 | 1847 - 408 pages
...never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained ! we must fight ! I repent it, sir, we must fight ! ! ! An appeal to arms and...is all that is left us !* " ' They tell us, sir,' continued Mr. Henry, ' that we are weak, unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall... | |
 | George Washington - 1847 - 574 pages
...occasion, and in defence of his resolutions, that Mr. Henry uttered his memorable declaration; — "We must fight! I repeat it, Sir, we must fight !...to arms and to the God of Hosts is all that is left to us ! " The resolutions were carried, and a plan adopted for putting them in execution. Washington... | |
 | Elias Lyman Magoon - 1848 - 498 pages
...in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon, until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained...arms and to the God of Hosts, is all that is left us !" John Randolph said of Patrick Henry, that he was Garrick and Shakspeare combined. That was the most... | |
 | Robert Reid Howison - 1848 - 542 pages
...which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the object of our contest shall be obtained — we must...arms and to the God of hosts is all that is left us. • . " There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends... | |
 | William John Bennett - 1997 - 440 pages
...in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon, until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained...hosts, is all that is left us! "They tell us, sir," continued Mr. Henry, "that we are weak — unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when... | |
 | Alexandra Hanson-Harding - 1997 - 92 pages
...never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained, we must fight! I repeat sir, we 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 cry, "Peace, Peace!" — but there... | |
 | Owen Collins - 1999 - 464 pages
...struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained...with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and... | |
 | Lewis Copeland, Lawrence W. Lamm, Stephen J. McKenna - 1999 - 978 pages
...have pledged ourselves never to ahandon until the glorious ohject of our contest shall he ohtained, we must fight! I repeat it, sir, we must fight! An...that is left us! They tell us, sir, that we are weak; unahle to cope with so formidahle an adversary. But when shall we he stronger? Will it he the next... | |
 | Curtis Hutson - 2000 - 264 pages
...struggle in which we have been so long engaged and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained...with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and... | |
 | Diane Ravitch - 2000 - 662 pages
...struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained,...with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and... | |
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They tell us, sir, that we are weak — unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? 
