 | Henry Mann - 1896 - 350 pages
...I repeat it, sir, let it come ! ! ! "It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry peace, peace — but there is no peace. The war is...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 at the... | |
 | Ovid - 1817 - 498 pages
...vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry peace, peace, but there is no peace. The war has actually begun. The next gale that sweeps from the...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 at the... | |
 | A citizen of Pittsburgh - 1818 - 276 pages
...I repeat it, Sir, let it come ! ! ! It is in vain, Sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, peace, peace — but there is no peace ! The war is...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 at the... | |
 | 1822 - 734 pages
...Boston. The war is inevitable, and let it come. It is in vain to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry. peace, peace. But there is no peace. The war is actually...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 at the... | |
 | Hezekiah Niles - 1822 - 526 pages
...repeat it, sir — L>. r IT com!!! "It is m vain, sir, to extenuate the matter: Gentlemen may cry, "peace peace;" but there is no peace; the war is actually...already in the field! Why stand we here idle?— What 'a it that gentlemen wish? What would they bave? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, u to be purchased... | |
 | Hezekiah Niles - 1822 - 514 pages
...is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter: Genii e men may cry, "peace peace;" but there is no pence; the war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps...are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? — \Vbat is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to... | |
 | Thomas Jones Rogers - 1823 - 382 pages
...repeat it, sir, let it come ! ! ! '.It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry peace, peace; but there is no peace. The war is actually...of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the fiejd! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin French - 1820 - 370 pages
...fight ! ! An appeal to arms and to the God of hosts, is all that is left us ! — Gentlemen may cry, peace, peace — but there is no peace. The war is...the field ! why stand we here idle \ What is it that gentlemen wish 1 What would they have 1 Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin French - 1825 - 378 pages
...fight ! ! An appeal to arms and to the God of hosts, is all that is left us ! — Gentlemen may cry, peace, peace — but there is no peace. The war is...are already in the field ! why stand we here idle I What is it that gentlemen wish 1 What would they have 1 Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to... | |
 | 1826 - 376 pages
...of hosts, is all that is left us." " It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, peace ! peace! but there is no peace. The war is actually...the field ! why stand we here idle ? What is it that gentlemen wish ? What would they have ? Is life so dear, and peace so sweet, as to be purchased at... | |
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Gentlemen may cry, 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? What is... 
