Colonel Washington says that he was the coolest and firmest man he ever saw in defying danger and death. With one son dead by his side, and another shot through, he felt the pulse of his dying son with one hand, and held his rifle with the other, and... The Writings of Henry David Thoreau - Page 221by Henry David Thoreau - 1893Full view - About this book
| 1874 - 804 pages
...Washington said that he — Brown — was the coolest man he ever saw in defying death and danger. With one son dead by his side, and another shot through,...utmost composure, encouraging them to be firm and sell their lives as dearly as possible " — well, that told me too much; my voice trembled so that... | |
| James Redpath - 1860 - 530 pages
...again on this subject. He says : " They are themselves mistaken who take him to be a madman. . . . Ho is cool, collected, and indomitable, and it is but...as they could. Of the three white prisoners. Brown, Stephens, and Coppic, it was hard to say which was most firm." Almost the first Northern men whom the... | |
| James Redpath - 1860 - 426 pages
...death. With one son dead by his side, and another shot through, he felt the pulse of hia dying eon with one hand and held his rifle with the other, and commanded his men with the utmost composure, en'.:ouiaging them to be firm, and to sell their lives as dearly as they could." XL THE POLITICAL INQUISITORS.... | |
| Richard Davis Webb - 1861 - 480 pages
...he was done with it. And Colonel Washington says that he, Brown, was the coolest and firmest man ho ever saw in defying danger and death. With one son...encouraging them to be firm, and to sell their lives as dearly as they could." As soon as it was known that Captain Brown was not dead, and that three of his... | |
| John Brown - 1861 - 486 pages
...he was done with it. And Colonel Washington says that he, Brown, was the coolest and firmest man ho ever saw in defying danger and death. With one son...encouraging them to be firm, and to sell their lives as dearly as they could." As soon as it was known that Captain Brown was not dead, and that three of his... | |
| James William Massie - 1864 - 134 pages
...contending against him, will suffice : — " He was the coolest man he ever saw in defying death and danger. With one son dead by his side, and another shot through,...encouraging them to be firm, and to sell their lives as dearly as possible." The captain himself spoke freely with Colonel Washington, and referred to his... | |
| Horace Greeley - 1864 - 694 pages
...one son dead by his side, and another shot through, he felt the pulse of his dying son with one hand, held his rifle with the other, and commanded his men...encouraging them to be firm, and to sell their lives as dearly as possible." Conversing with Col. Washington during that solemn night, he said he had not pressed... | |
| Horace Greeley - 1865 - 704 pages
...ono son dead by his side, and another shot through, he felt the pulse of his dying son with one hand, held his rifle with the other, and commanded his men...encouraging them to be firm, and to sell their lives as dearly as possible." their loss — they had died in a good cause. At seven in the morning, after a... | |
| HORACE GREELEY - 1865 - 670 pages
...one son dead by his side, and another shot through, he felt the pulse of his dying son with one hand, held his rifle with the other, and commanded his men...encouraging them to be firm, and to sell their lives as dearly as possible." their loss — they had died in a good cause. At seven in the morning, after a... | |
| Horace Greeley - 1865 - 692 pages
...one son dead by his side, and another shot through, he felt the pulse of his dying son with one hand, held his rifle with the other, and commanded his men with the utmost composure, encouraging them to he firm, and to sell their lives as dearly as possible." Conversing with Col. "Wasliington during that... | |
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