 They tell us, sir, that we are weak — unable to cope with so formidable an adversary; but when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in...  Harper's First [-sixth] Reader - Page 94edited by - 1889Full view - About this book
 | Andrew Comstock - Elocution - 1841 - 410 pages
...'and to the God of Hosts, | 2is all that is left us. | They tell us, sir, | that we are weaA', — | unable to cope' with so formidable an adversary. |...when shall we be strong'er ? | Will it be the next weeA' — | or the next year ; | Will it be when we are totally disarmed' ; | and when a British guard... | |
 | Sullivan Hardy Weston - 1841 - 52 pages
...hit'st it. Tell.—True—I did not think of that—I wonder 1 did not think of that. They tell us, sir, we are weak, unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But if a man were present now at a field of slaughter, and were to inquire for what they were fighting—"Fighting... | |
 | 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
...a series of resolutions for arming the colony : — ' " They tell us, sir," continued Mr. Henry, " that we are weak — unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. I5ut when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week or the next year? Will it be when we are totally... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - Readers - 1849 - 316 pages
...repeat it, sir, we must fight ! An appeal to arms, and to the God of hosts, is all that is left us. 8. They tell us, sir, that we are weak — unable to...acquire the means of effectual resistance by lying supinely on our backs, and hugging the delusive phantom of hope, until our enemies shall have bound... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1843 - 320 pages
...repeat it, sir, we must fight ! ! An appeal to arms and to the God of Hosts, is all that is left us !" " They tell us, sir, that we are weak — unable to...acquire the means of effectual resistance by lying supinely on our backs, and hugging the delusive phantom of hope, until our enemies shall have bound... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - Elocution - 1843 - 324 pages
...it, Sir — we must fight ! ! An appeal to arms and to the God of hosts, is all that is left us ! 7. They tell us, Sir, that we are weak — unable to...Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction 1 Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance by lying supinely on our backs, and hugging the... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - Readers - 1843 - 524 pages
...NECESSITY OF RESISTANCE. — Henry. They tell us, that we are weak, unable to cope with so foiw midable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger ? Will it be the next week, or the next year ? Wrill it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard sliall be stationed in every house... | |
 | Jared Sparks - United States - 1844 - 434 pages
...repeat it, Sir, we must fight ! An appeal to arms, and to the God of hosts, is all that is left us. " They tell us, Sir, that we are weak ; unable to cope...acquire the means of effectual resistance by lying supinely on our backs, and hugging the delusive phantom of hope, until our enemies shall have bound... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Biography - 1844 - 370 pages
...After proceeding for some time in a strain of lofty eloquence, he closed in these stirring words : " They tell us, sir, that we are weak — unable to...acquire the means of effectual resistance by lying supinely on our backs, and indulging the delusive phantom of hope, until our enemies shall have bound... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - Elocution - 1844 - 900 pages
...NECESSITY or RESISTANCE. — Henry. They tell us, that we are weak, unable to cope with so for midable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger ? Will...acquire the means of effectual resistance, by lying supinely on our backs, and hugging the delusive phantom of hope, until our enemies shall have bound... | |
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