 | 1867 - 680 ページ
...at last when there was silence among the crowd he spoke (as nearly as Karl can remember) thus — ' What would ye, my friends ? Why. do ye murmur that we do not break our vows, and surrender our city to the Spaniards — a fate more horrible than ye can possibly endure now. I tell you, I have... | |
 | William Carlos Martyn - 1868 - 896 ページ
...haggard, but imposing figure and unquailing eye commanded instant attention, shouted : " What would ye, friends ? Why do ye murmur that we do not break our vows and surrender? — a fate more horrible than the agony we now endure. I tell you I have made an oath to hold the town... | |
 | Dolores CAZALLA, Elizabeth CHARLES - 1870 - 466 ページ
...and his voice, like all of ours, was thin with hunger, — " What would ye, my friends ?" he said. " Why do ye murmur that we do not break our vows, and...Spaniards ?— a fate more horrible than the agony she now endures ! I tell you, I have made an oath to hold the city, and may God give me strength to... | |
 | John Lothrop Motley - 1871 - 596 ページ
...haggard, imposing figure, with dark visage, and a tranquil but commanding eye. He waved his broad. leaved felt hat for silence, and then exclaimed, in language...surrender the city to the Spaniards ? a fate more * Jan Fruytiers. Bor, vii. 557. Hoofd, ix. 381. Meteren, v. 94. Men. doza's estimate of the entire... | |
 | Mary Doig, Rosalia Vanderwerf (fict. name.) - 1872 - 96 ページ
...all that he knew as well as any among them what hunger was. "What would ye, my friends?" he said. " Why do ye murmur that we do not break our vows, and...than the agony which she now endures ? I tell you that I have made an oath to hold the city, and may God give me strength to keep my oath. I can die... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1873 - 614 ページ
...burgomaster, a tall, haggard, imposing figure, with dark visage and a tranquil but commanding eye. He waved his broad-leaved felt hat for silence, and...language which has been almost literally preserved : we do not break our vows and surrender the city to the Spaniards ? — a fate more horrible than... | |
 | Titus Mooney Merriman - 1874 - 468 ページ
...this rule, in the city, as may be seen from the speech of Adrian Van der Werf, the Burgomaster, — " What would ye, my friends ? Why do ye murmur that...the Spaniards ? A fate more horrible than the agony she now endures ! I tell you I have made an oath to hold the city, and may God give me strength to... | |
 | Thomas Morrison (LL.D.) - 1874 - 166 ページ
...the title of great poet. The burgomaster waved his broad felt hat for silence and then exclaimed " What would ye my friends why do ye murmur that we do not break our vows and surrender our city to the Spaniards." Seneca has very beautifully said '' Life is a voyage in the progress of... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1874 - 454 ページ
...burgomaster, a tall, haggard, imposing figure, with dark visage and a tranquil but commanding eye. He waved his broad-leaved felt hat for silence, and then exclaimed, in language which hs bcen almost literally preserved, " What would ye, my friends ? Why do ye murmur that we do not break... | |
 | Thomas Morrison (LL.D.) - 1878 - 208 ページ
...merit the title of great poet. The burgomaster raised his broad felt hat for silence and then exclaimed "What would ye my friends why do ye murmur that we do not break our vows and surrender our city to the Spaniards." Seneca has very beautifully said "Life is a voyage in the progress of which... | |
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There stood the burgomaster, a tall, haggard, imposing figure, with dark visage and a 'tranquil but commanding eye. He waved his broad-leaved felt hat for silence, and then exclaimed, in language which has been almost literally preserved, 
