 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
 | William Russell - 1849 - 310 ページ
...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 ! would they have ? — Is life BO dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased... | |
 | William Russell - 1849 - 320 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... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1850 - 318 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...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,... | |
 | Joshua Leavitt - 1850 - 324 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,... | |
 | Frank R. Shivers - 1998 - 348 ページ
...Wirt's, not Henry's. Here is the ending of the speech, including Wirt's description of the moment: "There is no retreat but in submission and slavery!...heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable — let it come.'! I repeat it, sir, let it come!!! "It is vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen... | |
 | Owen Collins - 1999 - 464 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 extentuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace... | |
 | George Anastaplo - 2001 - 392 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...be heard on the plains of Boston! . . . The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding... | |
 | Alan Axelrod - 2000 - 426 ページ
...speak: Fightin' Words The House of Burgesses was the lower house of the colonial Assembly of Virgin ia. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery!...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!"... | |
 | Lewis Copeland, Lawrence W. Lamm, Stephen J. McKenna - 1999 - 978 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...retire from the contest. There is no retreat, but in suhmission and slavery! Our chains are forged! Their clanking may he heard on the plains of Boston!... | |
 | Diane Ravitch - 2000 - 662 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 —... | |
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