 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...  The London Magazine - Stran 4191822Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Andrew Comstock - 1853 - 456 strani
...the ac'tive, \ the brave,. | Besides, sir, | we have no election. | If we were base enough to desire1 it. \ it is now too late to retire from the contest. | There is no retread | but in submission, and slavery. Our chains are forged — | their clanking may be heard on... | |
 | William John Bennett - 1997 - 440 strani
...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...Our chains are forged. Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable — and let it come!! I repeat it, sir, let it come!!!... | |
 | Martha Finley - 1997 - 334 strani
...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 strani
...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!...Our chains are forged. Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable — let it come.'! I repeat it, sir, let it come!!!... | |
 | George Anastaplo - 2001 - 392 strani
...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...Our chains are forged. Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! . . . The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north... | |
 | Owen Collins - 1999 - 464 strani
...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...Our chains are forged! Their 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... | |
 | Lewis Copeland, Lawrence W. Lamm, Stephen J. McKenna - 1999 - 978 strani
...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 suhmission and slavery! Our chains are forged! Their clanking may he heard on the plains of Boston!... | |
 | Alan Axelrod - 2000 - 426 strani
...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!...Our chains are forged. Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable — and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come!... | |
 | Curtis Hutson - 2000 - 264 strani
...alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. It we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire...Our chains are forged! Their 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... | |
 | Diane Ravitch - 2000 - 662 strani
...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...Our chains are forged! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable — and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come!... | |
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