 | Andrew Comstock - Elocution - 1855 - 444 pages
...humble supplica'tion? | Wha£ terms shall we find, which have not been already exhausted ?b \ i,et us not, I beseech you, sir, deceive ourselves longer. [ Sir, we have done every thing that could' be done | to avert the storm which is now coming on. | We have petitioned ;... | |
 | Charles C. Savage - Biography - 1856 - 624 pages
...that for the last ten years. We have done everything which could be done to avert the storm which is coming on. We have petitioned — we have remonstrated...to arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry and the parliament. Our petitions have been slighted — our remonstrances have produced additional violence... | |
 | Salem Town - Readers - 1856 - 420 pages
...exhausted ? Let us not, I beseech you, sir, deceive ourselves longer. 7. Sir, we have done every thing that could be done to avert the storm which is now...prostrated ourselves before the throne, and have implored ita interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry and parliament. Our petitions have... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Readers - 1857 - 456 pages
...already exhausted*-? Let us not, I beseech you, deceive ourselves longer^. We have done every' thing that could be done, to avert the storm which is now...coming on. We have petitioned; we have remonstrated v ; we have supplicated ; we have PROSTRATED"" ourselves at the foot of the throne, and implored its... | |
 | Thomas Buckley Smith - 1858 - 310 pages
...vain. Shall we resort to entreaty and humble supplication? What terms shall we find which have not been already exhausted ? Let us not, I beseech you, sir,...the tyrannical hands of the ministry and parliament. The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms ! Our... | |
 | Lucius Osgood - Elocution - 1858 - 494 pages
...Snail we resort to entreaty and humble supplication' ? What terms shall we find that have not been already exhausted*? Let us not, I beseech you, sir, deceive ourselves longer. Sir, we have done every thing that could be done, to avert the storm that is now coming on. We have petitioned; we have... | |
 | Charles C. B. Seymour - Biography - 1858 - 606 pages
...and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past. * * * Let us not, I beseech you, sir, deceive ourselves longer. Sir, we have done every thing that could be done to avert the storm which is coming on. We have petitioned ; we have... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Elocution - 1858 - 516 pages
...words or ideas. EXAMPLES. Temperance promotes health. The power of faith was the preacher's subject. We have petitioned ; we have REMONSTRATED ; we have SUPPLICATED; we have PROSTRATED ourselves at the foot of the throne. AWAKE ! ARISE ! or be forever fallen. 'T is horrible! 't is hideous! 't... | |
 | HENRY HOWE - 1859 - 748 pages
...vain. Shall we resort to entreaty and humble supplication? What terms shall we find which have not been already exhausted ? 'Let us not, I beseech you, sir,...to avert the storm which is now coming on. We have petitioned—we have remonstrated—we have supplicated— we have prostrated ourselves before the... | |
 | Orators - 1859 - 370 pages
...which have not been already exhausted 1 " Let us not, I beseech you, sir, deceive ourselves longer. We have done everything that could be done, to avert...coming on. We have petitioned ; we have remonstrated ; wo have supplicated ; we have prostrated ourselves before the throne, and have implored its interposition... | |
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Nothing. We have held the subject up in every light of which it is capable; but it has been all in vain. Shall we resort to entreaty and humble supplication? What terms shall we find, which have not been already exhausted? Let us not, I beseech you, sir,... 
