 | 1860 - 620 Seiten
...burgomaster — a tall, haggard, imposing figure, with dark visage, and a tranquil b ut commanding eye. He waved his broad-leaved felt hat for silence, and then exclaimed, in a language which has been almost literally preserved — ' What would ye, my friends ? Why do ye murmur... | |
 | John Lothrop Motley - 1856 - 606 Seiten
...burgomaster, a tall, haggard, imposing figure, with dark visage, and a tranquil but commanding eye. He waved his broadleaved felt hat for silence, and...been almost literally preserved, " What would ye, rny friends ? Why do ye murmur that we do not break our vows and surrender the city to the Spaniards... | |
 | John Lothrop Motley - 1858 - 554 Seiten
...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 * Jan Fraytiers. Bor, vii. 557. Hoofd, ix. 381. Meteren, v. 94. Mendoza's estimate of the entire population,... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1860 - 624 Seiten
...tranquil but commanding eye. He wared his broad-leaved felt hat for silence, and then exclaimed, in a language which has been almost literally preserved...What would ye, my friends ? Why do ye murmur that wo do not break our vows and surrender the city to the Spaniards? a fate more horrible than the agony... | |
 | John Lothrop Motley - 1861 - 598 Seiten
...burgomaster, a tall, haggard, imposing figure, with dark visage, and a tranquil but commanding eye. He waved his broadleaved felt hat for silence, and...my friends ? Why do ye murmur that we do not break OUT vows and surrender the city to the Spaniards ? a fate more * Jan Fruytiers. Bor, vii. 557. Hoofd,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 798 Seiten
...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...vows and surrender the city to the Spaniards ? — a late more horrible than the agony which she now endures. I tell you I have made an oath to hold the... | |
 | Elizabeth Rundle Charles - 1865 - 406 Seiten
...spoke, and his voice, like all of ours, was thin with hanger: "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... | |
 | 1866 - 408 Seiten
...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...almost literally preserved, "What would ye, my friends t Why do ye murmur that we do not break our vows and surrender the city to the Spaniards? — a fate... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1866 - 618 Seiten
...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 : 6. " What would ye, my friends ? Why do ye murmur that we do not break our vows and surrender the... | |
 | 1867 - 632 Seiten
...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... | |
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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, 
