We may not live to the time when this declaration shall be made good. We may die; die colonists; die slaves; die, it may be, ignominiously, and on the scaffold. Be it so. Be it so. If it be the pleasure of Heaven that my country shall require the poor... Speeches and Forensic Arguments - Page 47by Daniel Webster - 1835Full view - About this book
| Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1831 - 356 pages
...so. Be it so. If it be the pleasure of Heaven.that my country shall require the poor offering of my life, the victim shall be ready at the appointed hour...stand. It may cost treasure, and it may cost blood ; but it will stand, and it will richly compensate for both. Through the thick gloom of the present,... | |
| Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1831 - 356 pages
...so. Be it so. If it be the pleasure of Heaven,that my country shall require the poor offering of my life, the victim shall be ready at the appointed hour...least the hope of a country, and that a free country. Sir, before God, I believe the hour is come. My judgment approves this measure, and my whole heart... | |
| 1832 - 478 pages
...so. Be it so. If it be the pleasure of Heaven that my country shall require the poor offering of my life, the victim shall be ready, at the appointed...stand. It may cost treasure, and it may cost blood ; but it will stand, and it will richly compensate for both. Through the thick gloom of the present,... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1832 - 310 pages
...so. Be it so. If it be the pleasure of Heaven that my country shall require the poor offering of my life, the victim shall be ready, at the appointed...fate, be assured, be assured, that this declaration wilt stand. It may cost treasure, and it may cost blood ; but it will stand, and it will richly compensate... | |
| John J. Harrod - 1832 - 338 pages
...Be it so. Be it so. If it be the pleasure of Heaven that my country require the poor offering of my life, the victim shall be ready at the appointed....come when that hour may. But while I do live, let ma have a country, or at least the hope of a country, and that a free country. 12. But, whatever may... | |
| Moses Severance - 1832 - 312 pages
...scaffold. Be it so. If it be the pleasure of Heaven that my country shall require the poor offering of my life, the victim shall be ready at the appointed hour of sacrifice, come when that hour may. 17. " But, whatever may be our fate, be assured that this declaration will stand. It may cost treasure,... | |
| 1833 - 480 pages
...— be it so ; if it be the pleasure of Heaven that my country shall require the poor offering of my life, the victim shall be ready at the appointed hour...country. But, whatever may be our fate, be assured that this declaration will stand. It may cost treasure, and it may cost blood ; but it will stand,... | |
| Moses Severance - 1833 - 304 pages
...scaffold Be it so. If it bo the pleasure of Heaven that my country shall require the poor Offering of my life, the victim shall be ready at the appointed hour of sacrifice, come when thet hour may. 17. " But, whatever may be onr fate, be assured that this declaration will stand. It... | |
| Lyman Cobb - 1834 - 238 pages
...so. Be it so. If it be the pleasure of Heaven, that my country shall require the poor offering of my life, the victim shall be ready, at the appointed...least the hope of a country, and that a free country. 12. But, whatever- may be our fate, be assured, be assured, that this declaration will stand. It may... | |
| 1834 - 614 pages
...so. Be it so. If it be the pleasure of Heaven that my country shall require the poor offering of my life, the victim shall be ready at the appointed hour...least the hope of a country, and that a free country. 1 " If we fail, we fail. " ' But whatever may be our fate, be assured, be assured, that this declaration... | |
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