| John Hall - 1845 - 354 Seiten
...cannot conquer America. If I were an American , as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troopv remained in my country', I never would lay down my arms — never' — never' — never'. Socrates' died like a philosopher', but Jesus Christ' like a G6d. Ye stubborn oaks' and stately pines',... | |
| Charles MacFarlane - 1846 - 472 Seiten
...struggle, however prolonged, must end in our defeat, he exclaimed — " You may swell every expense, and every effort, still more extravagantly ; pile...never would lay down my arms — never, never, never." He affirmed that our own army was infected with the contagion of these illiberal allies, and that the... | |
| John Epy Lovell - 1846 - 540 Seiten
...rapacity of hireling cruelty. If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop remained in my country, I never would lay down my arms-™ , never, never. 19. ORATORICAL ACTION. — Fordyce. It will not, I think, be pretended, that any of our public speakers... | |
| James Sheridan Knowles - 1847 - 344 Seiten
...aid on which you rely ; for it irritates, to an incurable resentment, the minds of your adversaries, to overrun them with the mercenary sons of rapine...never would lay down my arms — never, never, never ! But, my lords, who is the man that, in addition to the disgraces and mischiefs of the war, has dared... | |
| Hugh Gawthrop - 1847 - 184 Seiten
...aid on which you rely ; for it irritates, to an incurable resentment, the minds of your adversaries, to over-run them with the mercenary sons of rapine...never would lay down my arms ; — Never, never, never ! But, my Lords, who is the man, that, in addition to the disgraces and mischiefs of the war, has dared... | |
| William Balmbro'. Flower - 1848 - 304 Seiten
...aid on which you rely ; for it irritates, to an incurable resentment, the minds of your adversaries, to overrun them with the mercenary sons of rapine...never would lay down my arms — never, never, never ! But, my lords, who is the man, that, in addition to the disgraces and mischiefs of the war, has dared... | |
| David Bates Tower - 1853 - 444 Seiten
...devoting them and their possessions to the rapacity of hireling cruelty. If I were an American, aa I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed...lay down my arms — Never ! — never ! — never ! But, my lords, who is the man, that, in addition to the disgraces and mischiefs of the war, has dared... | |
| Thomas King Greenbank - 1849 - 446 Seiten
...aid on which you rely; for it irritates, to an incurable resentment, the minds of your adversaries, to overrun them with the mercenary sons of rapine...never would lay down my arms; — Never, never, never ! to delegate to the merciless Indian the defence of disputed rights, and to wage the horrors of his... | |
| Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 Seiten
...aid on which you rely, for it irritates, to an incurable resentment, the minds of your adversaries, to overrun them with the mercenary sons of rapine...never would lay down my arms — Never, never, never ! But, my Lords, who is the man that, in addition to the disgraces and mischiefs of the war, has dared... | |
| Charles Sumner - 1850 - 498 Seiten
...enslave and oppress them. Upon this clear ground, instead of chastisement they are entitled to redress. If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while...would lay down my arms — never — never — never. And again Lord Chatham said : I would sell my shirt from off my back to assist in proper measures,... | |
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