 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
 | William Wirt - 1847 - 330 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...inevitable — and let it come ! ! I repeat it, sir, let it cornel!! " It is vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, peace, peace — but there... | |
 | 1847 - 312 pages
...were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat, hut in submission and slavery ! Our chains are forged....— and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come ! would they have ? — Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains... | |
 | Levi Carroll Judson - 1847 - 356 pages
...II repeat it, sir, we must fight ! An appeal to arms and the God of Hosts is all that is left us ! It is vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen...but there is no peace. The war is actually begun. The next gale that comes from the north, will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms ! Our... | |
 | 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!...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.... | |
 | George Anastaplo - 2001 - 392 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...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... | |
 | Lewis Copeland, Lawrence W. Lamm, Stephen J. McKenna - 1999 - 978 pages
...contest. There is no retreat, but in suhmission and slavery! Our chains are forged! Their clanking may he heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable...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... | |
 | Curtis Hutson - 2000 - 264 pages
...active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. It we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat...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.... | |
 | Diane Ravitch - 2000 - 662 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...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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | John A. Kaufhold - 2002 - 236 pages
...the fire; and after the fire a still, small voice. (For Voice Variety and Emphasis) LIBERTY OR DEATH There is no retreat but in submission and slavery!...cry, peace, peace! — but there is no peace. The war has actually begun. I know not what course others may take; but, as for me, give me liberty, or give... | |
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