 | 1855 - 506 pages
...reasons for dissenting from the Declaration. ' * It was for Mr. Adams to reply to arguments like these. I We know his opinions, and we know his character. He...or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my liand, and my heart, to this vote. It is true, indeed, that, in the beginning, we aimed not at independence.... | |
 | Charles Greenwood - 1855 - 440 pages
...Patrick Henry could say, " As for me, give me liberty or give me death." And John Adams, " Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart to this vote." We are told of an eminent judge whose mind was so accustomed to the forms of judicial proceedings,... | |
 | Rufus Claggett - 1855 - 208 pages
...SUPPOSED SPEECH OP JOHN ADAMS IN FAVOR OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE D. Webster. Section 1. SINK or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart I to this vote ! It is true, indeed, that, in the beginning, we aimed not at independence. But there... | |
 | John Frost - 1855 - 462 pages
...death. HENRY. 17. SUPPOSED SPEKCH OF JOHN ADAMS IN FAVOUR OF THB DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. SINK or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and ray heart to this vote. It is true, indeed, that in the beginning we aimed not at independence. But... | |
 | William Russell - 1858 - 312 pages
..."Expulsive Orotund." 1.—"Declamatory" Style. FROM WEBSTER'S SPEECH OF JOHN ADAMS. " Sink or swirn, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart to this vote !" T' Sir, before God, I believe the hour is come. My judg ment approves this measure; and my whole... | |
 | Simon Kerl - 1861 - 372 pages
...penalty of death. 1, ,A iitif ii't'Nis sets different objects or attributes in contrast. Ex.—" Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and heart to this vote."— Webster. " Though deep, yet clear.' "At his touch, crowns crumbled, beggars... | |
 | Robert Seymour Symmes Tharin - 1863 - 260 pages
...arbitrarily arrested in Alabama, and may be again despotically arrested in the North ; but " sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart" to the Union and to the liberties of its oppressed citizens. There are two parties in this country who... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 528 pages
...them. Contrasted slides may also sometimes be used for greater variety or melody. EXAMPLE. 1. " Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and heart to this vote." " But, whatever may be 6ur fate, be assured, be assured that this declaration... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 390 pages
...them. Contrasted slides may also sometimes be used for greater variety or melody. EXAMPLE. 1. " Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and heart to this vote." " But, whatever may be our fate, be assured, be assured that this declaration... | |
 | George Benis - 1864 - 316 pages
...puts the speech in character, as he affixed his name to the Declaration of Independence, " Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart for this vote,'" cannot have been the Adams who, according to General Banks, was yielding up his country's... | |
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Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart to this vote. 
