 | Joseph Blunt - History - 1827 - 658 pages
...this declaration, and support and defend these states ; yet, through all the gloom, I can see a ray of light and glory. I can see that the end is worth...posterity will triumph, although you and I may rue — whicli I hope we shall not." In this letter may be seen the ardent and zealous supporter of independence,... | |
 | John Sanderson - 1828 - 728 pages
...be solemnized with pomps, shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires and illuininations, from one end of the continent to the other, from this time...although you and I may rue, which I hope we shall not." Mr. Adams gained no respite from his congressional labours by the decision of the great question of... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1829 - 494 pages
...bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of the continent to the other, from this time forward, forever. You will think me transported with enthusiasm, but...although you and I may rue, which I hope we shall not." About the time of the declaration of independence, occurred the disastrous battle of Flatbush on Long... | |
 | John Sergeant - Cherokee Indians - 1832 - 372 pages
...pointed out, and corrected in a very satisfactory manner, in the Democratic Press of the 12th instant. games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations,...posterity will triumph, although you and I may rue, which 1 hope we shall not." The authorship of the splendid record we have been considering belongs to Mr.... | |
 | John Sergeant - Cherokee Indians - 1832 - 372 pages
...continent to the other, from this time forward for ever. You will think me transported with enthusiasm, hut I am not. I am well aware of the toil, and blood,...posterity will triumph, although you and I may rue, which 1 hope we shall not." The authorship of the splendid record we have been considering belongs to Mr.... | |
 | William Allen - Electronic books - 1832 - 820 pages
...through all the gloom I can see the rays of light and glory. I can "see, that the end is more than worth all the means, and that posterity will triumph, although you and I may rue, which I hope we shall not." Mr. Silas Deane, commissioner with Franklin and A. Lee at the French court, having been recalled, Mr.... | |
 | Francis Wayland - Sermons, American - 1833 - 388 pages
...succeeding generations as the great American festival. I am well aware of the toil and blood and treasure it will cost to maintain this declaration, and support...posterity will triumph, although you and I may rue it, which 1 hope \ve shall not." Now it was precisely by tins noble disdain of the present and the... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1834 - 476 pages
...declaration, and support and defend these states ; yet through all the gloom, I can see the rays of liffht and glory. I can see that the end is worth more than...although you and I may rue, which I hope we shall not." About the time of the declaration of independence, occurred the disastrous battle of Flatbush on Long... | |
 | Samuel Farmer Wilson - United States - 1834 - 386 pages
...through all the gloom, I can see the rays of light and glory ; I can see that the end is more than worth all the means, and. that posterity will triumph, although you and I may rue, which I hope we shall not." It was not, however, possible, in the nature of human affairs, that so complete a revolution could... | |
 | Robert W. Lincoln - Presidents - 1836 - 530 pages
...transported with enthusiasm, but I am not. I am well aware of the toil, and blood, and treasure, that 11 it will cost to maintain this declaration, and support...although you and I may rue, which I hope we shall not." On his return to Massachusetts, he was chosen a member of the Council of Massachusetts, which occupied... | |
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You will think me transported with enthusiasm, but I am not. I am well aware of the toil, and blood and treasure, that it will cost to maintain this declaration, and support and defend these States; yet, through all the gloom, I can see the rays of light... 
