 | Robert Reid Howison - Virginia - 1848 - 542 pages
...it, sir, let it come. " Gentlemen may cry peace ! peace ! but there is no peace. The war is already begun. The next gale that sweeps from the north will...what would they have ? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery ? Forbid it, Almighty God ! I know not... | |
 | Levi Carroll Judson - Conduct of life - 1848 - 364 pages
...Gentlemen may cry peace, peace ; but there is no peace. The war is actually begun. The next gale that comes from the north, will bring to our ears the clash of...What would they have ? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery ? Forbid it, Almighty God ! I know not... | |
 | William Russell - 1849 - 310 pages
...repeat it, sir, let it come ! " It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, ' Peace, peace ! ' — but there is no peace : the war is actually...would they have ? — Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? — Forbid it, Almighty God ! I know... | |
 | William Russell - Elocution - 1849 - 320 pages
...repeat it, sir, let it come ! " It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, ' Peace, peace ! ' — but there is no peace : the war is actually...would they have ? — Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? — Forbid it, Almighty God ! I know... | |
 | Thomas King Greenbank - 1849 - 446 pages
...begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north, will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms I Our brethren are already in the field ! Why stand...What would they have ? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery ? Forbid it, Almighty God ! I know not... | |
 | William Wirt - Founding Fathers of the United States - 1850 - 314 pages
...repeat it, sir, let it come ! ! ! " It is vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, peace, peace — but there is no peace. The war is actually...What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery ? Forbid it, Almighty God ! — I know... | |
 | Joshua Leavitt - 1850 - 324 pages
...repeat it, sir, let it come ! It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, peace, — but there is no peace. The war is actually...what would they have ? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery ? Forbid it, Almighty God ! I know not... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Elocution - 1851 - 328 pages
...repeat it, sir, — let it come ! It is vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, peace, peace — but there is no peace. The war is actually...what would they have ? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery ? Forbid it, Almighty God ! I know not... | |
 | John Celivergos Zachos - Elocution - 1851 - 570 pages
...gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms ! Our brethren aro already in the field. Why stand we here idle ? What...What would they have ? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery ? Forbid it, Heaven ! — I know not what... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Elocution - 1852 - 568 pages
...repeat it, Sir, let it come ! It is in vain, Sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, peace, peace ! — but there is no peace. The war is actually...What would they have ? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery ? Forbid it, Almighty God ! I know not... | |
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Gentlemen may cry peace! 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... 
