 | 1818 - 594 oldal
...Dahoman warrior is expressed in these words ; " My head belongs to the King, not to myself; if he please to send for it, I am ready to resign it ; or if it be shot through in battle, I am satisfied, if it be in his service." The palace of the Monarch is an extensive building of bamboo... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1818 - 628 oldal
...I dare engage five of the enemy myself. ' My head belongs to the king, not to myself : if he please to ' send for it, I am ready to resign it ; or if it be shot through 'in battle, I am satisfied, if it be in his service.' The entrance to the royal apartment, is paved with human... | |
 | 1823 - 896 oldal
...think of my king," said a Dahoman to Mr Norris, " and then I dare engage five of the enemy myself. My head belongs to the king, not to myself: if he...to resign it ; or if it be shot through in battle, I am satisfied — if it be in his service." This attachment continues unshaken, even when their nearest... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 826 oldal
...think of my king, and then I darcen(.M'.'I five of the enemy myself ' He added, ' it is not material, my head belongs to the king, not to myself; if he pleases to send for it, I am ready to resign it ; for if it is shot through in battle, it is no difference to me, I am satisfied.' A minister of state... | |
 | Robert Jameson, James Wilson, Hugh Murray - 1833 - 394 oldal
...five of the enemy myself." He added, " My head belongs to the king, and not to myself; if he please to send for it, I am ready to resign it ; or if it be shot through in a battle, I am satisfied, since it is in his service." The main object contemplated in this national... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1836 - 588 oldal
...myself." He added, "my head belongs to the king', and not to myself; if he please to send for it. 1 am ready to resign it ; or if it be shot through in a buttle, 1 am satisfied, since it is in his service." The main object contemplated in this national... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1838 - 590 oldal
...five of the enemy myself." He added, "my head belongs to the king, and not to myself; if he please to send for it. I am ready to resign it ; or if it be shot through in a buttle, 1 am satisfied, since it is in his service." The main object contemplated in this national... | |
 | Hugh Murray - 1853 - 548 oldal
...five of the enemy myself." He added, " My head belongs to the king, and not to myself ; if he please to send for it, I am ready to resign it; or if it be shot through in a battle, I am satisfied since it is in his service." The main object contemplated in this national... | |
 | William Moister - 1866 - 610 oldal
...belongs to the King, and not to myself," said one of the Dahoman warriors to Mr. Norris: "if he please to send for it, I am ready to resign it ; or if it be shot through in battle, I am satisfied, since it is in his service." Although we have adverted to courts of law and judicial... | |
 | John Ramsay McCulloch - 1866 - 634 oldal
...longs to the king, not t« myself; if he pleases to Bengalee language, religion, and laws. Chief I send for it I am ready to resign it ; or if it is shot towns, Dacca, Xairaingunge, Soonergong, and ! through in battle, it is no difference to me,... | |
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In his name they rush into battle, and encounter their foes with Spartan intrepidity. One of them said to Mr Norris, " I think of my king, and then I dare engage five of the enemy myself." He added, " My head belongs to the king, and not to myself ; if... 
