| William Makepeace Thackeray - Electronic journals - 1909 - 874 pages
...under Raffaello's leadership, said, ' If they cannot provide themselves with guns let each of them get a piece of steel five or six inches long attached...a pole, and that will pierce the tyrants' hearts.' It may be suspected that there was more of Italy and of Raffaello than of Lalor and of Ballarat, in... | |
| William Bramwell Withers - Ballarat (Vic.) - 1887 - 474 pages
...brother, was taking down in a book the names of divisions in course of formation, and of their captains. I went up to Lalor, and the moment he saw me, he took...procure a piece of steel, five or six inches long, atttached to a pole, and that will pierce the tyrants' hearts." Peter of course spoke thus in his friendly... | |
| William Bramwell Withers - Ballarat (Vic.) - 1887 - 474 pages
...brother, was taking down in a book the names of divisions in course of formation, and of their captains. I went up to Lalor, and the moment he saw me, he took me by the hand saying, "I want you, feignore ; tell these gentlemen (pointing to old acquaintances of ours, who were foreigners) that if... | |
| James Francis Hogan - Australia - 1888 - 372 pages
...were kept at work night and day forging pikes. " Let those who cannot provide themselves with firearms procure a piece of steel five or six inches long,...a pole, and that will pierce the tyrants' hearts," were the words of the commander-in-chief to his men. Patrick Curtain was the chosen captain of the... | |
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