 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...  Classic Selections from the Best Authors - Page 306by Samuel Silas Curry - 1888 - 182 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Jesse Olney - 1838 - 346 pages
...nations: and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. retire from the contest. There ia no retreat but in submission and slavery ! Our chains...and let it come ! ! I repeat it, sir, let it come ! ! ! 11. It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, peace, peace — but there... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1839 - 316 pages
...strSng alone ; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. 100 If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too...Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! (0) The war is inevitable — and let it come ! — I repeat it, sir, let 105 it come! It is vain,... | |
 | Henry Winsor - 1839 - 250 pages
...to desire it, it is now to late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission or slavery ! Our chains are forged ; their clanking may...inevitable, and let it come! I repeat it, Sir, let it come ! It is in vain to extenuate the matter; Gentlemen may cry peace, peace ; but there is no peace; the... | |
 | 1840 - 452 pages
...who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone ; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides,...— 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... | |
 | 1840 - 554 pages
...; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were Aase enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire...— 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.... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1841 - 682 pages
...who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone ; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides,...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... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - 1841 - 410 pages
...raise up friends' | to fight our battles for us. | The battle, sir, | is not to the strong alone, ; | it is to the vigilant, | the ac'tive, | the brave,....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... | |
 | James Silk Buckingham - 1841 - 640 pages
...strong alone, but to the vigilant, the active, and the brave. Besides, we have no longer a choice. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too...of Boston. The war is inevitable ; and let it come ! Gentlemen may cry peace, peace, but there is no peace. The war is actually begun !" This was said... | |
 | James Silk Buckingham - 1841 - 534 pages
...strong alone, but to the vigilant, the active, and the brave. Besides, we have no longer a choice. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too...of Boston. The war is inevitable; and -let it come! Gentlemen may cry peace, peace, but there is no peace. The war is actually begun !" This was said on... | |
 | 1841 - 618 pages
...who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone ; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides,...retreat but in submission and slavery ! Our chains are furged. Their clanking may be heard on the plaius of Boston ! The war is inevitable — and let it... | |
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