 in the order they are named. These swords are accompanied with an injunction not to unsheathe them for the purpose of shedding blood, except it be for self-defense, or in defense of their country and its rights, and, in the latter case, to keep them unsheathed,...  Early Indiana Trials and Sketches: Reminiscences - Page 256by Oliver Hampton Smith - 1858 - 640 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Great Britain - 1801 - 622 pages
...Washington, I give one of the swords orcouteaux, of which I may die possessed; and they are to choose in the order they are named. These swords are accompanied with an injunction not to unsheath them for the purpose of shedding blood, except it be for self-defence, or in defence of their... | |
 | David Ramsay - Presidents - 1807 - 486 pages
...Washington, I give one of the swords or coutteaux of which 1 may die possessed; and they are to choose in the order they are named. These swords are accompanied with an injunction, not to unsheath them for the purpose of shedding blood, except it be for self-defence, or in defence of their... | |
 | George Washington - United States - 1837 - 654 pages
...Washington, I give one of the swords, or couteaux, of which I may die possessed; and they are to choose in the order they are named. These swords are accompanied with an injunction not to unsheath them for the purpose of shedding blood, except it be for self-defence, or in defence of their... | |
 | Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1852 - 738 pages
...Washington, I give one of the swords, or couteaux, of which I may die possessed; and they are to choose in the order they are named. These swords are accompanied with an injunction not to unsheath them for the purpose of shedding blood, except it be for self-defence, or in defence of their... | |
 | Jared Sparks - 1839 - 672 pages
...Washington, I give one of the swords, or couteaux, of which I may die possessed; and they are to choose in the order they are named. These swords are accompanied with an injunction not to unsheath them for the purpose of shedding blood, except it be for self-defence, or in defence of their... | |
 | Jared Sparks - 1843 - 738 pages
...Washington, I give one of the swords, or couteaux, of which I may die possessed; and they are to choose in the order they are named. These swords are accompanied with an injunction not to unsheath them for the purpose of shedding blood, except it be for self-defence, or in defence of their... | |
 | Arbitration (International law) - 1894 - 568 pages
...inscription near it tells that when he bequeathed dress-swords to his five nephews it was with the injunction " not to unsheathe them for the purpose of shedding blood, except in selfdefence, or in defence of their country and its rights." The fact seems to show that Washington... | |
 | George Washington - United States - 1852 - 736 pages
...Washington, I give one of the swords, or couteaux, of which I may die possessed; and they are to choose in the order they are named. These swords are accompanied with an injunction not to unsheath them for the purpose of shedding blood, except it be for self-defence, or in defence of their... | |
 | Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1853 - 636 pages
...Washing-ton, I give one of the swords, or couteaux, of which I may die possessed; and they are to choose in the order they are named. These swords are accompanied with an injunction not to unsheath them for the purpose of shedding blood, except it be for self-defence, or in defence of their... | |
 | George Washington - United States - 1855 - 638 pages
...Washington, I give one of the swords, or couteaux, of which I may die possessed; and they are to choose in the order they are named. These swords are accompanied with an injunction not to unsheath them for the purpose of shedding blood, except it be for self-defence, or in defence of their... | |
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