 | J. M. Morphis - 1874 - 620 pàgines
...countrymen, or I will perish in its defence. We have had a shower of bombs and cannonballs continually falling among us the whole time, yet none of us have fallen. We have been miraculously preserved." He then closes by saying : " Take care of my little boy. If the country should be saved, I may make... | |
 | J. M. Morphis - 1875 - 634 pàgines
...countrymen, or I will perish in its defence. We have had a shower of bombs and cannonballs continually falling among us the whole time, yet none of us have fallen. We have been miraculously preserved." He then closes by saying: " Take care of my little boy. If the country should be saved, I may make... | |
 | Edmund Bostwick Tuttle - 1878 - 368 pàgines
...countrymen, or I will perish in its defence. We have had a shower of bombs and cannon-balls continually falling among us the whole time; yet none of us have fallen. We have been miraculously preserved." Travis must have alluded to the original force of the garrison before the arrival of the Gonzales company.... | |
 | Edmund Bostwick Tuttle - 1878 - 288 pàgines
...countrymen, or I will perish in its defence. We have had a shower of bombs and cannon-balls continually falling among us the whole time ; yet none of us have fallen. We have been miraculously preserved." Travis must have alluded to the original force of the garrison before the arrival of the Gonzales company.... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Riley - 1881 - 248 pàgines
...from my countrymen, or I will perish in its defence. We have had a shower of cannon balls continually falling among us the whole time, yet none of us have fallen. We have been miraculously preserved." During the day Colonel Bonham, who had been sent to Goliad to secure reinforcements, returned to the... | |
 | Homer S. Thrall - 1883 - 910 pàgines
...countrymen, or I will perish in its defense. We have had a shower of bombs and cannon-balls contiually falling among us the whole time ; yet none of us have fallen. We have boon miraculously preserved. * * * Again, I feel confident that the determined spirit and desperate... | |
 | 1883 - 802 pàgines
...countrymen, or I will perish in the attempt. We have had a shower of bombs and cannon-balls continually falling among us the whole time, yet none of us have fallen." In this statement Col. Travis appears to have given only his effective force, omitting also 32 men... | |
 | Henry Bruce - 1891 - 276 pàgines
...countrymen, or I will perish in its defence. We have had a shower of bombs and cannon-balls continually falling among us the whole time, yet none of us have fallen." And again : "Take care of my little boy. If the country should be saved, I may make him a splendid... | |
 | Alfred Mason Williams - 1893 - 438 pàgines
...countrymen, or I will perish in its defense. We have had a shower of bombs and cannon balls continually falling among us the whole time ; yet none of us have fallen. We have been miraculously preserved. . . . Again, I feel confident that the determined spirit and desperate courage heretofore exhibited... | |
 | Bayard Tuckerman - 1893 - 452 pàgines
...countrymen, or I will perish in its defence. We have had a shower of bombs and cannon-balls continually falling among us the whole time, yet none of us have fallen." And again : "Take care of my little boy. If the country should be saved, I may make him a splendid... | |
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I have held this place ten days against a force variously estimated from fifteen hundred to six thousand ; a,nd I shall continue to hold it till I get relief from my countrymen, or I will perish in its defence. We have had a shower of bombs and cannonballs... 
