 | Epes Sargent - American literature - 1857 - 490 pages
...submission and slavery ! Our chains are forged. Their clanking may be heard on the plains of JJo.ston. The war is inevitable, and let it come! I repeat it,...What is it that gentlemen wish ? What would they have ? la life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery ? Forbid... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Elocution - 1858 - 516 pages
...when one shouts "a — ye," or "ship a— hoy," or "f— i— re." EXERCISE ON THE OROTUND. It is vain to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry peace !...What would they have ? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it A1-. mighty God. I know not... | |
 | Lucius Osgood - Elocution - 1858 - 494 pages
...peace. The war is actually begun ! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our cars the clash of resounding arms ! Our brethren are already...? What is it that gentlemen wish*? What would they h»ve*? Is life so dear', or peace so sweet', as to be purchased at the price of chains' and slavery'?... | |
 | Orators - 1859 - 370 pages
...plains of Boston ! The war is inevitable — and let it come ! ! I repeat it, s,ir, let it come ! ! 1 It is in vain, -sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen...me," cried he, with both his arms extended aloft, Bis brows knit, every feature marked with the resolute purpose of his soul, and his voice swelled to... | |
 | Conrad Hume Pinches - 1860 - 480 pages
...Three millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which \ve possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy...What would they have ? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery ? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not... | |
 | Owen Collins - History - 1999 - 464 pages
...war is inevitable - and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come. It is in vain, sir, to extentuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace - but...What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what... | |
 | George Anastaplo - Biography & Autobiography - 2001 - 392 pages
...submission and slavery! Our chains are forged. Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! . . . The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps...What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! — I know not... | |
 | Lewis Copeland, Lawrence W. Lamm, Stephen J. McKenna - History - 1999 - 978 pages
...extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry peace, peace — but there is no peace. The war is actually hegun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring...What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to he purehased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what... | |
 | Alan Axelrod - History - 2000 - 426 pages
..."Peace! Peace!" — but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps down from the north will bring to our ears the clash of...What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? ¡s life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid... | |
 | Virgil McClure Harris - Law - 1999 - 508 pages
...gale that sweeps from the north will bring the clash of resounding arms. Our brethren are already hi the field. Why stand we here idle ? What is it that...What would they have ? Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery ? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what... | |
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Peace — but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish ? What... 
