 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1841 - 682 pages
...Boston ! The war is inevitable — and let it come ! ! I repeat it, sir, let it come ! ! ! ' " It is vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may...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 ?... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - Readers - 1849 - 316 pages
...Boston ! The war is inevitable — and let it come ! — I repeat it, sir, let it come ! 11. It is vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may...will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms ! Our brethren are already in the field ! Why stand we here idle 1 What is it that gentlemen wish ?... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1843 - 320 pages
...means 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 ?... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - Readers - 1843 - 524 pages
...battles alone. There is a just God, who presides over the destinies of nations ; and who will rais« up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle,...will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms ! OUT brethren are already in the field ! Why stand we here idle * What is it that gentlemen wish ?... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - Elocution - 1843 - 324 pages
...our battles for us. The war is inevitable — and let it come ! I repeat it, Sir, let it come ! ! 10. 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 ?... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - Elocution - 1844 - 318 pages
...supinely on our backs, and hugging the delusive phantom of hope, until our enemies shall have hound us hand and foot ? Sir, we are not weak, if we make...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 Epy Lovell - Elocution - 1844 - 900 pages
...rais > up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to 16 UNITED STATES SPEAKER. the strong alone, it is to the vigilant, the active,...will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms ! Our brethren are already in the field ! Why stand we here idle 1 What is it that gentlemen wish?... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - Elocution - 1844 - 444 pages
...it come ! I repeat it, sir, let it come ! It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen 10 may cry, peace, peace, — but there is no peace....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 ?... | |
 | Jared Sparks - United States - 1844 - 434 pages
...let it come ! I repeat it, Sir, let it come ! " It is vain, Sir, to extenuate the matter. Gen tiemen may cry, Peace, peace ; but there is no peace. 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... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - American literature - 1844 - 444 pages
...it come ! I repeat it, sir, let it come ! It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen 10 may cry, peace, peace, — but there is no peace....sweeps from the north, will bring to our ears the flash of resounding arms ! Our brethren are already in the field ! Why stand we here idle ? What is... | |
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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... 
