 | Epes Sargent - American literature - 1857 - 478 pages
...vigilant, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election ! If we vrcre base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat...forged. Their clanking may be heard on the plains of JJo.ston. The war is inevitable, and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come ! It is in vain, sir,... | |
 | Worthy Putnam - Elocution - 1858 - 407 pages
...are invincible, by any force which our enemy can send against us. base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat...Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston ! The war is inevitable, and let it come ! I repeat it, sir, let it come ! 11. It is vain, sir, to... | |
 | Robert Leckie - History - 2010 - 688 pages
...through America caught fire in Virginia. There, Patrick Henry arose in the House of Burgesses to declare: There is no retreat but in submission and slavery!...Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable — and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come! It is in vain, sir, to extenuate... | |
 | William John Bennett - History - 1997 - 430 pages
...active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat...Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable — and let it come!! I repeat it, sir, let it come!!! "It is vain, sir, to extenuate... | |
 | Frank R. Shivers - History - 1998 - 343 pages
...Wirt's, not Henry's. Here is the ending of the speech, including Wirt's description of the moment: "There is no retreat but in submission and slavery!...Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable — let it come.'! I repeat it, sir, let it come!!! "It is vain, sir, to extenuate... | |
 | Owen Collins - History - 1999 - 440 pages
...active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat...Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable - and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come. It is in vain, sir, to extentuate... | |
 | George Anastaplo - Biography & Autobiography - 2001 - 373 pages
...active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat...Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! . . . The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the... | |
 | Alan Axelrod - History - 1999 - 396 pages
...speak: Fightin' Words The House of Burgesses was the lower house of the colonial Assembly of Virgin ia. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery!...Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable — and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come! It is in vain, sir, to extenuate... | |
 | Curtis Hutson - Patriotism - 2000 - 256 pages
...active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. It we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat...Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable— and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come! It is in vain, sir, to extenuate... | |
 | Diane Ravitch - Reference - 2000 - 656 pages
...active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat...Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable — and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come! It is in vain, sir, to extenuate... | |
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If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery ! Our chains are forged. Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable, and let it come!... 
