 I know that Great Britain is determined on her system; and that very determination determines me on mine. You know I have been constant and uniform in opposition to all her measures. The die is now cast, I have passed the Rubicon; sink or swim, live or...  The Works of William H. Seward - Page 77by William Henry Seward - 1853Full view - About this book
 | William Wirt - 1826 - 690 pages
...and uniform " in opposition to her designs. The die is now cast. " I have passed the Ruhicon. Sink or swim, live or " die, survive or perish with my country, is my unal" terable determination." He accordingly took his seat: and with what activity and effect he discharged... | |
 | William Cranch - 1827 - 140 pages
...in opposition to all her measures. The die is now cast; I have passed the Rubicon ; swim or sink — live or die — survive or perish, with my country, is my unalterable determination." The conversation was terminated by Mr. Adams saying to his friend, " I see we must part ; and with... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Henry Vethake - 1829 - 666 pages
...and uniform in opposition to lier designs. The die is now cast. I have passed the Rubicon. Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish with my country, is my fixed, unalterable determination."" On" bidding him adieu, Mr. A. said to his friend, " I see we must... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Henry Vethake - 1829 - 644 pages
...constant and uniform in opposition to her designs. The die is now cast. I have passed the Rubicon. Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish with my country, is my fixed, unalterable determination." On bidding him adieu, Mr. A. said to his friend, " I see we must... | |
 | William Allen - 1832 - 816 pages
...accepting this appointment, he said; " the die is now cast: 1 have passed the Rubicon : swim or sink, live or die, survive or perish with my country is my unalterable determination. ' Thus he parted with his tory friend, nor did he converse with him again till 1788. He took his seat... | |
 | Francis Alexander Durivage - 1835 - 792 pages
...and uniform in my opposition to her designs. The die ie now cast. I have passed the Rubicon. Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish with my country is my fixed, unalterable determination." Mr. Adams took his seat in Congress the first day of the session,... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1839 - 304 pages
...associates in destruction — he replied, "The die is now cast. I hare passed the Rubicon. Sink or swim. — live or die, — survive or perish with my country, — is my fixed unalterable determination." He was actively engaged during our revolutionary struggle, either... | |
 | 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 pages
...attorney-general for Massachusetts in 1774: — 'The die is now cast. I have passed the Rubicon. To sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish with my country, is my unalterable determination.' The passage would be materially improved by leaving out the words ' survive or perish ;' but a leaning... | |
 | Peleg Whitman Chandler - 1841 - 462 pages
...Mr. Adams, at that time and under those circumstances, uttered the well known exclamation, "sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, with my country is my unalterable resolution." He terminated the deeply interesting conversation by saying; " I see we 36 must part,... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1844 - 548 pages
...uttered the memorable words, — " The die is now cast ; I have passed the Rubicon ; swim or sink, live or die, survive or perish with my country, is my unalterable determination." Thus they parted, to meet no more till the " declaration " had been made good, and Adams had " a country... | |
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