 | Henry Essex Edgeworth de Firmont, C. Sneyd Edgeworth - France - 1815 - 250 pages
...Leave him to * us ;' — and I ought to add, that these words were spoken in a tone of voice which must have overwhelmed me, if at such a moment it had...shall never consent ' to that, do what you have been order' ed, but you shall never bind me.' The guards insisted, they raised their voices, and seemed... | |
 | France - 1817 - 380 pages
...care. Leave him to us ;" — and I ought to add, that these words were spoken in a tone of voice which must have Overwhelmed me, if at such a moment it had...never consent to that ; do what you have been ordered, but you shall never bind me." The guards insisted ; they raised their voices ; and seemed to wish to... | |
 | 1817 - 506 pages
...thought thai the attendance of his ir had clesed when he quitted the rk«roii<ra. — .Vote I;; tir shirt, and arranged it himself. The guards, whom the...never consent to that, do what you have been ordered, but you shall never bind me ! 1 he guards insisted, they raised their voices, and seemed to wish to... | |
 | Thomas Raffles - 1818 - 374 pages
...leave him to us / and I ought to add, that these words were spoken in a tone of voice that must bave overwhelmed me, if, at such a moment, it had been...* They surrounded him again, and would have seized bis hands. ' What are you attempting?' said the king, drawing back his hands, ' To bind you,' answered... | |
 | Alcide Beauchesne - France - 1853 - 474 pages
...upper garments ; but he repulsed them, took off his coat, untied his neckcloth, and opened his shirt. The guards, whom the determined countenance of the...said the King, drawing back his hands. "To bind you," said these wretches. " To bind me!" exclaimed the King, with an indignant air; "no, I will never consent... | |
 | Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall - Great Britain - 1884 - 486 pages
...surrounded Louis XVI., but he pushed them away with indignation, not with fear. The Abbe" writes : — " As soon as the King had left the carriage, three guards...seemed to recover, their audacity. They surrounded 84 The expectation of a rescue, which, however hopeless, he unquestionably nourished down to the last... | |
 | Henry Sutherland Edwards - Paris (France) - 1893 - 702 pages
...three guards surrounded him and would have taken off his garments, but he repelled them haughtily. He undressed himself, untied his neckcloth, opened...never consent to that. Do what you have been ordered ; but you shall never bind me.' The guards insisted ; they raised their voices, and seemed to wish... | |
 | English literature - 1915 - 700 pages
...neckcloth, opened his shirt; and arranged it himself. The guards, whom the determined countenance o? the King had for a moment disconcerted, seemed to recover their audacity. hey surrounded him again, and would J.ave seized his hands. ' What are you attempting ," said the King,... | |
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As soon as the king had left the carriage, three guards surrounded him, and would have taken off his clothes ; but he repulsed them with haughtiness : he undressed himself, untied his neckcloth, opened his shirt, and arranged it himself. The guards, whom... 