 | Jedidiah Morse - 1824 - 524 pàgines
...appeared as if conscious of the dignified deportment which he displayed. He betrayed no want of fortitude, but retained a complacent smile on his countenance, and politely bowed to several gentlemen wiiinn he knew, which was respectfully returned. It was his earnest desire to be shot, as being the... | |
 | Auguste Levasseur - 1829 - 236 pàgines
...death, appeared as if conscious of the dignified conduct he displayed. He betrayed no want of fortitude, but retained a complacent smile on his countenance,...came in view of the gallows, he involuntarily started backwards, and made a pause. " Why this emotion, sir," said au officer by his side. Instantly recovering... | |
 | Jared Sparks - 1835 - 374 pàgines
...appeared as if conscious of the dignified deportment which he displayed. He betrayed no want of fortitude, but retained a complacent smile on his countenance,...his earnest desire to be shot, as being the mode of deatli most conformable to the feelings of a military man, and he had indulged the hope that his request... | |
 | Alexander Johnston, James Gallatin, William Penn, William Bradford Reed, Charles John Biddle - 1858 - 446 pàgines
...appeared as if conscious of the dignified deportment which he displayed. He betrayed no want of fortitude, but retained a complacent smile on his countenance,...and he had indulged the hope that his request would bo granted. At the moment, therefore, when, suddenly, he came in view of the gallows, he involuntarily... | |
 | Edwin Martin Stone - 1884 - 834 pàgines
...confined, between two of our subaltern officers, arm In arm ; .... he betrayed no want of fortitude, but retained a complacent smile on his countenance,...the feelings of a military man, and he had indulged a hope that his request would be granted. At the moment, therefore, when suddenly he came in view of... | |
 | Edwin Martin Stone - 1884 - 830 pàgines
...confined, between two of our subaltern officers, arm in arm; .... he betrayed no want of fortitude, but retained a complacent smile on his countenance,...the feelings of a military man, and he had indulged a hope that his request would be granted. At the moment, therefore, when suddenly he came in view of... | |
 | George Barnes Hall - 1886 - 350 pàgines
...appeared as if conscious of the dignified deportment which he displayed. He betrayed no want of fortitude, but retained a complacent smile on his countenance,...mode of death most conformable to the feelings of MAJOR-GENERAL NATHANIEL GREENE. Horn in Warwick, RI, 1740. Was an anchor-smith when the Revolution... | |
 | Frank Bertangue Green - 1886 - 468 pàgines
...confined between two of our subaltern officers, arm in arm. * * * He betrayed no want of fortitude, but retained a complacent smile on his countenance,...gentlemen whom he knew, which was respectfully returned. * * * While waiting, and standing near the gallows, I observed some degree of trepidation — placing... | |
 | 1902 - 348 pàgines
...death, appeared as if conscious of the dignity which he displayed. He betrayed no want of fortitude, but retained a complacent smile on his countenance,...desire to be shot, as being the mode of death most fitting to the feelings of a military man, and he had indulged the hope that his request would be granted.... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart - 1902 - 340 pàgines
...death, appeared as if conscious of the dignity which he displayed. He betrayed no want of fortitude, but retained a complacent smile on his countenance,...desire to be shot, as being the mode of death most fitting to the feelings of a military man, and he had indulged the hope that his request would be granted.... | |
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... he displayed. He betrayed no want of fortitude, but retained a complacent smile on his countenance, and politely bowed to several gentlemen whom he knew, which was respectfully returned. It was his earnest desire to be shot, as being the mode of death... 
