 | Edmund Burke - 1819 - 822 pages
...swords, dirks, knives, chisels, and even large spike-nails sharpened, were firmly affixed to the ends of these poles ; and those who could find nothing...marines had about thirty muskets and bayonets, but could muster no more than seventy-five ballcartridges among the whole party. 43? We had fortunately... | |
 | John M'Leod - 1817 - 316 pages
...swords, dirks, knives, chisels, and even large spikenails sharpened, were firmly affixed to the ends of these poles ; and those who could find nothing...marines had about thirty muskets and bayonets, but could muster no more than seventy-five ball-cartridges among the whole party. We had fortunately preserved... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1818 - 1264 pages
...swords, dirks, knives, chisels, and even large spike-nails sharpened, were firmly affixed to the ends of these poles ; and those who could find nothing...marines had about thirty muskets and bayonets, but could muster no more than seventy-five ballcartridges among the whole party. We We had fortunately... | |
 | John M'Leod - 1818 - 272 pages
...swords, dirks, knives, chisels, and even large spike nails sharpened, were firmly affixed to the ends of these poles ; and those who could find nothing...marines had about thirty muskets and bayonets, but could muster no more than seventy-five ball-cartridges among the whole party. We had fortunately preserved... | |
 | John M'Leod - 1819 - 370 pages
...even large spikenails sharpened, were firmly affixed to the ends of these poles; and those whcfcould find nothing better hardened the end of the wood in...marines had about thirty muskets and bayonets, but could muster no more than seventy-five ball-cartridges among the whole party. We had fortunately preserved... | |
 | John M'Leod - 1820 - 370 pages
...swords, dirks, knives, chisels, and even large spikenails sharpened, were firmly affixed to the ends of these poles ; and those who could find nothing...marines had about thirty muskets and bayonets, but could muster no more than seventy-five ball-cartridges among the whole party. We had fortunately preserved... | |
 | John M'Leod - 1820 - 370 pages
...spikenails sharpened, were firmly affixed to the ends of these poles ; and those who could find notiling better hardened the end of the wood in the fire, and,...to a sharp point, formed a tolerable weapon. There Avere, perhaps, a dozen cutlasses ; the marines had about thirty muskets and bayonets, but could muster... | |
 | 1826 - 374 pages
...; small swords, dirks, knives, chissels, and even large spike nails sharpened, were firmly affixed to the end of these poles; and those who could find...bringing it to a sharp point, formed a tolerable weapon. Even the little boys managed to make fast a table fork, or something of that kind, on the end of a... | |
 | Reuben Percy - 1826 - 384 pages
...swords, dirks, knives, chisscls, and even large spike nails sharpened, were firmly affixed to the ends of these poles; and those who could find nothing better,...bringing it to a sharp point, formed a tolerable weapon. Even the little boys had managed to make fast a table fork, or something of that kind, on the end of... | |
 | 1832 - 488 pages
...swords, dirks, knives, chisels, and even large spike-nails sharpened, were firmly affixed to the ends of these poles; and those who could find nothing better...marines had about thirty muskets and bayonets, but could muster no more than seventy-five ballcartridges among the whole party. We had fortunately preserved... | |
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Rude pike-staves were formed, by cutting down young trees; small swords, dirks, knives, chisels, and even large spike-nails sharpened, were firmly affixed to the ends of these poles; and those who could find nothing better hardened the end of the wood... 
