| 1858 - 398 страници
...his heart. John, he says, is a scholar and a master of elegant language ; and of himself he says — I can march up to a fortress and summon the place...march up to a woman with such a proposal, I dare not. I'm not afraid of bullets, nor shot from the mouth of a cannon ; But of a thundering "No !" point blank... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1859 - 136 страници
...nothing can turn from his purpose, Gravely shaking his head, made answer the Captain of Plymouth : " Truly the maxim is good, and I do not mean to gainsay...march up to a woman with such a proposal, I dare not. I'm not afraid of bullets, nor shot from the mouth of a cannon, But of a thundering ' No ! ' point-blank... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1859 - 136 страници
...nothing can turn from his purpose, Gravely shaking his head, made answer the Captain of Plymouth : " Truly the maxim is good, and I do not mean to gainsay...march up to a woman with such a proposal, I dare not. I'm not afraid of bullets, nor shot from the mouth of a cannon, But of a thundering ' No ! ' point-blank... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1859 - 724 страници
...nothing can turn from his purpose, Gravely shaking his head, made answer the Captain of Plymouth : " Truly the maxim is good, and I do not mean to gainsay...march up to a woman with such a proposal, I dare not. I'm not afraid of bullets, nor shot from the mouth of a cannon, But of a thundering ' No !' point-blank... | |
| Thomas Carter - 1860 - 742 страници
...Longfellow must have had this in view when portraying "Miles Standish," for the Captain remarks :— " I can march up to a fortress and summon the place...march up to a woman with such a proposal, I dare not. I'm not afraid of bullets, nor shot from the mouth of a cannon, But of a thundering ' No ! ' point-blank... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Gilbert - 1860 - 448 страници
...Plymouth : " Truly the maxim is good, and I do not mean to gainsav it ; But we must use it disereetly, and not waste powder for nothing. Now, as I said before, I was never a maker of phrases. 1 can mareh np to a fortress and summon the plaee to surrender, But mareh up to a woman with such a... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1861 - 912 страници
...nothing can turn from his purpose, Gravely shaking his head, made answer the Captain of Plymouth : ' Truly the maxim is good, and I do not mean to gainsay...march up to a woman with such a proposal, I dare not. I'm not afraid of bullets, nor shot from the mouth of a cannon. But of a thundering 'No !' point-blank... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1862 - 548 страници
...nothing can turn from his purpose, Gravely shaking his head, made answer the Cuptain of Plymouth : "Truly the maxim is good, and I do not mean to gainsay...march up to a woman with such a proposal, I dare not. I'm not afraid of bullets, nor shot from the mouth of a cannon, But of a thundering 'No!' point-blank... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1863 - 484 страници
...nothing can turn from his purpose, Gravely shaking his head, made answer the Captain of Plymouth : " Truly the maxim is good, and I do not mean to gainsay...march up to a woman with such a proposal, I dare not. I'm not afraid of bullets, nor shot from the mouth of a cannon, But of a thundering " No! " point-blank... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1864 - 512 страници
...nothing can turn from his purpose, Gravely shaking his head, made answer the Captain of Plymouth : " Truly the maxim is good, and I do not mean to gainsay...march up to a woman with such a proposal, I dare not. I'm not afraid of bullets, nor shot from the mouth of a cannon, But of a thundering "No!" point-blank... | |
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