| Theodore Parker - 1855 - 262 pages
...and ball." " I will order the first man shot that runs away," said he, when some faltered; " Do n't fire unless fired upon, but if they want to have a war, — let it begin here." Gentlemen, you know what followed: those farmers and mechanics " fired the shot heard round the world."... | |
| Theodore Parker - 1855 - 256 pages
...and ball." " I will order the first man shot that runs away," said he, when some faltered ; " Do n't fire unless fired upon, but if they want to have a war, — let it begin here." Gentlemen, you know what followed : those farmers and mechanics " fired the shot heard round the world."... | |
| 1875 - 252 pages
...with powder and ball. I will order the first man shot that runs away," said he, when some faltered. " Don't fire unless fired upon, but if they want to have a war, let it begin here." " Gentlemen, you know what followed ; those farmers and mechanics " fired the shot heard round the... | |
| George Lansing Raymond - 1879 - 350 pages
...with powder and ball. I will order the first man shot that runs away," said he, when some faltered. " Don't fire unless fired upon, but if they want to have a war, let it begin here." Gentlemen, you know what followed; those farmers and mechanics " fired the shot heard round the world."... | |
| George Lansing Raymond - 1879 - 358 pages
...with powder and ball. I will order the first man shot that runs away," said he, when some faltered. " Don't fire unless fired upon, but if they want to have a war, let it begin here." Gentlemen, you know what followed; those farmers and mechanics " fired the shot heard round the world."... | |
| 1912 - 480 pages
...Minute-men on the Green at Lexington, and read the inscription beneath the carved musket and powder horn: "Stand your ground! Don't fire unless fired upon!...But if they want to have a war, let it begin here!" her eyes were flashing with excitement, which grew deeper as she visited the Harrington House, where... | |
| Walter K. Fobes - 1885 - 200 pages
...powder and ball." " I will order the first man shot that runs away," said he, when some faltered. " Don't fire unless fired upon; but if they want to have a war, let it begin here." , Gentlemen, you know what followed. Those farmers and mechanics "fired the shot heard round the world."... | |
| William Willder Wheildon - 1885 - 48 pages
...having carved upon one face a musket, powder-horn, and an inscription in the words of Capt. Parker, "'Stand your ground; don't fire unless fired upon. But if they want to have war, let it begin here." The third is a monument at the south end of the Common, of Jonesboro' granite,... | |
| Lexington Historical Society (Mass.) - 1891 - 86 pages
...face and points the direction of the line. Underneath are inscribed the words used by Captain Parker to his men : " Stand your ground ; don't fire unless fired upon ; but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here." This command is found in a letter of Rev. Theodore Parker,... | |
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