 Sir, my life is in your hands; but as to my body, in relation to that which you would persuade me to, my soul shall sooner be separated from it through the violence of your arms than I shall condescend to your request.  The History of the Buccaneers of America - Pàgina 155per Alexandre Olivier Exquemelin - 1853 - 484 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Alexandre Olivier Exquemelin - 1771 - 704 pàgines
...thoufand cruelties and hard ufages : to all which fhe gave only this refolute and pofitive anfwer: ' Sir, my life is in ' your hands; but as- to my body, in relation to that ' which you would perfwade me to, my foul fb»H • fooner be feparated from it through the violence of 1 your arms,... | |
 | Alexandre Olivier Exquemelin - 1891 - 428 pàgines
...came to see her, and entertained her with lascivious discourses, desiring the accomplishment of bis lust. The virtuous lady constantly denied him, with...condescend to your request." Captain Morgan understanding tins her heroic resolution, commanded her to be stripped of the best of her apparel, and imprisoned... | |
 | Alexandre Olivier Exquemelin - 1893 - 600 pàgines
...things she gave this resolute and positive answer, than which no other could be extorted from her : Sir, my life is in your hands ; but as to my body,...sooner be separated from it, through the violence ofyoiir arms, then I shall condescend to your request. No sooner had Captain Morgan understood this... | |
 | Alexandre Olivier Exquemelin - 1898 - 570 pàgines
...things she gave this resolute and positive answer, than which no other could be extorted from her : Sir, my life is in your hands ; but as to my body,...persuade me to, my soul shall sooner be separated from it,through the violence of your arms, then I shall condescend to your request. No sooner had Captain... | |
 | C. H. Forbes-Lindsay - 1910 - 586 pàgines
...things she gave this resolute and positive answer, than which no other could be extorted from her: Sir, my life is in your hands; but as to my body,...your arms than I shall condescend to your request. No sooner had Captain Morgan understood this heroic resolution of her mind than he commanded her to... | |
 | Charles Loftus Grant Anderson - 1911 - 702 pàgines
...have better thoughts of them. Morgan soon undeceived her by disclosing his design ; when she replied: "Sir, my life is in your hands; but as to my body,...your arms, than I shall condescend to your request." Morgan then had her stripped of her finery and confined in a dark cellar, and fed upon miserable fare.... | |
 | Alexandre Olivier Exquemelin - 1911 - 580 pàgines
...things she gave this resolute and positive answer, than which no other could be extorted from her : Sir, my life is in your hands ; but as to my body,...separated from it, through the violence of your arms, then I shall condescend to your request. No sooner had Captain Morgan understood this heroic resolution... | |
 | Alexandre Olivier Exquemelin - 1911 - 580 pàgines
...things she gave this resolute and positive answer, than which no other could be extorted from her : Sir, my life is in your hands ; but as to my body,...persuade me to, my soul shall sooner be separated from it,through the violence of your arms, then I shall condescend to your request. No sooner had Captain... | |
 | Alexander Smith - 2002 - 670 pàgines
...things she gave this resolute and positive answer, than which no other could be extorted from her : Sir, my life is in your hands ; but, as to my body, in relation to that which you would persuade me unto, my soul shall sooner be separated from it, through the violence of your arms, than that I shall... | |
 | Amy S. Greenberg - 2005 - 352 pàgines
...woman, a woman unmoved by Morgan's offer of riches and so beyond reproach that she tells her captor, "Sir, my life is in your hands; but as to my body, my soul shall sooner be separated from it through the violence of your arms than I shall condescend... | |
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