 | Joel Cook - Canada - 1900 - 708 pages
...being captured, he declined to treat with them for a pardon, saying, when threatened with death, " I like it well ; I shall die before my heart is soft or I have spoken anything unworthy of myself," whereupon he was shot. He was " acting herein," says old... | |
 | Bar Association of the State of New Hampshire - Bar associations - 1903 - 1012 pages
...thus exhibiting more than the Roman spirit of another who, when informed that he must die, replied, " I like it well, I shall die before my heart is soft, and before I have said anything unworthy of myself." At this time I had just returned from my camp... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - King Philip's War, 1675-1676 - 1902 - 426 pages
...he was sentenced to be shot. When informed of his doom, he replied, in the spirit of an old Roman, "I like it well. I shall die before my heart is soft, or before I have said any thing unworthy of myself." He was shot by one of the Indians who were in alliance... | |
 | Francis McGee Thompson - Greenfield (Mass.) - 1904 - 732 pages
...PESKEOMPSCUT providing he would submit. He was every inch a man, and when told he must die, said, " I like it well : I shall die before my heart is soft, or I have spoken anything unworthy of myself." Driven by necessity Philip decided to avail himself of... | |
 | United States - 1906 - 794 pages
...of her." CAMERON, James, soldier. IV. 136. " Scots, follow me 1 " CANONCHET, Indian chief. X. 402. " I like it well. I shall die before my heart is soft, or I have said anything unworthy of myself." GARY, Alice, author. I. 535. " I want to go away." CHADWICK,... | |
 | Norman Barton Wood - Indians - 1906 - 806 pages
...Wampanoag's nail shall be delivered up." When told that he must die he made this memorable answer: "I like it well; I shall die before my heart is soft, or I have said anything unworthy of myself." Because he had refused to violate the laws of hospitality... | |
 | Biography & Autobiography - 1907 - 178 pages
...would procure the submission of his tribe. This he refused to do. When told he must die, he replied : " I like it well. I shall die before my heart is soft, or I have said anything unworthy of myself." To insure the fidelity of the friendly tribes by committing... | |
 | Ripley Hitchcock - Battles - 1909 - 454 pages
...last man rather than become servants to the English. When ordered to prepare for death, he replied, "I like it well; I shall die before my heart is soft, or I shall have spoken anything unworthy of myself." Two Indians were appointed to shoot him, and his... | |
 | Henry Harrison Metcalf - 1910 - 544 pages
...thus exhibiting more than the Roman spirit of another who, when informed that he must die, replied, "I like it well, I shall die before my heart is soft, and before I have said anything unworthy of myself." At this time I had just returned from my camp... | |
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I LIKE IT WELL; I SHALL DIE BEFORE MY HEART IS SOFT, OR HAVE SAID ANY THING UNWORTHY OF MYSELF. 
