 | Thomas Hunter - 1884 - 670 strani
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 | 1885 - 446 strani
...the martyr spy. On it is no inscription save the date of his birth and death, and his last memorable words, " I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." The situation is one of great natural beauty. From the eminence on which the monument... | |
 | Thomas Hunter - 1884 - 670 strani
...to revive concord and harmony in a distracted land 35. We have met the enemy, and they are ours. 36. I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country. 37. I request you to witness to the world that I die like a brave man. 38. I know not what... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1886 - 218 strani
...evidently sympathetic spectators, and with a calm, clear voice pronounced the last words uttered by him : " I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country ! " * The place of Hale's execution has been a subject of conjecture. Some have supposed... | |
 | Richard Gilmour - 1885 - 296 strani
...disgraceful death, Hale bore himself with manly dignity. When asked for a dying confession, he replied, "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country!" and with these heroic words on his lips he passed into eternity. 15. Thus died a pure,... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1886 - 202 strani
...evidently sympathetic spectators, and with a calm, clear voice pronounced the last words uttered by him : " I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country ! " * The place of Hale's execution has been a subject of conjecture. Some have supposed... | |
 | 1886 - 836 strani
...be hanged as a spy the next morning. His execution took place Sept. 22, 1776, his last words being, "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." His Life, was published by IW Stuart (Hartford" 1856). "HALE. NATHAN (1784-1863), an American... | |
 | 1886 - 372 strani
...declared in the House of Commons that "Americans can not fight?" 33. Who was executed in 1776 exclaiming, "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country ? ' ' 34. The wife of what general set fire to his wheat fields to prevent their falling... | |
 | 1898 - 864 strani
...said. " Sir, I would prefer to be right than to be president." The last words of Nathan Hale were, " I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." William Penn coined the phrase. " I prefer the honestly simple to the ingeniously wicked."... | |
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