 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...  Readings from Literature - 161 ページ 編集 - 1915 - 320 ページ全文表示 - この書籍について
 | 1834 - 428 ページ
...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 ページ
...the strong alone, it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too...The war is inevitable, and let it come ! I repeat it, sir, let it come ! It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry peace, peace... | |
 | 1836 - 552 ページ
...the strong alone ; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too...The war is inevitable — and let it come ! I repeat it, sir, let it come. ^ It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, peace... | |
 | 1836 - 550 ページ
...the strong alone ; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too...The war is inevitable — and let it come ! I repeat it, sir, let it come. It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, peace—... | |
 | James Grahame - 1836 - 486 ページ
...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...Boston. The war is inevitable — and let it come! Gentlemen may cry, Peace, peace — but there is no peace. The war is actually begun. The next gale... | |
 | James Grahame - 1836 - 480 ページ
...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...Boston. The war is inevitable — and let it come ! Gentlemen may cry, Peace, peace — but there is no peace. The war is actually begun. The next gale... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1835 - 278 ページ
...the strong alone ; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too...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 ページ
...the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too...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... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1836 - 404 ページ
...the strong alone 5 it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base •enough 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... | |
 | 1837 - 396 ページ
...strong alone ; it is to the vigilant, the active, and the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too...The war is inevitable — and let it come ! I repeat it, sir, let it come ! It is in vain, sir to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, peace, peace... | |
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