 | 1816 - 600 pages
...fight with a halter about his neck.' Jones took no notice of this insult, but gallantly replied, ' sir, you have fought like a hero, and I make no doubt, your sovereign will reward you for it in the most ample manner.' "* The loss in this desperate action... | |
 | Alexander Slidell Mackenzie - 1841 - 284 pages
...result, that the first lieutenant of the SeVOL. I. 13 X rapis, who came upon deck at this moment, should have asked his commander, whether the ship alongside...ample manner." As another evidence of the strange meUe which attended this engagement, and of the discouraging circumstances under which the Richard... | |
 | Henry Barton Dawson - History - 1858 - 774 pages
...Commodore, but, if it was so,—which may well be doubted,—it signally failed, the latter simply replying, "Sir,' you have fought like a hero, and I make no doubt your Sovereign will reward you for it in the most ample manner." 6 1 Cooper, ip Ill ; Clark, p. 70.—... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - Portraits, American - 1862 - 686 pages
...been said to General Washington himself, or any rebel of the Congress. Jones magnanimously replied, " Sir ! you have fought like a hero, and I make no doubt...sovereign will reward .you in a most ample manner." The loss in this extraordinary engagement, which outstrips and exaggerates the usual vicissitudes of... | |
 | John Gilmary Shea - Indians of North America - 1872 - 902 pages
...fight with a halter about his neck." Commodore Paul Jones showed his greatness of mind by replying : "Sir, you have fought like a hero, and I make no doubt your sovereign will reward you for it in the most ample manner." While the Richard and Serapis were... | |
 | R. M. DEVENS - 1876 - 1014 pages
...with a halter around his neck." "Sir," replied Jones, good humoredly^ as he handed back the weapon, "you have fought like a hero, and I make no doubt but your sovereign will reward you in the most ample manner." True enough, the gallant Pearson soon received from King G-eorge the dignity... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1877 - 660 pages
...who has fought with a rope around his neck." Jones courteously replied, as he returned the weapon : " Sir, you have fought like a hero, and I make no doubt your sovereign will reward you in the most CHAP. XXXIV. JONES AND HIS PRIZES. ample manner/* The king... | |
 | Richard Miller Devens - United States - 1879 - 680 pages
...with a halter around his neck." "Sir," replied Jones, good humoredly, as he handed back the weapon, "you have fought like a hero, and I make no doubt but your sovereign will reward you in the most ample manner." True enough, the gallant Pearson soon received from King George the dignity... | |
 | Richard Miller Devens - Industries - 1883 - 756 pages
...with a halter around his neck." "Sir," replied Jones, good humoredly, as he handed back the weapon, "you have fought like a hero, and I make no doubt but your sovereign will reward you in the most ample manner." True enough, the gallant Pearson soon received from King George the dignity... | |
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Sir, you have fought like a hero, and I make no doubt but your sovereign will reward you in a most ample manner for it. 
