...the patriot was strong in death. His last words, as he stood friendless and alone beneath the tree, were : " I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country." It should not be forgotten that in the autumn of this year the ladies of Philadelphia...

...destroyed by the brutal provostmarshall when Hale was led to the death-tree in Rutger's orchard. " I only regret that I have but one life to give to my country !" said the martyr; and half an hour afterward his body was laid in a shallow grave, beneath the leafy...

...Bible, were denied him ; and letters which he had written to his mother and sisters were destroyed. His last words were, " I only regret that I have but one life to give to my country." CHAPTER VIII. WASHINGTON'S RETREAT. — BATTLE OF WHITE PLAINS. 318. ON the 15th of September, a large...

...letters that he wrote during the night to his mother and sisters were destroyed by the inhuman marshal. His last words were, — "I only regret that I have but one life to give to my country." the fort at New York into the hands of the Dutch.* In 1828 it was purchased by the city of New York,...

...confession, he uttered those sublime words of patriotism spoken more to posterity than to the jeering mob : "I only regret that I have but one life to give to my country." The monstrous Cunningham infuriated by the sentiment of these words which he had no soul to appreciate...

...executed. After his sentence he was refused the privilege of reading the Bible or seeing a clergyman. His last words were, " I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." SELECTION LVII. ABRAHAM LINCOLN, an American lawyer and statesman, sixteenth...

...executed. After his sentence he was refused the privilege of reading the Bible or seeing a clergyman. His last words were, " I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." SELECTION LVII. PATRICK HENRY was born at Studley, Hanover County, Va.,...

...Bible, were denied him ; and letters which he had written to his mother and sisters were destroyed. His last words were, " I only regret that I have but one life to give to my country." CHAPTER VIII. WASHINGTON'S EETREAT. — BATTLE OF WHITE PLAINS. 318. ON the 15th of September, a large...

...officer in the Revolution, was taken by the British and executed, at New York, as a spy, Sept Si2, 177(5. His last words were : "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." man, which may well illustrate the spirit of our loyal homelife. She...

...mother and sisters were brutally destroyed. Hale, the martyr, met his fate with unflinching courage. His last words were, " I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." This wanton cruelty was long remembered by the Americans as a justification...