 | Anecdotes - 1826 - 376 pages
...repeat it, sir, tee must fight ! an appeal to arms and to the God of hosts, is all that is left us." " It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen...will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms; our brethren are already in the field ! why stand we here idle ? What is it that gentlemen wish ? What... | |
 | Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1827 - 564 pages
...of effectual resistance, by lying supinely on our backs, and hugging the delusive phantom of hope, until our enemies shall have bound us hand and foot...will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms ! Our brethren are already in the field ! Why stand we here idle ? What is it that gentlemen wish ?... | |
 | Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1827 - 540 pages
...weak: unable to cope 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...will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field ! Why stand we here idle ? What is it that gentlemen wish ? What... | |
 | George Merriam - Readers - 1828 - 286 pages
...are invincible by any force, which our enemy can send against us. Besides, Sir, we shall not fiyht alone. There is a just God, who presides over the...will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms ! Our brethren are already in the field ! Why stand we here idle ? What is it that gentlemen wish ?... | |
 | William Brittainham Lacey - Elocution - 1828 - 308 pages
...battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone ; it is to the vigilant, the active, Ihe brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were...will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms ! Our brethren are already in the field .' Why stand we here idle ? What is it that gentlemen wish... | |
 | Psychology - 1828 - 394 pages
...is not to the strong alone ; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have now no election. If we were base enough to desire it,...will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms ! Our brethren are already in the field ! Why stand we here idle ? What is it that gentlemen wish ?... | |
 | J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - Elocution - 1828 - 314 pages
...is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat, but in submission and slavery ! Ouv chains are forged. Their clanking may be heard on...will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms ! Our brethren are already in the field ! Why stand we here idle ? What is it that gentlemen wish ?... | |
 | John Barber - Elocution - 1828 - 310 pages
...late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat, but in submission and slavery. Our chains we forged. Their clanking may be heard on the plains...will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle ? What is it that gentlemen wish? What... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - Readers, American - 1828 - 266 pages
...Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable — and let it come!! 1 repeat it, sir, let it come!!! It is in vain, sir,...will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What... | |
 | John Pierpont - Children's literature - 1828 - 320 pages
...sir, let it come ! It is vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, peace—but there is no peace. The war is actually begun ! The...will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms ! Our brethren are already in the field ! Why stand we here idle ! What is it that gentlemen wish ?... | |
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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 the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What... 
