 | James Barnes - 1896 - 358 str.
...proffered his sword to Decatur. " No, sir," exclaimed the latter, doffing his cocked hat, " I cannot receive the sword of a man who has so bravely defended his ship ; but," he added, smiling graciously, " I will receive your hand." As an honored guest, Decatur led... | |
 | Molly Elliot Seawell - 1897 - 280 str.
...was refused in the same noble words which Decatur had used toward Captain Carden : " I cannot accept the sword of a man who has so bravely defended his ship." Decatur was taken to Bermuda, where he was received with the highest distinction by the great Admiral,... | |
 | Frederic Stanhope Hill - 1903 - 638 str.
...in her boat and tendered his sword to Decatur, who declined to receive it, saying. " Sir, I cannot receive the sword of a man who has so bravely defended his ship." A few months before this meeting, the United States and the Macedonian had been together at Norfolk,... | |
 | Samuel Abbott - 1919 - 342 str.
...States to hand over his sword to Decatur. "No, sir," said the latter, doffing his cocked hat, "I cannot receive the sword of a man who has so bravely defended his ship, but I will receive your hand." Then Decatur conducted Garden to his cabin where, as an old account... | |
 | Samuel Abbott - 1919 - 340 str.
...States to hand over his sword to Decatur. "No, sir," said the latter, doffing his cocked hat, "I cannot receive the sword of a man who has so bravely defended his ship, but I will receive your hand." Then Decatur conducted Garden to his cabin where, as an old account... | |
 | Martha Joanna Lamb - 1921 - 636 str.
...the United Slates and offered his sword to Decatur, the latter generously exclaimed, " Sir, I cannot receive the sword of a man who has so bravely .defended his ship, but I will receive your hand," and suiting the action Stephen Decilur. [From the painting by Sully.]... | |
 | Newport Historical Society, Newport, R.I - 1918 - 766 str.
...Macedonian offered his sword to Commodore Decatur, the latter refused taking it, saying: "Sir, I cannot receive the sword of a man who has so bravely defended his ship, but I will take your hand." After the Decatur heirs the next owner was Levi H. Gale, a native of Maryland.... | |
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I cannot receive the sword of a man who has so bravely defended his ship, but I will receive your hand. 
