 | 1831 - 222 pages
...rescue his wife from the hands of the ravisher ; tell the mother to gradually extricate her babe fro:n the fire into which it has fallen ; — but urge me...will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch — AND i WILL ЕЕ HEARD. The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal,... | |
 | Harriet Martineau - 1839 - 94 pages
...but is there not cause for severity ! I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice. I am in earnest — I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch — AND I WILL BE HEARD. The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal,... | |
 | Harriet Martineau - 1839 - 52 pages
...but is there not cause for severity ? I mil be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice. I am in earnest — I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch — AND 1 WILL BE HEAR». The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue THE MARTYR AOfE OF... | |
 | Harriet Martineau - 1840 - 76 pages
...but is there not cause for severity ? I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice. I am in earnest — I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch — AND I WILL BE HEARD. The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal,... | |
 | 1844 - 888 pages
...profound and far-reaching was the sagacity of DANIEL WEBSTER ! Remember who it was that said, in 1831, " I am in earnest — I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch — and I will be heard! " (Repeated cheers.) That speaker has lived twentytwo years, and the complaint... | |
 | 1848 - 544 pages
...Christian Examiner, at Boston, issued the first number of the "Liberator," making the declaration — "I am in earnest, I will not equivocate, I will not excuse, I will not retreat a single inch, and I will be heard." He borrowed the type and press of the office he worked in. He could not get trusted... | |
 | Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society - 1851 - 374 pages
...profound and far-reaching was the sagacity of DANIEL WEBSTER ! Remember who it was that said, in 1831, " I am in earnest — I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch — and I will be lieard ! " (Repeated cheers.) That speaker has lived twentytwo years, and the complaint... | |
 | William Lloyd Garrison - 1852 - 428 pages
...moderately rescue his wife from the hands of the ravisher ; tell the mother to gradually extricate her babe from the fire into which it has fallen ;...cause like the present ! I am in earnest. I will not equivocate—I will not excuse—I will not retreat a single inch—AND I WILL BE HEARD. The apathy... | |
 | David W. Bartlett - 1855 - 440 pages
...moderately rescue his wife from the hands of the ravisher ; tell the mother to gradually extricate her babe from the fire into which it has fallen ;...will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch — and I will be heard. The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal,... | |
 | David W. Bartlett, D. W. (David W. ). Bartlett - 1855 - 408 pages
...to moderately rescue his wife from the hands of the ravisher; tell the mother to gradually extricate her babe from the fire into which it has fallen; but...cause like the present! I am in earnest. I will not equivocate—I will not excuse—I will not retreat a single inch—and I will be heard. The apathy... | |
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I am in earnest — I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch— AND I WILL BE HEARD. 
