Restrain them he could not; and it was admitted by the British writers of that day, that the friends of the Royal cause, as well as its enemies, were equally victims to their indiscriminate rage.
When they fled to me, I had compassion on many of those that I had taken captive; I tortured those that were eager for war, in order to restrain them.
Indians are always inflamed by a long and desperate resistance and while Captain de Jumonville and I will do our best to restrain them, it's possible that they may escape from our control in the hour of victory.
If my Indian allies suffer too much in the attack it will be difficult to restrain them.
Willet did not try any longer to restrain them, although he understood full well the danger of a battle in the dark.
If a provincial governor attempts to restrain them, they flock together and have recourse to violence.
Moses upon his sole pleasure, had not power to restrain them in the exercise of judgment given of God.
But it is impossible to restrain them, we must make a movement.
Restrain them mildly--restrain them," said Rameses.
Rameses, as a leader and victor at the Soda Lakes, knew that once men attack in a multitude nothing has power to restrain them; they must break or be broken.
Whilst some efforts were being made to restrain them, Akbar Khan was in communication with the officers of the British Mission.
The morning dawned; and without any orders, without an attempt to restrain them, the camp-followers and baggage struggled on ahead, and many of the Sepoys went on with them.
The officers made no effort to restrain them, all alike feeling sure that the bayonets would now be rusting.
They sang one of their marching songs, and the colonel made no effort to restrain them, knowing that it was raising their spirits.
It was impossible for their officers to restrain them.
Nor did Colonel Winchester and his senior officers make any effort to restrain them, knowing that a little exultation was good for youth, after deeds well done.
The captain could not be relied upon to restrain them; the miserable man tore his hair and wrung his hands; he thought only of his cargo, which was not insured.
Illustration: He contented himself with shrugging his shoulders, which so increased the rage of the crew, that nothing less than the intervention of the captain and his lordship could restrain them.
But he contented himself with shrugging his shoulders, which so increased the rage of the crew, that nothing less than the intervention of the captain and his lordship could restrain them.
Early the next morning the passengers (and among them were Robert and Mary, for it was impossible to restrain them) were assembled on deck.
To these the chief regulations in the bill are helps, not fetters: they are authorities to support, not regulations to restrain them.
As for us, we were able neither to protect nor to restrain them.
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