 The liberty of the whole earth was depending on the issue of the contest, and was ever such a prize won .with so little innocent blood ? My own affections have been deeply wounded by some of the martyrs to this cause, but rather than it should have failed,...  The Land We Live in: Or, The Story of Our Country - Stran 191avtor: Henry Mann - 1896 - 336 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Robert W. Tucker, David C. Hendrickson - 1992 - 377 strani
...he doubted that such a prize was ever "won with so little innocent blood." His own affections were "deeply wounded by some of the martyrs to this cause,...seen half the earth desolated. Were there but an Adam & an Eve left in every country, 6c left free, it would be better than as it now is." 49 His fear that... | |
 | Michael James Lacey, Knud Haakonssen - 1992 - 492 strani
...depending on the issue of the contest, and was ever such a prize won with so little innocent blood? My own affections have been deeply wounded by some...failed, I would have seen half the earth desolated" (p. 1004). In another letter to de Nemours (18 January 1802, p. 1101), Jefferson states: "What is practicable... | |
 | Liah Greenfeld - 1992 - 600 strani
...battle. It was necessary to use the arm of the people, a machine . . . blind to a certain degree . . . My own affections have been deeply wounded by some...than it should have failed I would have seen half of the earth desolated; were there but an Adam and an Eve left in every country, and left free, it... | |
 | Peter S. Onuf - 1993 - 500 strani
...to the benefits derived by the people. He continued, in lines that would become famous and infamous: "My own affections have been deeply wounded by some...seen half the earth desolated. Were there but an Adam & an Eve left in every country, & left free, it would be better than as it now is." Furthermore, Jefferson... | |
 | James Roger Sharp - 1993 - 388 strani
...he had lost some close friends to the terror, he said that rather than see the revolution fail, he "would have seen half the earth desolated." Were "there but an Adam and Eve left in every country, and left free, it would be better than as it now is," he said. Although... | |
 | Norman K. Risjord - 1994 - 228 strani
...liberty of the whole earth was depending on the issue of the contest," he explained. He admitted that his "own affections have been deeply wounded by some of the martyrs to this cause." But rather than see it fail, "I would have seen half the earth desolated. Were there but an Adam and an Eve left in... | |
 | Stanley M. Elkins, Eric McKitrick - 1995 - 952 strani
...the contest, and was ever such a pri2e won with so little innocent blood? My own affections have heen deeply wounded by some of the martyrs to this cause,...seen half the earth desolated. Were there but an Adam & an Eve left in every country, & left free, it would he hetter than as it now is. Jefferson was quite... | |
 | Conor Cruise O'Brien - 1996 - 404 strani
...1/2". Courtesy of Charles Francis Adams. Book and jacket design: Julia Robling Griest Primed in the USA "My own affections have been deeply wounded by some...failed, I would have seen half the earth desolated." — Thomas Jefferson to William Short, January 3, 1793 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS ISBN D-22b-hLbS3-3|... | |
 | Conor Cruise O'Brien - 1996 - 390 strani
...and Eve letter, in the light of the matters under discussion in the present chapter. Jefferson wrote: My own affections have been deeply wounded by some of the martyrs of this cause but rather than it should have failed, I would have seen half the earth desolated. Were... | |
 | Conor Cruise O'Brien - 1996 - 390 strani
...and Eve letter, in the light of the matters under discussion in the present chapter. Jefferson wrote: My own affections have been deeply wounded by some of the martyrs of this cause but rather than it should have failed, I would have seen half the earth desolated. Were... | |
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