 | Julius Frederick Seebach, Margaret Rebecca Seebach - 1917 - 314 ページ
...curled. "Come out from the crowd and say that, Raff Stompel; your courage is over-modest! But why do you murmur that we do not break our vows and surrender the city to the Spaniards, neighbors?" An old man, "Clipper" by sympathy, answered, "We have heard that the Spaniard, Valdes,... | |
 | Newell Dwight Hillis - 1922 - 236 ページ
...hat for silence, and then, to use Motley's words, gave answer, "What would ye, my friends, why do 78 ye murmur, that we do not break our vows, and surrender the city to the Spaniards — a fate more terrible than the agony which she now endures? I tell you I have made an oath before the city, and... | |
 | John Lothrop Motley - 2005 - 381 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...horrible than the agony which she now endures. I tell yon I have made an oath to hold the city, and may God give me strength to keep my oath! I can die but... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1859 - 798 ページ
...eommanding eye. He waved his broad-leaved felt hat for silenee, and then exelaimed, in language whieh has been almost literally preserved, "What would ye, my friends? Why do ye murmur that wo do not break our vows and surrender the eity to the Spaniards ? — a late more herrible than the... | |
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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, 
