...of a Bible was denied him ; and the letters written by him to his mother and sisters were destroyed. His last words were, " I only regret that I have but one life to give to my country." 8. On the loth of September a large detachment of the British army crossed...

...ordered for execution the next morning. He was not allowed a Bible, nor the attendance of a minister. His last words were, " I only regret that I have but one life to lose for mv country." » Near the present Thirty-sixth Street. < See p. 117, It 14. QCKSTIONS. — 5. What did...

...the rebels should never know they had a man who could die with such firmness." The last words of Hale were : " I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." The entire British fleet was within cannon-shot of the city, and some of their vessels had passed up the...

...comrade in arms. On the morning of the Sept. 22. twenty-second, as he ascended the gallows, he said : "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." The provost-marshal destroyed his letters, as if grudging his friends a knowledge of the firmness with...

...British lines as a spy ; was detected and executed, dying with those memorable words upon his lips, " I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." The American army, having now been brought into a position where it was hazardous to attack it, and General...

...grandmother of Captain Nathan Hale, executed as a spy by Sir William Howe, and whose dying words : " I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country," will keep his memory fragrant so long as patriotic devotion is honored among men. The...

...for execution tlie next morning at daybreak, liis patriot spirit shone forth in his dyine words — "I only regret" that I have but one life to lose for inj country. 23 liim, I delivered him confidential papers in my OWB b writing to deliver to your Kxct/llem-v."...

...Nathan Hale, the " Martyr Spy," the immortal words of whose dying message to his compatriots — " I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country," — were the conception of the purest patriotism and sublimest devotion to country which...

...multitude of spectators of the scene. Hale met death with firmness. With unfaltering voice he said : " I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." These were the last words uttered by the young patriot, then only a little more than twenty-one...

...martyr, who in standing face to face with death, could exclaim in the devotion of his patriotism, " I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." Besides these greater lights, there were lesser lights scattered throughout the whole...