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... Library of Southern Literature: Biography - Page 2361edited by - 1909Full view - About this book
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1841 - 622 pages
...for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base...inevitable—and let it come!! I repeat it, sir, let it come!!! ' " It is vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, peace, peace—but there is no peace.... | |
| Hezekiah Niles - United States - 1822 - 518 pages
...the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we luve no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it ¡a now too late to retire from the contest. There is...forged: their clanking may be heard on the plains of Huston! The war is eneritubie; and let it come! ! 1 repeat it, sir—LET IT COMÍ! ! ! "It is in vain,... | |
| 1822 - 734 pages
...The battle is not to the strong ¡ilone ; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. VOL. V. But we have no election. If we were base enough to desire...contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery—our chains are forged—their clanking may be heard upon the plains of Boston. The war is... | |
| Thomas Jones Rogers - United States - 1823 - 376 pages
...for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base...clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable; and let it come!! I repeat it, sir, let it come!!! i•It is in vain, sir, to extenuate... | |
| Thomas Jones Rogers - United States - 1823 - 382 pages
...for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone: it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base...but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged '.It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry peace, peace; but there is no peace.... | |
| Statesmen - 1824 - 518 pages
...for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone : it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base...may be heard on the plains of Boston ! The war is inevitable ; and let it come !! I repeat it, sir, let it come ! ! ! " It is in vain, sir, to extenuate... | |
| Statesmen - 1824 - 514 pages
...for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone : it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base...retreat, but in submission and slavery ! Our chains arc forged ! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston ! The war is inevitable ; and let... | |
| Statesmen - 1824 - 516 pages
...battle, sir, is not to 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...late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat, hut in submission and slavery ! Our chains are forged ! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of... | |
| John Frost - American literature - 1826 - 326 pages
...nations ; and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. Lesson 27.] AMERICAN LITERATURE. 71 If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too...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—but there is no... | |
| Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1827 - 564 pages
...for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base...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—but there is no peace.... | |
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