 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1840 - 212 Seiten
...it, sirs, we must fight! ! An appeal to arms and to the God of hosts, is all that is left its ! — Gentlemen may cry, peace, peace — but there is no...already in the field ! why stand we here idle ? What is it that gentlemen wish t What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased... | |
 | 1840 - 452 Seiten
...of Boston. The war is inevitable — and let it come!! I repeat it, sir, let it come ! ! ! It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may...north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arras ! Our brethren are already in the field '. VVhy stand we here idle ? What is it that gentlemen... | |
 | 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
...Boston ! The war is inevitable — and let it come ! ! I repeat it, sir, let it come ! ! ! ' " It is vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may...already in the field ! Why stand we here idle ? What is it that gentlemen wish ? What would they have ? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - 1841 - 410 Seiten
...Boston. | The war is inevitable ; | and let it come ! | I repeat it, sir — | let it come ! ! | It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. | Gentlemen may...brethren are already in the field, ! | Why stand we here Ldle ? | What is it that gentlemen wish' ? | What would they have, ? | Is life so dear, | or peace... | |
 | Moses Severance - 1841 - 316 Seiten
...— and let it come ! ! I repeat it, sir, let it come ! ! ! 11. " It is in vain, sir, to extenuateb the matter. Gentlemen may cry peace — peace, —...already in the field ! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased... | |
 | 1841 - 618 Seiten
...Boston ! The war is inevitable — and let it come ! ! I repeat it, sir, let it come ! ! ! ' " It is vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may...resounding arms ! Our brethren are already in the field ! Whv stand we here idle ? What is it that gentlemen wish ? What would they have ? Is life so dear,... | |
 | James Silk Buckingham - 1841 - 538 Seiten
...forged. Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston. The war is inevitable ; and let it come ! Gentlemen may cry peace, peace, but there is no peace. The war is actually begun !" This was said on the 23d of March, and on the 19th of the following month, April, the first blood... | |
 | Francis Alexander Durivage - 1841 - 794 Seiten
...sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen miy cry, peace, peace — but there is no peace. The war has actually begun. " The next gale, that sweeps from the north, will bring to our cars the clash of resounding arms ! Our brethren are already in the rield ! Why stand we here idle... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1849 - 316 Seiten
...Boston ! The war is inevitable — and let it come ! — I repeat it, sir, let it come ! 11. It is vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may...are already in the field ! Why stand we here idle 1 What is it that gentlemen wish ? what would they have 1 Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1843 - 320 Seiten
...Boston ! The war is inevitable — and let it come ! ! I repeat it, sir, let it come ! ! .' " It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may...already in the field ! Why stand we here idle ? What is it that gentlemen wish ? What would they have ? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased... | |
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Peace, 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... 
