 pages
...not break our vows, and surrender the city to the Spaniards ? — a fate more horrible than the agony she now endures ! I tell you, I have made an oath to hold the.city, and may God give me strength to keep my oath. I can die but once, whether by your hands,... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - Elocution - 1866 - 618 pages
...do ye murmur that we do not break our vows and surrender the city to the Spaniards ? — a fate more horrible than the agony which she now endures. I tell...you I have made an oath to hold the city ; and may Grod give me strength to keep my oath ! I can die but once, whether by your hands, the enemy's, or... | |
 | 1867 - 680 pages
...vows, and surrender our city to the Spaniards — a fate more horrible than ye can possibly endure now. I tell you, I have made an oath to hold the city,...and may God give me strength to keep my oath ! I can but die once, whether by your hands, the enemy's, or by the hand of God. My own fate I am indifferent... | |
 | 1867 - 632 pages
...Spaniards — a fate more horrible than ye can possibly endure now. I tell you, I have made an oath to bold the city, and may God give me strength to keep my oath ! I can bat die once, whether by your hands, the enemy's, or by the hand of God. My own fate I am indifferent... | |
 | Robert Hall Baynes - 1882 - 676 pages
...because we do not surrender the city to the Spaniards? A fate more horribls than the agony we now endure. I tell you I have made an oath to hold the city unto the end, and may God give me strength to keep mine oath ! I can die but once, and I am ready ;... | |
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