 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - 1851 - 328 Seiten
...the strong alone ; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too...may be heard on the plains of Boston ! The war is inevitable — and let it come ! I repeat it, sir, — let it come ! It is vain, sir, to extenuate... | |
 | John Celivergos Zachos - 1851 - 570 Seiten
...strong alone, — it is to the active the vigilant, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election ! If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too...clanking may be heard 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... | |
 | Jacob K. Neff - 1851 - 610 Seiten
...the strong alone ; but to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, we have no longer a choice. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too...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... | |
 | William John Bennett - 1997 - 440 Seiten
...the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too...clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable — and let it come!! I repeat it, sir, let it come!!! "It is vain, sir, to extenuate the... | |
 | Martha Finley - 1997 - 334 Seiten
...no one was more capable of saying such words than Patrick Henry. These are the ones I spoke of. " ' There is no retreat but in submission and slavery. Our chains are already forged. Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston. The next gale that sweeps from... | |
 | Frank R. Shivers - 1998 - 348 Seiten
...Wirt's, not Henry's. Here is the ending of the speech, including Wirt's description of the moment: "There is no retreat but in submission and slavery!...clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable — let it come.'! I repeat it, sir, let it come!!! "It is vain, sir, to extenuate the matter.... | |
 | Owen Collins - 1999 - 464 Seiten
...the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too...clanking may be heard 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 extentuate the... | |
 | George Anastaplo - 2001 - 392 Seiten
...the strong alone, it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too...be heard on the plains of Boston! . . . The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding... | |
 | Alan Axelrod - 2000 - 426 Seiten
...speak: Fightin' Words The House of Burgesses was the lower house of the colonial Assembly of Virgin ia. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery!...clanking may be heard 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... | |
 | Lewis Copeland, Lawrence W. Lamm, Stephen J. McKenna - 1999 - 978 Seiten
...the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too...retire from the contest. There is no retreat, but in suhmission and slavery! Our chains are forged! Their clanking may he heard on the plains of Boston!... | |
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The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the 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 is no retreat but in submission and... 
