| Brigham Payne - 1876 - 140 páginas
...Nathan Hale, the " Martyr Spy," the immortal words of whose dying message to his compatriots — " I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country," — were the conception of the purest patriotism and sublimest devotion to country which... | |
| Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1876 - 358 páginas
...next morning. He was not allowed a Bible, nor the attendance of a minister. His last words were, " I only regret that I have but one life to lose for mv country." » Near the present Thirty-sixth Street. < See p. 117, It 14. QCKSTIONS. — 5. What did... | |
| Increase Niles Tarbox - 1876 - 422 páginas
...British lines as a spy ; was detected and executed, dying with those memorable words upon his lips, " I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." The American army, having now been brought into a position where it was hazardous to attack... | |
| Congregational Churches in Connecticut. General Conference - 1877 - 232 páginas
...martyr, who in standing face to face with death, could exclaim in the devotion of his patriotism, " I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." Besides these greater lights, there were lesser lights scattered throughout the whole... | |
| Benson John Lossing - 1877 - 660 páginas
...multitude of spectators of the scene. Hale met death with firmness. With unfaltering voice he said : " I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." These were the last words uttered by the young patriot, then only a little more than twenty-one... | |
| Edward Howland - 1877 - 858 páginas
...apprehended and taken before Howe, who ordered him hanged the next morning. His last saying was, " I only regret that I have but one. life to lose for my country." 1776, SEPTEMBER 28. — The convention called in Pennsylvania met in Philadelphia, and... | |
| George Bancroft - 1878 - 648 páginas
...comrade in arms. On the morning of the Sept. 22 twenty-second, as he ascended the gallows, he said : "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." The provost-marshal destroyed his letters, as if grudging his friends a knowledge of the... | |
| John Jacob Anderson - 1879 - 380 páginas
...moment when the tightening cord was to crush the life from his young body forever, Hale exclaimed : ' I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.' " 47. A deep gloom at this time pervaded all classes of the Americans. " Thus far their... | |
| R. H. Howard, Henry E. Crocker - 1879 - 512 páginas
...story of his brutal execution, denied both a Bible and clergy, and of these memorable words of his, " I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country," has enrolled his name among heroes as the young martyr of the American Revolution. In... | |
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