 | James D. McCabe - 1874 - 974 strani
...September 22d, without any form of trial, was hanged as a spy. He met his death with firmness, saying : " I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." In the meantime the British had seized the islands at the mouth of the Harlem river, and... | |
 | GEORGE BANCROFT. - 1875 - 518 strani
...22, to a comrade in arms. On the morning of the 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... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1875 - 274 strani
...sister were destroyed, and his request for a Bible or a clergyman was denied. His last words were : " I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." An antograph manuscript of one of Hale's college orations, still preserved in the archives... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1876 - 766 strani
...judge, ordered for execution tlie next morning at daybreak, liis patriot spirit shone forth in his dyine words — "I only regret" that I have but one life to lose for inj country. 23 liim, I delivered him confidential papers in my OWB b writing to deliver to your Kxct/llem-v."... | |
 | Cornelius Van Santvoord, Tayler Lewis - 1876 - 418 strani
...was the grandmother of Captain Nathan Hale, executed as a spy by Sir William Howe, and whose dying words : " I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country," will keep his memory fragrant so long as patriotic devotion is honored among men. The... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1876 - 358 strani
...next morning. He was not allowed a Bible, nor the attendance of a minister. His last words were, " I only regret that I have but one life to lose for mv country." » Near the present Thirty-sixth Street. < See p. 117, It 14. QCKSTIONS. — 5. What did... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1876 - 650 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... | |
 | Increase Niles Tarbox - 1876 - 422 strani
...British lines as a spy ; was detected and executed, dying with those memorable words upon his lips, " I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." The American army, having now been brought into a position where it was hazardous to attack... | |
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