 | George Washington - 1847 - 574 Seiten
...Mr. Henry uttered his memorable declaration; — "We must fight! I repeat it, Sir, we must fight ! An appeal to arms and to the God of Hosts is all that is left to us ! " The resolutions were carried, and a plan adopted for putting them in execution. Washington... | |
 | Charles Jacobs Peterson - 1848 - 586 Seiten
...to the fervid oratory of the speaker. " We must fight. I repeat it, sir, we must fight," said Henry. "An appeal to arms, and to the God of hosts, is all that is left us." It was his high sense of duty, no meaner motive, which led Washington to accept the command of the... | |
 | Elias Lyman Magoon - 1848 - 492 Seiten
...glorious object of our contest shall be obtained —we must fight!—I repeat it, sir, we must fight!! An appeal to arms and to the God of Hosts, is all that is left us!" John Randolph said of Patrick Henry, that he was Garrick and Shakspeare combined. That was the most... | |
 | Salem Town - 1848 - 300 Seiten
...glorious object of our contest shall be obtained — we must fight!—I repeat it, sir, we must fight!! An appeal to arms and to the God of Hosts, is all that is left us! LESSON LXXXII . ONE CENTURY AFTER WASHINGTON. GENTLEMEN, we are at the point of a century from the... | |
 | Robert Reid Howison - 1848 - 542 Seiten
...until the object of our contest shall be obtained — we must fight! I repeat it, sir, we must fight ! An appeal to arms and to the God of hosts is all that is left us. • . " There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends... | |
 | Jared Sparks - 1848 - 544 Seiten
...glorious object of our contest shall be obtained ; we must fight ! I repeat it, Sir, we must fight ! An appeal to arms, and to the God of hosts, is all that is "eft us. " They tell us, Sir, that we are weak ; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But... | |
 | Thomas King Greenbank - 1849 - 446 Seiten
...the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained, we must fight, I 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 and unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1857 - 1384 Seiten
...hand. We must fight, Mr. Speaker," exclaimed he, emphatically ; " I repeat it, sir, we must fight ! An appeal to arms, and to the God of Hosts, is all that is left us ! " Washington joined him in the conviction, and was one of a committee that reported a plan for carrying... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1850 - 318 Seiten
...object of our contest shall be obtained — we must fight ! — I 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 with so formidable an adversary. But when... | |
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... we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained, we must fight ; I repeat it. sir, we must fight... 
