 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 war...  Selections for Oral Reading - Page 71edited by - 1914 - 326 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry Mann - United States - 1896 - 350 pages
...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,...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. The... | |
 | Ovid - Metamorphosis - 1817 - 498 pages
...determination. He said: "The war is 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. The war has actually begun. The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding... | |
 | A citizen of Pittsburgh - Readers - 1818 - 276 pages
...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...slavery ! Our chains are forged : — their clanking might be heard on the plains of Boston ! The war is inevitable — and let it come ! ! I repeat it,... | |
 | Hezekiah Niles - United States - 1822 - 514 pages
...active, the brave. Besides, air, 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,...clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is ene vitable; and let it come!! I repeat it, sir— LET IT COME! ! ! * "It is in vain, sir, to extenuate... | |
 | 1822 - 734 pages
...vigilant, the active, the brave. But we have no election. If we were bate enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat...chains are forged — their clanking may be heard upon the plains of Boston. The war is inevitable, and let it come. It is in vain to extenuate the matter.... | |
 | Hezekiah Niles - United States - 1822 - 526 pages
...of Boston! The war is entvitable; and let it come! ! I repeat it, sir — L>. r IT com!!! "It is m vain, sir, to extenuate the matter: Gentlemen may...but there is no peace; the war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms? Our brethren... | |
 | Thomas Jones Rogers - United States - 1823 - 382 pages
...active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is n,ow too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat,...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. The war... | |
 | Thomas Jones Rogers - United States - 1823 - 376 pages
...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,...and let it come!! I repeat it, sir, let it come!!! i•It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry peace, peace; but there is no peace.... | |
 | Statesmen - 1824 - 516 pages
...activ e, 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,...of Boston ! The war is inevitable ; and let it come ! ! 1 repeat it, sir, let it come ! ! ! " It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1826 - 376 pages
...sir, tee must fight ! an appeal to arms and to the God of hosts, is all that is left us." " It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may...but there is no peace. The war is actually begun. The next gale that sweeps from the north, will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms; our... | |
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