| Charles Campbell - 1847 - 220 pagina’s
...was on this occasion that Henry made the celebrated speech, in which he exclaimed : " We must fight; I repeat it sir, we must fight!* An appeal to arms and the God of Hosts, is all that is left us." Measures were taken to promote the culture of wool, cotton,... | |
| Robert Reid Howison - 1848 - 542 pagina’s
...pledged ourselves never to abandon until the object of our contest shall be obtained — we must fight! I repeat it, sir, we must fight ! An appeal to arms and to the God of hosts is all that is left us. • . " There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends... | |
| Elias Lyman Magoon - 1848 - 498 pagina’s
...never to abandon, until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained — we must fight! — I repeat it, sir, we must fight!! An appeal to arms and to the God of Hosts, is all that is left us !" John Randolph said of Patrick Henry, that he was Garrick and Shakspeare combined. That was the most... | |
| Elias Lyman Magoon - 1848 - 492 pagina’s
...never to abandon, until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained —we must fight!—I repeat it, sir, we must fight!! An appeal to arms and to the God of Hosts, is all that is left us!" John Randolph said of Patrick Henry, that he was Garrick and Shakspeare combined. That was the most... | |
| Salem Town - 1848 - 300 pagina’s
...never to abandon, until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained — we must fight!—I repeat it, sir, we must fight!! An appeal to arms and to the God of Hosts, is all that is left us! LESSON LXXXII . ONE CENTURY AFTER WASHINGTON. GENTLEMEN, we are at the point of a century from the... | |
| Jared Sparks - 1848 - 544 pagina’s
...ourselves never to abandon, until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained ; we must fight ! I repeat it, Sir, we must fight ! An appeal to arms, and to the God of hosts, is all that is "eft us. " They tell us, Sir, that we are weak ; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But... | |
| A. J. Langguth - 1989 - 644 pagina’s
...standing out white and rigid. He said that if the colonists wished to be free, they must fight. "I repeat, sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms and to the God of Hosts is all that is left to us. "They tell us, sir, that we are weak— unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But... | |
| 1889 - 1032 pagina’s
...there lies something nobler. " '.i. Mark Inflections in following, with the reasons for each: "Tliey tell us sir. that we are weak— unable to cope with...stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year?" "StU'iies serve for delight, for ornament and for ability. Their cbiel use for delight is in privateuess... | |
| Suzy Platt - 1992 - 550 pagina’s
...ourselves never to abandon, until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained— we must fight!— I repeat it, sir, we must fight!! An appeal to arms and to the God of Hosts, is all that is left us! PATRICK HENRY, speech to the Virginia Convention, Richmond, Virginia, March 23, 1775.— William Wirt,... | |
| William J. Federer, William Joseph Federer - 1994 - 868 pagina’s
...violence and insult; our supplications have been disregarded; and we have been spurned, with contempt.... An appeal to arms and to the God of Hosts is all that is left us! ....Sir, we are not weak, if we make a proper use of the means which the God of nature hath placed... | |
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