 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
 | Nathan Sidney Smith Beman - 1840 - 788 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 of sacrifice, come when that hour may. But, whatever may be our fate, be assured, be assured, that this Declaration will stand. It may cost treasure,... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1841 - 682 pages
...so— be it BO. 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... | |
 | 1843 - 606 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 of sacrifice, come when that hour may. But, whatever may be our fate, be assured, be assured, that this Declaration will stand. It may cost treasure,... | |
 | 1843 - 592 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 of sacrifice, come when that hour may. But, whatever may be our fate, be assured, be assured, that this Declaration will stand. It may cost treasure,... | |
 | 1843 - 826 pages
...come when that hour may, my last prayers shall be for the well-being of my poor, distracted country ; but, while I do live, let me have a country, or at least the hope of a country." She was aroused from these reflections by a summons to appear before a court-martial, to be tried as... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 332 pages
...so. Be it to. 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,... | |
 | John Smith Hanna - 1844 - 378 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...country. But, whatever may be our fate, be assured, that this Declaration shall stand. It may cost treasure, and it may cost blood ; but it will stand,... | |
 | William Russell - 1844 - 428 pages
...Assertion, affirmation, declaration: "We must fight, — I repeat it, sir, — we must fight." Assurance: "But whatever may be our fate, be assured, be assured that this Declaration will stand." Threatening: "Have mind upon your health, tempt me no further." Warning: "Lochiel, Lochiel, beware... | |
 | John Frost - 1845 - 458 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 th« present,... | |
 | 1845 - 552 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...a country, and that a free country. "But whatever maybe our fate, be assured, be assured, that this declaration will stand. It may cost treasure, and... | |
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