 | Samuel Niles Sweet - Elocution - 1846 - 340 pages
...vigilant, the 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...— and let it come ! I repeat it, sir, let it come ! ! 10. It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry peace, peace, — but there... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - Elocution - 1846 - 310 pages
...the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it it now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat, but in submissiop and slavery ! Our chains are forged. Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston!... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - Elocution - 1847 - 344 pages
...vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we are base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There...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 war... | |
 | Phrenology - 1847 - 408 pages
...vigilant, the 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...! ! I repeat it, sir, let it come ! ! ! " ' It is vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, peace, peace, but there is no peace. The war... | |
 | Salem Town - American literature - 1847 - 420 pages
...vigilant, the 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...and let it come ! ! I repeat it, sir, let it come ! ! ! 11. It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, peace ; but there... | |
 | William Wirt - Ithaca (N.Y.) - 1847 - 330 pages
...vigilant, the 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...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... | |
 | Elocution - 1847 - 312 pages
...the 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, hut in submission and slavery ! Our chains are forged. Their clanking may be heard on the plains of... | |
 | Robert Reid Howison - Virginia - 1848 - 542 pages
...vigilant, the 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...inevitable, and let it come. I repeat it, sir, let it come. " Gentlemen may cry peace ! peace ! but there is no peace. The war is already begun. The next gale... | |
 | Elocution - 1848 - 310 pages
...the 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...— and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come ! would they have ? — Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to he purchased at the price of chains... | |
 | David Bates Tower - 1853 - 444 pages
...vigilant, the 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...Our chains are forged. Their clanking may be heard ou the plains of Boston. The war is inevitable — and let it come. I repeat it, sir, — let it come.... | |
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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... 
