 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 country and its rights ; and in the latter case, to keep them unsheathed, and prefer falling...  Tufts College Graduate - Page 781901Full view - About this book
 | Oliver Hampton Smith - Biography & Autobiography - 1858 - 658 pages
...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...them in their hands to the relinquishment thereof.' " In the distribution of the swords hereby devised among the five nephews therein enumerated, the one... | |
 | Oliver Hampton Smith - Biography & Autobiography - 1858 - 654 pages
...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...and prefer falling with them in their hands to the relinquish ment thereof " In the distribution of the swords hereby devised among the five nephews therein... | |
 | Washington Irving - Celebrities - 1859 - 478 pages
...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...them in their hands to the relinquishment thereof. And now, having gone through these specific devises, with explanations for the more correct understanding... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1859 - 468 pages
...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...them in their hands to the relinquishment thereof. And now, having gone through these specific devices, •with explanations for the more correct understanding... | |
 | William Chambers - Biography - 1859 - 600 pages
...bequeaths his swords to his nephews : — ' These swords are accompanied with an injunction not to unsheath them for the purpose of shedding blood, except it...self-defence, or in defence of their country and its liberties ; and in the latter case, to keep them unsheathed tШ the object be accomplished, and prefer... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1859 - 636 pages
...bequeaths his swords to his nephews : — ' These swords are accompanied with an injunctioa not to unsheath them for the purpose of shedding blood, except it...self-defence, or in defence of their country and its liberties ; and in the latter case, to keep them unsheathed till the object be accomplished, and prefer... | |
 | Charles Knight - Great Britain - 1860 - 528 pages
...in his earlier career, he bequeathed to his nephews with words characteristic of his nobleness : " These swords are accompanied with an injunction not...them in their hands to the relinquishment thereof." t On the 4th of December, 1782, Washington bade farewell to the principal officers of his army. He... | |
 | HON. J. Y. HEADLEY - 1860 - 502 pages
...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...them in their hands to the relinquishment thereof. And now, having gone through these specific devises, with explanations for the more correct understanding... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - Presidents - 1860 - 804 pages
...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...them in their hands to the relinquishment thereof. And now, having gone through these specific devises, with explanations for the more correct understanding... | |
 | J. T. Headley - 1860 - 558 pages
...choose in che order they are named. These swords are accompanied with an injunction not to unsheath them for the purpose of shedding blood, except it...and prefer falling with them in their hands to the rclinquishment thereof. And now, having gone through these specific devises, with explanations for... | |
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