 | William Russell - 1849 - 310 pages
...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 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... | |
 | William Russell - 1849 - 320 pages
...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 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... | |
 | Thomas King Greenbank - 1849 - 446 pages
...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 late to retire...The war is inevitable, and let it come ! I repeat, sir, let it come !• It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry peace, peace!... | |
 | Owen Collins - 1999 - 464 pages
...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 late to retire...- 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 - but there is no peace.... | |
 | George Anastaplo - 2001 - 392 pages
...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 late to retire...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 pages
...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!...— 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... | |
 | Lewis Copeland, Lawrence W. Lamm, Stephen J. McKenna - 1999 - 978 pages
...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 late to 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 pages
...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 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.... | |
 | Curtis Hutson - 2000 - 264 pages
...alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. It we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire...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.... | |
 | Janet Benge, Geoff Benge - 2001 - 228 pages
...Henry fell down on one knee and crossed his wrists as if they were chained together before going on. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery....And let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come!... Gentlemen may cry, peace, peace — but there is no peace. The war is actually begun. The next gale... | |
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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... 
