 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
 | Benson John Lossing - Mount Vernon - 1870 - 456 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... | |
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - Great Britain - 1871 - 380 pages
...injunction which they still keep in mind, however they may on some occasions have neglected it—'Not to unsheathe them for the purpose of shedding blood,...and prefer falling with them in their hands to the relinquishment thereof.' " X. (P. 73.) A sketch of Lord Brougham by an eye-witness, at this period... | |
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - Great Britain - 1871 - 388 pages
...injunction which they still keep in mind, however they may on some occasions have neglected it—'Not to unsheathe them for the purpose of shedding blood,...self-defense, or in defense of their country and its rights, nnd in the latter case to keep them unsheathed, and prefer falling with them in their hands to the... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - Mount Vernon - 1871 - 466 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... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1873 - 552 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-defense or in defense of their... | |
 | Charles Knight - Great Britain - 1874 - 540 pages
...worn in his earlier career, he bequeathed to his nephews with words characteristic of his nobleness: " These swords are accompanied with an injunction not...for the purpose of shedding blood, except it be for self-defence, or in defence of their country and its rights; and in the latter case, to keep them unsheathed,... | |
 | Charles Knight - Great Britain - 1880 - 1246 pages
...in his earlier career, he bequeathed to his nephews with words characteristic of his nobleness : " These swords are accompanied with an injunction not...for the purpose of shedding blood, except it be for self-defence, or in defence of their country and its rights ; and in the latter cast;, to keep them... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1881 - 842 pages
...Washington, I give one of I he 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 - 1799 - 574 pages
...Washington, I give one of the swords or cutteaux of which I may die pos[i9]sessed, and they are to chuse 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 - Quotations, American - 1894 - 476 pages
...Washington, 1 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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