 | 1874 - 804 pages
...Washington said that he — Brown — was the coolest man he ever saw in defying death and danger. With one son dead by his side, and another shot through,...utmost composure, encouraging them to be firm and sell their lives as dearly as possible " — well, that told me too much; my voice trembled so that... | |
 | James Redpath - Biography & Autobiography - 1860 - 530 pages
...who survive, are like him. . . . Colonel "Washington says that he was the coolest and firmest man he ever saw in defying danger and death. With one son...encouraging them to be firm, and to sell their lives as dear as they could. Of the three white prisoners. Brown, Stephens, and Coppic, it was hard to say which... | |
 | James Redpath - Abolitionists - 1860 - 426 pages
...when he was done with it. And Col. Washington pays that he. Brown, was the coolest and firmest man he ever saw in defying danger and death. With one son...side, and another shot through, he felt the pulse of hia dying eon with one hand and held his rifle with the other, and commanded his men with the utmost... | |
 | James Redpath - Abolitionists - 1860 - 456 pages
...coolest and firmest man he ever saw in defying danger and death. With one son dead by his side, Mid another shot through, he felt the pulse of his dying son with one hand and h«ld his ride with the other, and commanded his men wilh the utmost composure, •ncomaging them to... | |
 | James Redpath - Abolitionists - 1860 - 436 pages
...when h? was done with it. And Col. Washington Fays th.it he, Brown, was the coolest anj firmest man he ever saw in defying danger and death. With one son dead by his side, i'i ! another shot through, he felt the pulse of bis dying son with one hand and held hi), rillo with... | |
 | James William Massie - Antislavery movements - 1864 - 134 pages
...contending against him, will suffice : — " He was the coolest man he ever saw in defying death and danger. With one son dead by his side, and another shot through,...them to be firm, and to sell their lives as dearly as possible." The captain himself spoke freely with Colonel Washington, and referred to his sons. He said... | |
 | Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1864 - 694 pages
...soon after: "Col. Washington said that Brown the coolest man he ever saw in defying death and danger. With one son dead by his side, and another shot through,...he felt the pulse of his dying son with one hand, held his rifle with the other, and commanded his men with the utmost composure, encouraging them to... | |
 | James William Massie - Slavery - 1864 - 534 pages
...felt the pulse of son witt one hand and held his Me with the his men with the utmost com• posure, encouraging them to be firm, and to sell their lives as dearly as possible." The captain himself spoke freely with Colonel Washington, and referred to his sons. He said... | |
 | HORACE GREELEY - 1865 - 670 pages
...one son dead by his side, and another shot through, he felt the pulse of his dying son with one hand, held his rifle with the other, and commanded his men...them to be firm, and to sell their lives as dearly as possible." their loss — they had died in a good cause. At seven in the morning, after a parley which... | |
 | Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1865 - 692 pages
...after: "Col. Washington said that Brown was the coolest man he ever saw in defying death and danger. With one son dead by his side, and another shot through,...he felt the pulse of his dying son with one hand, held his rifle with the other, and commanded his men with the utmost composure, encouraging them to... | |
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but firm, truthful, and intelligent. His men, too, who survive, are like him.... Colonel Washington says that he was the coolest and firmest man he ever saw in defying danger and death. With one son dead by his side, and another shot through, he felt... 
