..."Expulsive Orotund." 1 . — " Declamatory " Style. FROM WEBSTER'S SPEECH OF JOHN ADAMS. " Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart to this vote ! " " Sir, before God, I believe the hour is come. My judgment approves this measure ; and my whole...

...of "Expulsive Orotund." 1. — "Declamatory" Style. FROM WEBSTER'S SPEECH OF JOHN ADAMS. " Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart to this vote ! " " Sir, before God, I believe the hour is come. My judgment approves this measure ; and my whole...

...oration, as having been delivered by him in the Philadelphia Convention, in 1776, commencing, " Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart to this vote," has been often mistaken for the production of Mr. Adams himself: it follows so inimitably Mr. Adams'...

...ADAMS, ETC. SECT. CCLXIV. SUPPOSED SPEECH OF JOHN ADAMS IN SUP* PORT OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE. 1 SINK or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand,...my heart, to this vote. It is true, indeed, that in 2 the beginning, we aimed not at Independence' ; but there's a Divinity which shapes our ends. The...

...expiated our rashness, and atoned for our presumption, on the scaffold.' It was for Mr. Adams to repl^ to arguments, like these. We know his opinions and we know his character. He would commence with accustomed directness and earnestness. ' Siuk or swim, live or die, sur vive or perish, I give my hand...

...a misled people, shall have expiated our rashness and atoned for our presumption on the scaffold." It was for Mr. Adams to reply to arguments like these....commence with his accustomed directness and earnestness. 1" Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart to this vote. It is true,...

...OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE. (DANIEL WEBSTER.) SinA: or swim, | live or die, I survive or perish, 1 1 give my hand, and my heart, to this vote. | It is true, indeed, | thai in the beginning, | we aimed noi at Independence. I Bui there's a Divinity which shapes our...

...our presumption, on the scaffold. CXXSVIL— SUPPOSED SPEECH OF ADAMS IS HEPLY. DANIEL WEBSTER. or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and ray heart to this vote. It is true, indeed, that in the heginru'ng, we aimed not at independence. But...

...a misled people, shall have expiated our rashness and atoned for our presumption on the scaffold." It was for Mr. Adams to reply to arguments like these....survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart to $iis vote. It is true, indeed, that in the beginning we aimed not at independence. But there 'sa Divinity...

...a misled people, shall have expiated our rashness and atoned for our presumption on the scaflbld." It- was for Mr. Adams to reply to arguments like these. We know Ms opinions, and we know his character. He would commence with his accustomed directness and earnestness....