...vigor of earnest youth, and with outstretched hands actually appears to speak his memorable words : " I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." The battered and weather-worn gravestone that originally covered Putnam's grave is also...

...shall all hang separately. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. 1706-90. HIS LAST WORDS, NEW YORK, 22 SEPTEMBER, 1776. I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my Country. NATHAN HALE. 1755-76. " BROTHER JONATHAN." AVe must consult Brother Jonathan. — Meaning his secretary and aide,...

...Washington's camp Captain Hale was captured, and, soon after, was hanged. 6. His last words were, " I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." What to See and Do.—Copy the fourth and the sixth sentence. Find the chief words in...

...BRIDGE. BROOKLYN : PUTNAM STATUE. lofty granite pyramid in South Coventry, bearing his dying words: "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." There is also a statue of Hale in the State-House. A granite obelisk on the heights of...

...good became honorable by being necessary " ; the soul of a martyr patriot inspired his last words : " I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." l The New- York of 1777 had but few of the attractions over which travelers in more quiet...

...singular that the untimely fate of the " Martyr Spy of the American Revolution," whose dying words, " I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country," form his most fitting eulogy, is nowhere alluded to by Washington. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23....

...republic ? May we substitute on the tomb of Captain Nathan Hale for the sublime and patriotic words, " I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country," the inscription, "- 1 used all my powers exclusively for my own welfare " ? When our country...

...speak his last words. Hale's lofty glance rested on him for an instant. Then in a firm voice he said : "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country ! ' ' All that a man hath will he give for his life, and when he gives his life, with all...

...prepare for death* The courage of the brave young officer remained unshaken, and his last words were: "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." 3. Howe followed Washington to New York, and Washington retreated northward before him,...

...gallows. Few persons were around him, yet his characteristic dying words were remembered. He said, " I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." The Provost Marshal destroyed the letters of his prisoner, and assigned as a reason "that...