 | Edward Howland - 1877 - 858 strani
...apprehended and taken before Howe, who ordered him hanged the next morning. His last saying was, " I only regret that I have but one. life to lose for my country." 1776, SEPTEMBER 28. — The convention called in Pennsylvania met in Philadelphia, and... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1878 - 648 strani
...comrade in arms. On the morning of the Sept. 22 twenty-second, as he ascended the gallows, he said : "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." The provost-marshal destroyed his letters, as if grudging his friends a knowledge of the... | |
 | John Jacob Anderson - 1879 - 380 strani
...moment when the tightening cord was to crush the life from his young body forever, Hale exclaimed : ' I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.' " 47. A deep gloom at this time pervaded all classes of the Americans. " Thus far their... | |
 | R. H. Howard, Henry E. Crocker - 1879 - 512 strani
...story of his brutal execution, denied both a Bible and clergy, and of these memorable words of his, " I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country," has enrolled his name among heroes as the young martyr of the American Revolution. In... | |
 | William Swinton, George Rhett Cathcart - 1880 - 204 strani
...the place of execution, and with his last breath spoke these words — words that will never die : " I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." The Romans had a saying : " It is sweet to die for one's native land." But the speech... | |
 | John Jacob Anderson - 1881 - 406 strani
...enemy, and, on the following morning (Sep. 22, 1776), was hung as a spy, saying, with his last breath : "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." 87. In what respects do the case» of Hale and Arnold differ f 93,94 88. Give a sketch... | |
 | Samuel Arthur Bent - 1882 - 638 strani
...lines in Long Island, and procure intelligence, September, 1776; was seized and executed as a spy.] I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country. His last words. "What pity is it That we can die but once to save our country! " ADDISON:... | |
 | William Swinton - 1882 - 252 strani
...to the place of death, and with his last breath spoke these words — words that will never die: " I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." 10. The Romans had a saying, " It is sweet to die for one's native land." But the speech... | |
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