 We have held the subject up in every light of which it is capable; but it has been all in vain. Shall we resort to entreaty and humble supplication? What terms shall we find, which have not been already exhausted? Let us not, I beseech you, sir, deceive...  Famous Orators of the World and Their Best Orations - Page 21by Charles Morris - 1902 - 639 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Buckley Smith - 1858 - 310 pages
...entreaty and humble supplication? What terms shall we find which have not been already exhausted ? Let us not, I beseech you, sir, deceive ourselves...the tyrannical hands of the ministry and parliament. The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms ! Our... | |
 | Charles C. B. Seymour - 1858 - 606 pages
...and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past. * * * Let us not, I beseech you, sir, deceive ourselves longer. Sir, we have done every thing that could be done to avert the storm which is coming on. We have petitioned ; we have... | |
 | Lucius Osgood - 1858 - 494 pages
...entreaty and humble supplication' ? What terms shall we find that have not been already exhausted*? Let us not, I beseech you, sir, deceive ourselves longer. Sir, we have done every thing that could be done, to avert the storm that is now coming on. We have petitioned; we have... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1858 - 516 pages
...words or ideas. EXAMPLES. Temperance promotes health. The power of faith was the preacher's subject. We have petitioned ; we have REMONSTRATED ; we have SUPPLICATED; we have PROSTRATED ourselves at the foot of the throne. AWAKE ! ARISE ! or be forever fallen. 'T is horrible! 't is hideous! 't... | |
 | United States. Adjutant-General's Office - 1922 - 44 pages
...spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst and to provide for it. Sir, we have done everything that could be done to...interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the Minister and Parliament. Our petitions have been slighted ; our remonstrances have produced additional... | |
 | Henry Howard Roberts - 1923 - 210 pages
...terms shall we find which have not been already exhausted ? Let us not, I beseech you, sir, deceive ,_, ourselves longer. Sir, we have done everything that...; we have prostrated ourselves before the throne, 01 and have implored its interposition to arrest the tyrannical '{ hands of the ministry and parliament.... | |
 | Joseph Albert Mosher - 1920 - 668 pages
...terms shall we find which have not been already exhausted ? Let us not, I beseech you, sir, deceive mfs ourselves longer. Sir, we have done everything that...coming on. We have petitioned, we have remonstrated, mfs mot we have supplicated ; we have prosm 1 s trated ourselves before the throne, if P and have implored... | |
 | Fred Lewis Pattee - 1922 - 1086 pages
...entreaty and humble 5 supplication? What terms shall we find, which have not been already exhausted? Let us not, I beseech you, sir, deceive ourselves longer. Sir, we have done every thing that could be done, to avert i0 the storm which is now coming on. We have petitioned —... | |
 | Frederick Clarke Prescott, John Herbert Nelson - 1925 - 302 pages
...entreaty and humble supplication? What terms shall we find, which have not been already exhausted ? Let us not, I beseech you, sir, deceive ourselves...to avert the storm which is now coming on. We have petitioned—we have remonstrated—we have supplicated—we have prostrated -ourselves before the... | |
 | 1926 - 328 pages
...entreaty and humble supplication ? What terms shall we find which have not been already exhausted ? Let us not, I beseech you, sir, deceive ourselves...interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry of Parliament. Our petitions have been slighted ; our remonstrances have produced additional violence... | |
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