 | 1859 - 424 pàgines
...into the hands of the soldier or sailor, as a final remedy, has struck out a new path, and carrying the sword in one hand, and the olive branch in the other, has brought to a speedy termination griefs of long standing, or solved questions perplexing to the... | |
 | Frank Moore - 1862 - 840 pàgines
...republican government ; that it is the duty of the United States to suppress the rebellion, to carry the " sword" in one hand and the " olive branch" in the other, and to restore the States as they were before the war. — THE Thirteenth regiment, Michigan volunteers,... | |
 | James Parton - 1864 - 720 pàgines
...who pelted them all the way, could scarce keep up with them." To Dr. Priestley, by the same ship : " You will have heard, before this reaches you, of a...he chose to give them a taste of the sword first." To one who said, that the firing from behind stone walls proved the cowardice of the Americans, he... | |
 | James Parton - 1864 - 728 pàgines
...reaches you, of a march stolen by the regulars into the country by night, and of their eI-jteiJllioH back again. They retreated twenty miles in six hours....he chose to give them a taste of the sword first." To one who said, that the firing from behind stone walls proved the cowardice of the Americans, he... | |
 | William B. Dana - 1865 - 496 pàgines
...we were uniformly victors, we never waited for them to sue for peace ; we uniformly offered it ; we carried the sword in one hand and the olive branch in the other, and the world applauded our policy. I put it to the gentlemen here, if we ate now going to behave with... | |
 | 1865 - 410 pàgines
...we were uniformly victors, we never waited for them to sue for peace ; we uniformly offered it ; we carried the sword in one hand and the olive branch in the other, and the world applauded our policy. I put it to the gentlemen here, if we are now going to behave with... | |
 | Edward McPherson - 1865 - 676 pàgines
...and to ohedimin- anil duty under tho Constitution and the I:I\VH <»f tbo Unit**! States, bearing too W whilst Inflicting on th** niil'y leaders condign and exemplary punishment, granting amnesty and oblivion... | |
 | Society of the Army of the Tennessee - 1893 - 638 pàgines
...war with that single purpose in view; boldly, fiercely, and aggressively, it is true, but always with the sword in one hand, and the olive branch in the other. rowing nothing from ancestry or association, but doing much to brighten well earned laurels resting... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1875 - 768 pàgines
...Priestley, da- .. .111 * ted Phiiadei- )'ou> °* a niarch stolen by the regulars into phia, 16 May, the country by night, and of their expedition back...doubling his fortifications at Boston, and hopes to * Barely two weeks previous to Franklin's arrival, the battles of Lexington and Concord, precipitated... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1875 - 566 pàgines
...Priestley, da- ,. . . , , , ted Phiiadei- vou, oi a march stolen by the regulars into phia, 16 May, the country by night, and of their expedition back...doubling his fortifications at Boston, and hopes to s Barely two weeks previous to Franklin's arrival, the battles of Lexington and Concord, precipitated... | |
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You know it was said he carried the sword in one hand, and the olive branch in the other; and it seems he chose to give them a taste of the sword first. 
