 The liberty of the whole earth was depending on the issue of the contest, and was ever such a prize won with so little innocent blood ? My own affections have been deeply wounded by some of the martyrs to this cause, but rather than it should have failed,...  The Life of Thomas Jefferson - Página 109por Henry Stephens Randall - 1858Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | Washington Irving - 1862 - 464 páginas
...some of them to the day of my death. But I deplore them as I should have done, had they fallen iii battle. It was necessary to use the arm of the people,...every country, and left free, it would be better than as it now is."* Washington, who contemplated the French revolution with a less sanguine eye than Jefferson,... | |
 | Cornelis Henri de Witt - 1862 - 496 páginas
...was ever such a prize won with so little innocent blood ? My own affections have been deeply wouuded by some of the martyrs to this cause, but rather than...every country, and left free, it would be better than as it now is.'* In 1793, when this apology was written, the bonnet rouge was in request at Philadelphia.... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1857 - 488 páginas
...it .should have failed, I would have seen half tiie earth desolated ; were there but an Adam and Kve left in every country, and left free, it would be better than as it is now."' * * Letter to Mr. Short. Jefferson's Works, iii., 501. letter from GJouverneur /Borrf0... | |
 | Christopher James Riethmüller - 1864 - 504 páginas
...civilized world, it is thus that this amiable philanthropist explains and extenuates the crime : — " In the struggle which was necessary, many guilty persons...every country, and left free, it would be better than as it now is." The mingled folly and ferocity of this passage would almost lead to a doubt of the sanity... | |
 | Christopher James Riethmüller - 1864 - 480 páginas
...than it should have failed, I would have seen half the earth desolated. Were there but an Adam and Em left in every country, and left free, it would be better than as it now is." The mingled folly and ferocity of this passage would almost lead to a doubt of the sanity... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1869 - 634 páginas
...some of the martyrs to this cause, bat rather than it should have failed, I would have seen half ihe earth desolated ; were there but an Adam and Eve left...every country, and left free, it would be better than as it is now." 1 Washington, who contemplated the French revolution with a less sanguine eye than Jefferson,... | |
 | Henry Stephens Randall - 1871 - 730 páginas
...cause, but rather than it should have failed I would have seen half the earth desolated : were there hut an Adam and Eve left in every country, and left free,...of human liberty, even when weighed in the balance, tein porarily, against all other human interests! It seems to show, too, that he had surrendered his... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1873 - 550 páginas
...to the day of my death. But I deplore them as I should have done, had they fallen in battle. It WHS necessary to use the arm of the people, a machine...every country, and left free, it would be better than as it is now." 1 Washington, who contemplated the French revolution with a less sanguine eye than Jefferson,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1857 - 1104 páginas
...reestablishment of a despotism, they considered it absolutely indispensable to expunge that office. "In the struggle which was necessary, many guilty...every country, and left free, it would be better than as it is now." * Washington, who contemplated the French revolution with a less sanguine eye than Jefferson,... | |
 | Charles Gayarré - 1882 - 544 páginas
...it has been spilt, I now call his special attention to this last paragraph of Jefferson's letter: ' My own affections have been deeply wounded by some...every country, and left free, it would be better than as it now is.' * Well, citizens, that beats me, you must admit. I am overwhelmed with the grandeur... | |
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