...spy. On it is no inscription save the date of his birth and death, and his last memorable words, " I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." The situation is one of great natural beauty. From the eminence on which the monument stands, can be seen...

...evidently sympathetic spectators, and with a calm, clear voice pronounced the last words uttered by him : " I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country ! " * The place of Hale's execution has been a subject of conjecture. Some have supposed that it occurred near...

...evidently sympathetic spectators, and with a calm, clear voice pronounced the last words uttered by him : " I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country ! " * The place of Hale's execution has been a subject of conjecture. Some have supposed that it occurred near...

...Henry Clay said. " Sir, I would prefer to be right than to be president." The last words of Nathan Hale were, " I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." William Penn coined the phrase. " I prefer the honestly simple to the ingeniously wicked."...

...declared in the House of Commons that "Americans can not fight?" 33. Who was executed in 1776 exclaiming, "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country ? ' ' 34. The wife of what general set fire to his wheat fields to prevent their falling...

...to revive concord and harmony in a distracted land 35. We have met the enemy, and they are ours. 36. I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country. 37. I request you to witness to the world that I die like a brave man. 38. I know not what...

...disgraceful death, Hale bore himself with manly dignity. When asked for a dying confession, he replied, "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country!" and with these heroic words on his lips he passed into eternity. 15. Thus died a pure,...

...be hanged as a spy the next morning. His execution took place Sept. 22, 1776, his last words being, "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." His Life, was published by IW Stuart (Hartford" 1856). "HALE. NATHAN (1784-1863), an American...

...bullets on Monday (m. Nov. 28, 1743 Priscilla Kingsbury, her dau. Martha betrothed to Capt. Hale, whose last words were, " I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country," executed by order of Sir William Howe Sep. 22, 1776); son of Joseph, b. Jan. 22, 1682,...

...the almost living figure with its outstretched hands seems to actually speak hismemorable words, — "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." The old battered and weather-worn gravestone that originally covered Putnam's grave is kept as a precious...