 | L. Carroll Judson - 1839 - 364 pages
...repeat it, sir, we must fight ! An appeal to arras and the God of Hosts is all that is left us! It is vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may...there is no peace. The war is actually begun. The nest gale that comes from the north, will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren... | |
 | Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1840 - 554 pages
...on the plains of Boston ! The war is inevitable — and let it come ! I repeat it, sir, let it come. It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen...What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery ? Forbid it, Almighty God ! I know not... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Biography - 1840 - 212 pages
...it, sirs, we must fight! ! An appeal to arms and to the God of hosts, is all that is left its ! — Gentlemen may cry, peace, peace — but there is no...stand we here idle ? What is it that gentlemen wish t What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains... | |
 | Oratory - 1840 - 452 pages
...the plains of Boston. The war is inevitable — and let it come!! I repeat it, sir, let it come ! ! ! It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen...north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arras ! Our brethren are already in the field '. VVhy stand we here idle ? What is it that gentlemen... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1841 - 682 pages
...Boston ! The war is inevitable — and let it come ! ! I repeat it, sir, let it come ! ! ! ' " It is vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may...What would they have ? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery ? Forbid it, Almighty God ! — I know... | |
 | Moses Severance - Readers - 1841 - 316 pages
...— and let it come ! ! I repeat it, sir, let it come ! ! ! 11. " It is in vain, sir, to extenuateb the matter. Gentlemen may cry peace — peace, —...What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery ? Forbid it, Almighty God ! — I know... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - Elocution - 1841 - 410 pages
...of Boston. | The war is inevitable ; | and let it come ! | I repeat it, sir — | let it come ! ! | It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. | Gentlemen...brethren are already in the field, ! | Why stand we here Ldle ? | What is it that gentlemen wish' ? | What would they have, ? | Is life so dear, | or peace... | |
 | 1841 - 618 pages
...Boston ! The war is inevitable — and let it come ! ! I repeat it, sir, let it come ! ! ! ' " It is vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may...resounding arms ! Our brethren are already in the field ! Whv stand we here idle ? What is it that gentlemen wish ? What would they have ? Is life so dear,... | |
 | Francis Alexander Durivage - Chronology, Historical - 1841 - 794 pages
...north, will bring to our cars the clash of resounding arms ! Our brethren are already in the rield ! Why stand we here idle ? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is lile во dear, or peace во sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery ? Forbid... | |
 | James Silk Buckingham - Atlantic States - 1841 - 538 pages
...forged. Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston. The war is inevitable ; and let it come ! Gentlemen may cry peace, peace, but there is no peace. The war is actually begun !" This was said on the 23d of March, and on the 19th of the following month, April, the first blood... | |
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Peace, peace! — but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms ! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen... 
