 They tell us, sir, that we are weak — unable to cope with so formidable an adversary; but when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in...  Essentials of English Composition - Seite 162von Horace Sumner Tarbell, Martha Tarbell - 1902 - 281 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Andrew Comstock - 1841 - 410 Seiten
...'and to the God of Hosts, | 2is all that is left us. | They tell us, sir, | that we are weaA', — | unable to cope' with so formidable an adversary. |...when shall we be strong'er ? | Will it be the next weeA' — | or the next year ; | Will it be when we are totally disarmed' ; | and when a British guard... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1841 - 682 Seiten
...a series of resolutions for arming the colony : — ' " They tell us, sir," continued Mr. Henry, " that we are weak — unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. I5ut when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week or the next year? Will it be when we are totally... | |
 | Sullivan Hardy Weston - 1841 - 52 Seiten
...hit'st it. Tell.—True—I did not think of that—I wonder 1 did not think of that. They tell us, sir, we are weak, unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But if a man were present now at a field of slaughter, and were to inquire for what they were fighting—"Fighting... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1849 - 316 Seiten
...repeat it, sir, we must fight ! An appeal to arms, and to the God of hosts, is all that is left us. 8. They tell us, sir, that we are weak — unable to...irresolution and inaction ? Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance by lying supinely on our backs, and hugging the delusive phantom of hope, until... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1843 - 320 Seiten
...repeat it, sir, we must fight ! ! An appeal to arms and to the God of Hosts, is all that is left us !" " They tell us, sir, that we are weak — unable to...irresolution and inaction ? Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance by lying supinely on our backs, and hugging the delusive phantom of hope, until... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - 1843 - 324 Seiten
...it, Sir — we must fight ! ! An appeal to arms and to the God of hosts, is all that is left us ! 7. They tell us, Sir, that we are weak — unable to...Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction 1 Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance by lying supinely on our backs, and hugging the... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1843 - 524 Seiten
...NECESSITY OF RESISTANCE. — Henry. They tell us, that we are weak, unable to cope with so foiw midable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger ? Will it be the next week, or the next year ? Wrill it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard sliall be stationed in every house... | |
 | Jared Sparks - 1844 - 434 Seiten
...repeat it, Sir, we must fight ! An appeal to arms, and to the God of hosts, is all that is left us. " They tell us, Sir, that we are weak ; unable to cope...irresolution and inaction ? Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance by lying supinely on our backs, and hugging the delusive phantom of hope, until... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 370 Seiten
...After proceeding for some time in a strain of lofty eloquence, he closed in these stirring words : " They tell us, sir, that we are weak — unable to...irresolution and inaction ? Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance by lying supinely on our backs, and indulging the delusive phantom of hope,... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1844 - 900 Seiten
...NECESSITY or RESISTANCE. — Henry. They tell us, that we are weak, unable to cope with so for midable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger ? Will...irresolution, and inaction ? Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance, by lying supinely on our backs, and hugging the delusive phantom of hope,... | |
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