 | 1820 - 524 pages
...agitated countenance; and, gently disengaging himself from the embraces of bis wife and children, he took their preceptor into another apartment, and gave him...God." — Unwilling to prolong the painful scene, Toussaint mounted his horse, and rode to the camp. A correspondence was subsequently opened with him... | |
 | C. H. Gifford - 1817 - 944 pages
...an inner chamber, and gave him a dignified" refusal. " Take back my children," said he, " since ft must be so. I will be faithful to my brethren and my God." After many bloody actions, and six or seven weeks of almost perpetual marching and fighting, the French... | |
 | Sir James Basket, Sir James Barskett - 1818 - 478 pages
...agitated countenance, gently disengaged himself from the embraces of his wife and children, took the tutor into another apartment, and gave him this dignified...so. I will be faithful to my brethren and my God." Finding all his eloquence unavailing, Coisnon endeavored to draw Toussaint into a negociation with... | |
 | Bryan Edwards - 1819 - 520 pages
...from the clasp of his wife and sons, took the preceptor into another apartment, and said to him, " Take back my children, since it must be so. I will...faithful to my brethren and my God." Unwilling to risk another interview with his children, he then mounted his horse, and rode to the camp. A correspondence... | |
 | Sir James Barskett, Sir James Basket - 1824 - 408 pages
...children, took the tutor into another apartment, and gave him this dignified decision : — " Take hack my children, since it must be so. I will be faithful to my brethren and my God." Finding all his eloquence unavailing, Coisnon endeavoured to draw Toussaint into a negociation with... | |
 | 1826 - 266 pages
...himself from the embraces of his wife and children, took him into another apartment, and gave him this decision : " Take back my children, since it must...so. I will be faithful to my brethren and my God." Finding- all his endeavours fruitless, Coisnon proposed a negotiation with the French General at the... | |
 | William Woodis Harvey - 1827 - 444 pages
...his duty as a patriot. He at length wiped away his tears, delivered his sons to the tutor, saying, " Take back my children, since it must be so. I will be faithful to my brethren and my God." (Vide Hist. St. Dom. c. viii. pp. 232 — 241.) The youths were brought back to Le Clerc, but what... | |
 | James Franklin - 1828 - 430 pages
...the hand ; then directing the others to retire, he said to him, with a stern and dignified manner, " Take back my children, since it must be so. I will be faithful to my brethren and my God." Notwithstanding the failure of Coisnon's mission, a truce was agreed upon for a few days, for the purpose... | |
 | James Franklin - 1828 - 432 pages
...the hand ; then directing the others to retire, he said to him, with a stern and dignified manner, " Take back my children, since it must be so. I will be faithful to my brethren and my God."" Notwithstanding the failure of Coisnon's mission, a truce was agreed upon for a few days, for the purpose... | |
 | 1831 - 80 pages
...requested Coisnon to retire with him to an inner apartment, where he said in a firm, dignified tone, " Take back my children, since it must be so. I will be faithful to my brethren and my God." Finding all his attempts unavailing, Coisnon endeavored to draw Toussaint into a negotiation with Le... | |
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Take back my children ; since it must be so, I will be faithful to my brethren and my God. 
