 | George Bemis - 1866 - 304 strani
...puts the speech in character, as he affixed his name to the Declaration of Independence, " Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart for this vote," cannot have been the Adams who, according to General Banks, was yielding up his country's... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1867 - 758 strani
...on that subject. He then supposes Mr. Adams to have replied, in the following language. 1. SINK or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand...in the beginning, we aimed not at independence. But there is a divinity which shapes our ends. The injustice of England has driven us to arms; and blinded... | |
 | John Dudley Philbrick - 1868 - 636 strani
...D. Webster. OX. SUPPOSED SPEECH OF JOHN ADAMS IN FAVOR OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. OINK or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand...in the beginning, we aimed not at independence. But there 'sa Divinity which shapes our ends. The injustice of England has driven us to arms ; and, blinded... | |
 | Thomas Wadleigh Harvey - 1878 - 268 strani
...XIII. — When words are arranged in pairs, each couplet should be set off by commas. Ex. — Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart to this vote. Rule XIV. — Each term of a series of words in the same construction, should be set off by commas.... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1868 - 828 strani
...our country, right or wrong. Toast given at Norfolk. April, 1816. DANIEL WEBSTER. 1782-1852. Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart to this vote.1 Eulogy on Aiiants and Jefferson, Aug. 2, 1826. Independence now and Independence forever.5 IbidWhen... | |
 | Andrew Comstock, Philip Lawrence - 1808 - 596 strani
...SUPPORT OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE. (DANIEL WEBSTER.) Sink or swim, | live or die, | survive or perish, I 1 give my hand, and my heart, to this vote. | It is true, indeed, I that in the beginning, we aimed not at Independence. | But there's a Divinity which shapes our ends.... | |
 | William Fewsmith, Edgar Arthur Singer - 1868 - 250 strani
...language." " Mr. Webster supposes John Adams to have spoken these wordi: ' Sink or swim, live or dio, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart to this vote.' " In introducing a direct quotation of considerable length, the expressions as follows, ete., are often... | |
 | M. S. Mitchell - 1869 - 416 strani
...impassioned emotion — and therefore to any language uttered in the form of shouting. Examples. " Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand...in the beginning, we aimed not at independence. But there is a Divinity which shapes our ends. The injustice of England has driven us to arms; and, blinded... | |
 | Treasury - 1869 - 474 strani
...on hin Trial and Conviction for High Treason, September, 1803. DANIEL WEBSTER. 1782-1852. O INK or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give *"•* my hand and my heart to this vote.* Eulogy on Admus and Jefferson, Aug. 2, 1826. Independence now and Independence for ever.f Ibu>. When... | |
 | 1870 - 314 strani
...of " Expulsive Orotund," I.— "Declamatory" Style. FKOM WEBSTER'S SPEECH OF JOHN ADAMS. " Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart to this vote ! " " Sir, before God, I believe the hour is come. My judg ment approves this measure ; and my whole... | |
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Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart to this vote. 
