| John Adams - Great Britain - 1813 - 324 pages
...this situation, Henry sent David Gam, a Welsh captain, to reconnoitre the enemy, who bravely reported, that " there were enow to be killed, enow to be taken prisoners, and enow to run away." The king was encamped, October 25th, 1415, on a plain near Agincourt, and having drawn up his soldiers... | |
| Early English newspapers - 1818 - 724 pages
...before Ihe battle, instead of being dispirited by their numbers, be made the memorable report lhat " there were enow to be killed, enow to be taken prisoners,...was intended for his King's. The latent beauties of Picrcrfidd were first called into notice by Valentine Morris, Esq. ; whose liberality having induced... | |
| Philip Withers - English language - 1822 - 414 pages
...Agincourt, that the French were six Times more numerous than the English, he replied, then there are ENOW to be killed, ENOW to be taken Prisoners, and ENOW to run away. This was the ancient Use of ENOW. Enough, singular. Enow, plural. Polite Authors now use — SUFFICIENT—... | |
| Saturday night - 1824 - 968 pages
...the enemy. On his return, being questioned as to the number of the enemy's troops, he replied, — " That there were enow to be killed, enow to be taken prisoners, and enow to run away." This brave fellow sacrificed his life to save that of his sovereign, in the ensuing conflict, and,... | |
| 1824 - 486 pages
...the enemy. On his return, being questioned as to the number of the enemy's troops, he replied, — " That there were enow to be killed, enow to be taken prisoners, and enow to run away." This brave fellow sacrificed his life to save that of his sovereign, in the ensuing conflict, and,... | |
| Thomas Tegg - Reference books - 1827 - 382 pages
...situation, Henry sent David (jam, a Welch captain, to reconnoitre the enemy, who bravely reported, that there were enow to be killed, enow to be taken prisoners, and enow to run cway. The king was encamped, October 25, 1410, on a plain «ear Agincourt ; nnd having drawn up his... | |
| Samuel Tymms - England - 1834 - 334 pages
...Agincourt has rendered his memory glorious. When sent to reconnoitre the French army just before the battle, instead of being dispirited by their numbers,...and when Henry was stunned by a blow from the Duke d'Alenfon, Gam interposed, and received in his own bosom the sword that was intended for his King's.... | |
| E. W - 1835 - 162 pages
...that records he is dead. In the arguments, numerous as the sands, of the great talker, I merely find "enow to be killed, enow to be taken prisoners, and enow to run away." Her tongue may talk Italian;—I care not, so her eyes talk English. the fourscore years. It is little... | |
| James Endell Tyler - 1838 - 512 pages
...report in his mouth than Captain Gamme made unto King Henry the Fifth, saying,' That of the Frenchmen there were enow to be killed, enow to be taken prisoners, and enow to run away !'" We have no doubt of Captain Gamme's gallant bearing at Agincourt; but Raleigh refers to nothing... | |
| George Agar Hansard - Archery - 1840 - 570 pages
...upon their numbers, he returned with this laconic estimate: " an't please your highness, there are enow to be killed, enow to be taken prisoners, and enow to run away." Historians have passed many encomiums on his valour and conduct — Sir Walter Raleigh even goes so... | |
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