| Jesse Olney - 1839 - 304 páginas
...Fletcher, and a pause succeeded. Wadsworth then turning to Colonel Fletcher, boldly addressed him, " If I am interrupted again, I will make the sun shine through you in a moment," and again ordered the drums to beat. Struck with this bold address, Fletcher no longer persisted.... | |
| Grenville Mellen - 1839 - 934 páginas
...pause, Wadsworth called out earnestly, ' Drum, drum, I say ;' and, turning to his excellency, said, ' If I am interrupted again, I will make the sun shine through you in a moment.' Colonel Fletcher declined putting Wadsworth to the test, and, abandoning the contest, returned... | |
| Theodore Dwight - 1840 - 464 páginas
...called out again, " Drum, drum, I say !" and, turning to the intruder, said, with a threatening look, " If I am interrupted again, I will make the sun shine through you in a moment." The indications of determined opposition were so strong, and so many people came flocking... | |
| George Bancroft - 1841 - 366 páginas
...Fletcher. "Drum, drum, I say!" shouted Wadsworth, adding, as he turned to the governor of New York, " If I am interrupted again, I will make the sun shine through you in a moment." Fletcher was daunted; and, as the excited people came swarming into Hartford, in spite of... | |
| George Bancroft - 1843 - 524 páginas
...Fletcher. "Drum, drum, I say! "shouted Wadsworth, adding, as he turned to the governor of New York, " If I am interrupted again, I will make the sun shine through you in a moment." Fletcher was daunted ; and, as the excited people came swarming into Hartford, in spite of... | |
| George Bancroft - 1844 - 524 páginas
...Fletcher. "Drum, drum, I say! "shouted Wadsworth, adding, as he turned to the governor of New York, " If I am interrupted again, I will make the sun shine through you in a moment." Fletcher was daunted ; and, as the excited people came swarming into Hartford, in spite of... | |
| John Frost - 1844 - 494 páginas
...pause, Wadsworth called out, earnestly, "Drum, drum, I say !" and turning to his excellency, said, " If I am interrupted again, I will make the sun shine through you in a moment !" Colonel Fletcher declined putting Wadsworth to the test, and abandoning the contest, returned... | |
| Royal Ralph Hinman - 1846 - 352 páginas
...of the Hartford train-band to be beaten, and turning to Fletcher, who had interrupted him, said, " if I am interrupted again, I will make the sun shine through you in a moment." He spoke with such energy that no further attempts were made to read or to enlist men. Little... | |
| George Bancroft - 1846 - 528 páginas
...Fletcher. "Drum, drum, I say! "shouted Wadsworth, adding, as he turned to the governor of New York, " If I am interrupted again, I will make the sun shine through you in a moment." Fletcher was daunted ; and, as the excited people came swarming into Hartford, in spite of... | |
| Joseph Emerson - 1846 - 200 páginas
...had been supposed wizards ? The Powahs. How many were executed for turning to his excellency, said, " If I am interrupted again, I will make the sun shine through you in a moment." He spoke with such energy in his voice, and meaning in his countenance, that no further attempts... | |
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