Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery ! Our chains are forged. Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The... ADVENTURES AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF AMERICANS; - Página 206por HENRY HOWE - 1859Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| Jonathan Barber - 1834 - 188 páginas
...strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. Even if we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest.' In this example there are two transitions needed. The first sentence is extremely energetic, and requires... | |
| 1834 - 428 páginas
...America." On the occasion of the battle of Lexington, he said in the Virginia house of Burgesses : — " There is no retreat but in submission and slavery ! Our chains are forged, their clanking may be heatd on Ihe plains of Boston.— The war is inevitable — and let it come ! '. I repeat it, sir,... | |
| John Epy Lovell - 1836 - 534 páginas
...friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone, it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election....clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston. The war is inevitable, and let it come ! I repeat it, sir, let it come ! It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the... | |
| 1836 - 550 páginas
...friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone ; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election....may be heard on the plains of Boston ! The war is inevitable — and let it come ! I repeat it, sir, let it come. It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the... | |
| 1836 - 552 páginas
...friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone ; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election....may be heard on the plains of Boston ! The war is inevitable — and let it come ! I repeat it, sir, let it come. ^ It is in vain, sir, to extenuate... | |
| John Pierpont - 1835 - 278 páginas
...friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone ; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election....clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston ! The war ia inevitable — and let it come !— - I repeat it, sir, let it come ! It is vain, sir, to extenuate... | |
| 1836 - 362 páginas
...friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election....slavery ! Our chains are forged. Their clanking may be heai-d on the plains of Boston. The war is inevitable— ^and let it come ! ! I repeat it, sir, let... | |
| James Grahame - 1836 - 486 páginas
...the strong alone ; but to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, we have no longer a choice. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too...clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston. The war is inevitable — and let it come! Gentlemen may cry, Peace, peace — but there is no peace. The war... | |
| James Grahame - 1836 - 480 páginas
...the strong alone; but to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, we have no longer a choice. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too...clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston. The war is inevitable — and let it come ! Gentlemen may cry, Peace, peace — but there is no peace. The war... | |
| Jonathan Barber - 1836 - 404 páginas
...friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone 5 it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election....to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the 5 contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged. Their clanking... | |
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