 | Henry Winsor - 1839 - 250 pages
...clash of resounding arms ; our brethren are already in the field ! Why stand we here idle ? What is it gentlemen wish ? What would they have ? Is life so dear or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains or slavery.' Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what... | |
 | 1840 - 554 pages
...; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were Aase enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire...What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery ? Forbid it, Almighty God ! I know not... | |
 | 1840 - 452 pages
...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 wish!...•what would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery ? Forbid it, Almighty God ! I know not... | |
 | Samuel George Arnold - 1840 - 238 pages
...all that is left us ! Gentlemen may cry, Peace, peace ; but there is no peace. What is it that they wish ? What would they have ? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery ? Forbid it, Almighty God ! I know not... | |
 | 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
...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...What would they have ? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery ? Forbid it, Almighty God ! — I know... | |
 | Moses Severance - 1841 - 316 pages
...— 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, —...What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery ? Forbid it, Almighty God ! — I know... | |
 | 1841 - 618 pages
...north will bring to our ears the clash of 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, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery ? Forbid it, Almighty God ! — I know... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - 1841 - 410 pages
...clash of resounding arms, ! | Our 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 so sweet, | as to be purchased at the price of chains, and sla'very ? * | I know not what course Otirers... | |
 | Francis Alexander Durivage - 1841 - 794 pages
...north, will bring to our cars the clash of resounding arms ! Our brethren are already in the rield ! Why stand we here idle ? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is lile во dear, or peace во sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery ? Forbid... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1843 - 320 pages
...battle, sir, is not to the strong alone ; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire...What would they have ? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery ? Forbid it, Almighty God ! — I know... | |
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It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. 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... 
