 | 1797 - 350 pàgines
...grace as any foldier of his-age in Europe. The old man too inftru&ed him in fuch plain and fitnple morals and religion, as he was able to explain. "...But the old man, as he was fomething of a fcholar a fcholar, 4iad a great ambition that his darling fhould learn to read, and write ; and this was a... | |
 | Thomas Day - 1822 - 80 pàgines
...grace as any soldier of his age in Europe. The old man too instructed him in such plain and simple morals and religion , as he was able to explain. « Never tell an untruth , Jack , » said he , « even though you were to be flayed alive , a soldier never lies . » Jack held up... | |
 | Charlotte Mary Yonge - 1870 - 518 pàgines
...grace as any soldier of his age in Europe. The old man too instructed him in such plain and simple morals and religion as he was able to explain. ' Never tell an untruth, Jack," said he, ' even though you were to be flayed alive; a soldier never lies.' Jack held up his head, marched... | |
 | 1901 - 578 pàgines
...grace as any soldier of his age in Europe. The old man, too, instructed him in such plain and simple morals and religion as he was able to explain. ' Never tell an untruth, Jack,' said he, ' even though you were to be flayed alive ; a soldier never should tell lies.' Jack held up... | |
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... halt — all this was familiar to Jack's ear as soon as he could speak, and before he was six years old he poised and presented a broom-stick, which his daddy gave him for that purpose, with as good a grace as any soldier of his age in Europe. The... 