 | 1853 - 566 Seiten
...poverty, wretchedness and contempt ? Can jou consent to wade through the vile mire of dependency, and one the miserable remnant of that life to charity, which...honor? If you can — go ! and carry with you the scorn of Tories, the contempt of Whigs ; the ridicule, and what is worse, the pity, of the world !... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1857 - 1194 Seiten
...sufferers by this Revolution, and, retiring from the field, grow old in poverty, wretchedness, and contempt? Can you consent to wade through the vile...the pity of the world ! Go, starve and be forgotten ! But if your spirits should revolt at this ; if you have sense enough to discover, and spirit sufficient... | |
 | 1855 - 1226 Seiten
...only sufferers by this revolution, and retiring from the field, grow old in poverty, wretchedness and contempt ? Can you consent to wade through the vile...charity which has hitherto been spent in honor ? If yon can— go, and carry with you the jatt of Tories and tin tcorn of Whigs, the ridicule, and what... | |
 | George Washington - 1855 - 586 Seiten
...sufferers by this revolution, and, retiring from the field, grow old in poverty, wretchedness, and contempt? Can you consent to wade through the vile...to charity, which has hitherto been spent in honor 1 If you can, go, and carry with you the jest of Tories, and the scorn of Whigs ; the ridicule, and... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1855 - 748 Seiten
...from the field, they are to grow old in poverty, ' wretchedness, and contempt ; if they are to wade 1 through the vile mire of dependency, and owe ' the...miserable remnant of that life to charity. ' which hitherto has been spent in honor, then shall ' I have learnt what ingratitude is; then shall I ' have... | |
 | 1855 - 624 Seiten
...submission to such injury and contumely, as exposing the high-spirited soldier to " the jest of lories and the scorn of whigs ; the ridicule, and, what is worse, the pity of the world." Finally, the writer called upon his fellow-soldiers, never to sheath their swords until they had obtained... | |
 | J. T. Headley - 1856 - 520 Seiten
...remainder of the night in such scenes of revelry and riot that it was called simply the " Temple." tempt? Can you consent to wade through the vile mire of dependency,...charity which has hitherto been spent in honor ? If you can—go, and carry with you the jests of Tories and the scorn of Whigs, the ridicule, and what is... | |
 | 1856 - 654 Seiten
...if, retiring from the field, they are to grow old in poverty, wretchedness, and contempt; if tbcy are to wade through the vile mire of dependency, and owe the miserable remnant of that life to charity whic h baa hitherto been spent in honor, then shall I have learned what ingratitude is ; then shall... | |
 | Charles Wentworth Upham - 1856 - 406 Seiten
...old in poverty, wretchedness, and contempt ; if they are to wade through the vile mire of dependancy, and owe the miserable remnant of that life to charity, which has hitherto been spent in honor ;' then shall I have learned what ingratitude is ; then shall I have realized a tale, which will imbitter... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1856 - 600 Seiten
...to whom this younger officer was aide-de-camp. Addressing the army, the anonymous writer had said, " Can you consent to wade through the vile mire of dependency, and owe the miserahle remnant of that life to charity which has hitherto heen spent in honor ? If you can, go,... | |
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Can you then consent to be the only sufferers by this revolution ; and, retiring from the field, grow old in poverty, wretchedness, and contempt ? Can you consent to wade through the vile mire of dependency, and owe the miserable remnant of that life... 
