 | English literature - 1784 - 722 pages
...expoltulated with me very earneftly, faying, '< Why do you not kill hi.-.i ? You tell me, if a man kille another in England, that he is hanged for it. This...killed ten, and yet you will not kill him ; though many <jf his country men defire it, and it would be very good." Omai's arguments, though fpecioos enough,... | |
 | English essays - 1784 - 548 pages
...and feeing the chief unhurt, he expoftulated with me very еагпеШу, laying, * Why do you nnt kill him? You tell me, if a man kills another in England,...you will not kill him; though many of his countrymen delire it, and it would be very good.' Omai 's arguments, though fpecious enough, having no weight... | |
 | Books - 1785 - 620 pages
...them, he immediately retired. In a fhort time, however, he returned ; and feeing the chief unhurt, he expoftulated with me very earneftly, faying, " Why...very good." Omai's arguments, though fpecious enough, having no weight with me, I defired him to a& the chief, Why he had killed Captain Furneaux'g people... | |
 | John Pinkerton - Discoveries in geography - 1812 - 1030 pages
...them, he immediately retired. In a fhort time, however, he returned ; and feeing the chief unhurt, he expoftulated with me very earneftly, faying, " Why...you will not kill him, though many of his countrymen defireit, and it would be very good." ' Qraai's arguments, though fpecious enough, having no weight... | |
 | General history - 1814 - 798 pages
...however, he returned ; and seeing the chief unhurt, he expostulated with me very earnestly, saying, " Why do you not kill him ? You tell me, if a man kills...you will not kill him, though many of his countrymen desire it, and it would be very good." Omai's arguments, though specious enough, having no weight with... | |
 | Voyages and travels - 1815 - 476 pages
...very earnestly, saying, " Why do you not kill him ? you tell roe, if a man kills another in England he is hanged for it: this man has killed ten, and...you will not kill him, though many of his countrymen desire it, and it would be very good." Omai•* arguments, though specious enough, had no weight with... | |
 | James Cook - Oceania - 1821 - 488 pages
...however, he returned ; and seeing the chief unhurt, he expostulated with me very earnestly, saying, " Why do you not kill him ? " You tell me, if a man...will not kill him ; though many of " his countrymen desire it, and it would be very " good." Omai'» arguments, though specious enough, having no weight... | |
 | Robert Kerr - Explorers - 1824 - 532 pages
...seeing the chief unhurt, he expostulated with me very earnestly, saying, " Why do you not kill hina ? You tell me, if a man kills another in England that...you will not kill him, though many of his countrymen desire it, and it would be very good." Omai's arguments, though specious enough, having no weight with... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Adventure and adventurers - 1830 - 444 pages
...however, he returned ; and seeing the chief unhurt, he expostulated with me very earnestly, saying, ' Why do you not kill him ? You tell me if a man kills...you will not kill him, though many of his countrymen desire it, and it would be very good.' Omai's arguments, though specious enough, having no weight with... | |
 | Hartley Coleridge - Biography - 1833 - 764 pages
...expostulated with me very earnestly, saying, ' Why do you not kill him ? You tell me if a man kill another in England that he is hanged for it. This...you will not kill him, though many of his countrymen desire it, and it would be very good.' Omai's arguments, though specious enough, having no weight with... | |
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Why do you not kill him ? You tell me if a man kills another in England that he is hanged for it. This man has killed ten, and yet you will not kill him, though many of his countrymen desire it, and it would be very good. 
